Recession sharply cuts oil demand

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

NEW YORK -- Supertankers that once raced around the world to satisfy an unquenchable thirst for oil are now parked offshore, fully loaded, anchors down, their crews killing time. In the United States, vast storage farms for oil are almost out of room.

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