Crude oil costs close to $100 a barrel because traders are worried hostilities could soon restart and the world is burning through its emergency stockpiles.
ยฉ Ruth Fremson/The New York Times
Governments and companies the world over have been draining their oil storage tanks over the past seven months to keep a lid on prices.
The long-delayed project, which the developer has not yet formally greenlit, would deliver Alaskan gas to Asian markets but take several years to construct.
ยฉ Nathaniel Wilder for The New York Times
A natural gas production platform in Cook Inlet in Alaska. A proposed liquefied natural gas facility in the state would help companies move the gas to where there was demand for it.