Chart: The Evolution of Standard Oil

In 1911, John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil was broken up into 34 pieces by the Supreme Court. Today, the remnants form the base of the U.S. oil industry. Read more

Craft Oil: The Lesser Known Side of America’s Energy Industry

What role do independent oil and gas producers play in the energy industry – and how do these Craft Oil companies differ from the giants also in the sector? Read more

Commodities: The Top Asset Class of 2018 So Far

Commodities have kicked off the year as the top performing asset class. Could the commodity supercycle be back from the dead? Read more

Visualizing U.S. Energy Consumption in One Chart

How is the country’s energy generated, and how is it consumed? This nifty Sankey diagram shows U.S. energy consumption in a simple and understandable way. Read more

Map: The Countries With the Most Oil Reserves

See the countries with the most oil reserves on this map, which resizes each country based on how many barrels of oil are contained in its borders. Read more

Mapped: Fossil Fuel Production by Country

These four animated cartograms show the nations leading the world in fossil fuel production, in terms of oil, gas, coal, and total hydrocarbons. Read more

The Largest Producers of Crude Oil (1965-2017)

View how the ranking of the world’s largest producers of crude oil changes over a 50 year period, from the Cold War until today. Read more

How Much Oil is in an Electric Vehicle?

It is counterintuitive, but electric vehicles are not possible without oil – these petrochemicals bring down the weight of cars to make EVs possible. Read more

IMO 2020: The Big Shipping Shake-Up

IMO 2020, which sets ambitious emissions limits, is about to shake up maritime shipping. Today’s graphic covers the environmental and economic impacts Read more

All the World’s Coal Power Plants in One Map

Today’s interactive map shows all of the world’s coal power plants, plotted by capacity and carbon emissions from 2000 until 2018. Read more