September 12, 2011

Did 9/11 Lay the Groundwork for Oil Revival?

Mella McEwen, Fuel Fix


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In the 10 years since planes flew into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, the nation’s oil and gas industry has soared and contracted on a wave of rising and falling commodity prices and energy demand. With the attacks raising fears that crude supplies from the Middle
East may become at risk, the question arises, did they lay the groundwork for the domestic energy industry’s renewed growth? . .

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