The European Parliament approved rules…
Central Banks are reluctant to…
Global oil supply and the market will not work if oil producers are vilified for years, only to be looked on a ‘superheroes’ when oil supply is lower than demand,…
The United States and Iran may be nearing a deal that could see sanctions on Iran lifted, based on reports about the U.S. Secretary of State doing a Gulf round…
Russian oil exports fell last week, with average shipments of around 3.63 million barrels per day (bpd) between March 17 and 23, down by 26.4 percent compared to the…
Crude oil prices started the week with a decline in response to the start of a lockdown in Shanghai due to the high number of Covid infections, rekindling concern about…
The already month-long Russian war in Ukraine has upended analyst outlooks of the global economy this year. Forecasts quickly shifted from a robust post-COVID rebound to rising chances…
Earlier this week, Vitol's chief Russell Hardy warned that a diesel shortage could trigger fuel rationing in Europe. Now, those warnings are multiplying, with fuel rationing no longer…
While reinforced by recent events, the push to scale-up clean hydrogen energy has been underway by governments, energy suppliers, and environmentalists alike in recent years. In January 2022,…
A week ago, we reported that the rise in oil and gas prices triggered by the Ukraine conflict had raised the threat of the worst…
The fourth-largest oil company in the world is now considering taking its gas-to-bitcoin pilot to four countries... The largest U.S. oil producer Exxon Mobil is considering expanding its…
Since the first shots were fired in the early hours of February 24, China has walked an awkward line of supporting Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine while attempting to…
There is an eternal debate among various experts as to when globalization actually started; whether it was with the Silk Road, the Vikings, Columbus's voyage, or even before…
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine about a month ago, the U.S. and its western allies swiftly imposed a raft of economic and trade sanctions on Russia, notably on…
It's been another very busy week for oil and gas markets as Putin threatened European gas imports, a storm knocked a major oil pipeline offline, and a Saudi oil terminal…
1. OPEC Exports Underwhelm Despite High Prices Source: Kpler. - The Russia-Ukraine war has taken OPEC heavyweights out…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading lower on Friday, but are still up for the week. This week’s rally is being fueled by a combination of a…
Energy Markets on War Footing Russia has choked throughput on a Caspian Sea pipeline carrying crude oil from the Tengiz fields in Kazakhstan to Russia’s Black Sea coast. Russian officials…
To an old timer like me, one of the most striking and quite frankly frightening things about the stock market over the last few years is how stock prices in…
If you’re waiting for a coup to overthrow Vladimir Putin, you are likely to be waiting for quite some time. Rumors abound, of course. But Putin has built…
Germany wants to reduce its Russian oil imports by half by this summer, the country's economy minister Robert Habeck told media today, as quoted by the AFP. German companies…
As the surge in oil prices continues amid increasing demand and a supply crunch, U.S. energy stocks have been soaring--and the country's oil and gas tycoons are laughing…