The Beer Barrel

The Oil Hub Where Traders Are Making Millions

By Matthew Philips on September 27, 2012
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-27/the-oil-hub-where-traders-are-making-millions
Tugboat pilot Barry Meredith hauls barges of oil as big as...

h/t to Hawth for the link.

Disclaimer: my distaff relatives used to run booze for the Capone gang. Yes, KKK Hoosier farmers did aid in that effort, and hid the hooch in their barns before it was driven into the city by the Macrobii wheelmen. In all fairness, the ringleader 'Uncle Joe' was booted from the family for plotting to take over the...

Fitz and I were discussing this, as relates to deposits in Western Canada and the Dakotas:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_shale

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shale_oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakken_formation - North Dakota and Saskatchewan...