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OIL: Exxon: Testing the International Tiger

Feb. 18, 1974

American drivers could hardly believe what was happening to them. In and around some of the nation's most populous cities, they sweated and swore through long lines that backed up, sometimes for miles, from those gas stations that were still open. Confused and angry about the gas famine and the whole energy crisis, they groped ...
Awash in an Ocean of Oil

Feb. 3, 1986 | By John Greenwald.

Overproduction sends petroleum prices into a harrowing free fall
Environment: The Energy Crisis: Time for Action

May. 7, 1973

The first signs of the impending disaster came slowly: increases in the cost of oil and gasoline, reductions in voltage delivered by power companies during peak hours, and occasional dim-outs. But then the pace accelerated as the Government began rationing essential fuels and exhorted the public to forsake private cars. The reduced use of automobiles ...
OIL: Stepping on the Gas to Meet a Threat

Nov. 26, 1973

An air of crisis is spreading across the U.S. as the deepening energy emergency, triggered by the Arab oil embargo, has begun to pinch in small but ominous ways. Leisure activities, from boating trips to night football games, are being canceled; gasoline-short service stations are temporarily shutting down; and commuter-and school-bus schedules are being pared ...
Business: Big Oil's Pinch at the Pump

Dec. 18, 1978

Supplies short, prices up and companies have trouble getting the lead out Bad winter weather usually brings bleak news about the nation's energy supplies, and now it is beginning to seem as if mild temperatures and sunny skies do the same. That, at least, is one way to look at the hooded pumps and OUT ...