Never invested before, want to invest in Crude Oil, how?

[fire_fly]

I don't know a damn thing about investing but want to start. Crude is at an almost 2 year low right now, so I'd like to try investing in it.

Where to start? Also, I saw somewhere that you have to buy in 1,000 barrel batches, is there a way to buy a lot less than that? I wanted to just start with a few hundred dollar investment.

Thanks for the info.

PS I've tried wikipidia and google and can't seem to find any good info.