... less than bottled water. But falling oil income and sagging crude output could soon mean a pinch at the pump in oil producing countries like Venezuela, where hefty government subsidies have for decades guaranteed cheap fuel. Iran is already cutting ...

... research at Societe Generale in Paris. Any U.S. attack "would reinforce the idea that geopolitics is deteriorating year after year," he said. "First it was Iraq, now Iran. People will ask which oil producing country will be next?"

... S. economy crushes demand for fuel. Oil's huge collapse prices fell 32 percent for the month has stunned oil-producing countries while giving cash-strapped U.S. consumers a rare dose of relief. Pump prices have fallen by half since ...

... Wednesday and Thursday, reversed course. Analysts questioned whether production cuts announced this week by major oil-producing countries will support higher prices. The stock market fell despite another positive report on the U.S. economy. The ...

... of nine-year highs, sending gasoline prices soaring. Oil prices have fallen since then and a decision by oil-producing countries to boost production should eventually provide additional relief. Higher energy prices took their toll on airfares ...

... prices soaring and hefty home heating bills anticipated this winter, analysts say the situation could get worse if oil producing countries do not act soon to increase supplies. "We really have the makings of an energy crisis here, for this winter ...

... suppliers. Bush said the United States should use its "strong hand in the diplomatic circles" to persuade oil-producing countries to increase production. Both campaigns are scrambling to deal politically with the higher energy prices that ...

... rise in 1999. But the pickup has come from soaring energy prices, which resulted from production limits by oil-producing countries and tight supplies. Higher crude-oil prices this year have made gasoline and home-heating oil more expensive ...

... representative said Sunday that the companies were not conspiring to raise prices, and cited lower output by oil-producing countries and too few U.S. refineries as reasons for the higher prices.

... gasoline price hikes have been stalled," Lundberg said. "And this is despite dramatic headlines out of two key oil producing countries -- Iraq and Venezuela." But Iraq stopped all oil exports on April 8 in an attempt to force Israel to withdraw ...