This is the agency that supervises pipeline safety in the United States. Their website hosts a trove of resources including the National Pipeline Mapping System that you can use to find pipelines in your local area.

You may come across different kinds of crude (i.e. crude oil) in your reporting, such as Brent Crude or West Texas Intermediate.

The U.S. produces over 90 billion cubic feet of natural gas every day. The average home uses about 200 cubic feet per day.

The way of life in communities all over the U.S. is being transformed by new techniques in oil drilling.

Get to know who they are and have them show you around – this will help you get information more quickly when a crisis breaks.

Natural gas can be turned into a liquid by chilling it to unbelievably low temperatures. There are liquefaction terminals – which turn gas into liquid – and regasification terminals, which reheat the liquid back into its original form.

This Department of Energy agency is a trove of statistics about energy use, including state-level figures and history of electricity and fuel prices. It also contains a good explanation of how gasoline prices work.