wood, electric baseboard in some rooms, oil furnace which is a lennox giant behemoth that does not look like it is in working order.

The seller had decided to not keep oil in the house, so the boiler ran out of oil and the cast iron heat exchanger froze.

However, if it goes through there will be a boom similar to the one when the oil pipeline was built.  

To answer your question, Alberta has more oil in tar sands than all of Saudi Arabia.

Europe is addicted to Russia's oil supply, the US is bogged down in the middle east, the U.N. is a worthless paper kitten and China is self-centered and has it's own agenda.

Somehow everyone who claimed that our forces were GROSSLY OVERTAXED and "spread too thin", and "losing the cream of the officer and NCO corps", when we had 20,000-30,000 troops in the Balkans, seem to see no problem with the current mess.But not too worry about Irag, it's "the war that will fund itself through oil revenue" WHOOPS, and "Mission Accomplished", WHOOPS, and "Democracy is messy", WHOOPS, and "you go to war with the troops and equipment you have" WHOOPS, and "we know EXACTLY where the WMD are", WHOOPS.

I work in the oil and gas industry, so I'm there half the year.  

Oil futures, No!

Mid century modern architecturally designed two storys, offices, full service detail, oil changes and even a chef inside making steak sandwiches.

I have seen where some investors have included in the contract of Sale to sweep for an underground oil tank as a contingency.