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Americans are not happy with the government. But for the first time in a long while, it is not the most hated industry in the country. That honor now belongs to the oil and gas industry.

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman says federal officials must investigate what he calls a monopoly in the oil industry....

An American geologist held and tortured by China's state security agents was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for gathering data on the Chinese oil industry in a case that highlights the government's use of vague secrets laws to restrict business information.

The federal agency charged with regulating the oil industry has allowed the industry largely to police itself, records show.