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    World oil prices mixed (AFP)

    The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana in May. World oil prices diverged on Monday, the end of the traditional peak demand season for motor fuel in the United States.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - World oil prices diverged on Monday, the end of the traditional peak demand season for motor fuel in the United States.


    Oil hovers above $74 as traders eye US economy (AP)

    An engineer works at the Barjisiya oil fields in Zubair One south west of the city of Basra, Iraq. Global dependency on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for crude oil will rise in the next five to 10 years as output by non-OPEC nations falls, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.(AFP/File/Essam -al-Sudani)AP - Oil prices slipped to near $74 a barrel Monday in Asia as traders weighed whether growing Chinese demand can offset weak U.S. fuel consumption amid high unemployment.


    Key oil spill evidence raised to Gulf's surface (AP)

    In this Sept. 4, 2010 picture, the Helix Q4000, bottom, the vessel responsible for lifting the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer stack from the sea floor, is seen on the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)AP - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.


    Busted BP well no longer 'threat' to Gulf (AFP)

    BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill National Incident Commander Thad Allen briefs reporters about the latest progress in capping the blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico on August 20 in Washington, DC. Allen announced Saturday that the blowout prevent, known as the BOP, was safely in the hands of federal investigators on a surface vessel after being removed from the wellhead and hoisted up.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said.


    BP replaces failed blowout preventer on Gulf well (Reuters)

    Reuters - BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said.

    What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debate (AP)

    Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling.


    Interior chief Salazar voices doubt on Arctic drilling (Reuters)

    Reuters - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday he cannot predict whether Royal Dutch Shell, which has invested $3.5 billion in an offshore Arctic oil-development program, will be allowed to drill the five wells it plans next year in Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.

    Court reinstates markup law for Wisconsin gasoline (AP)

    AP - A federal appeals court on Friday reinstated Wisconsin's 71-year-old minimum markup law on gasoline, a decision that could save some jobs but increase the cost of gas.