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Geopolitics / International

Saudi-Iran Proxy War Threatens OPEC Deal

Apr 04, 2018 at 15:52 | Irina Slav

Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia triggered doubts about the success of the OPEC+ oil production cut deal two years ago when it was first being hatched. Now, with the…

Trade War Looms Over Oil Markets

Apr 03, 2018 at 17:03 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices, along with equities across the board, were dragged down on Monday over fears of a brewing trade war. China announced $3 billion of tariffs on U.S. goods, including…

China Takes First Step In Paying For Crude Imports In Yuan

Apr 02, 2018 at 15:59 | ZeroHedge

Just days after Beijing officially launched  Yuan-denominated crude oil futures (with a bang, as shown in the chart below, surpassing Brent trading volume) which are expected to quickly become the…

Will Gazprom Leave Ukraine Forever?

Mar 30, 2018 at 16:00 | Viktor Katona

Few expected such a dramatic turn of events in the long-ongoing Russo-Ukrainian gas dispute. Before the February 28 decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, most observers expected a court ruling…

Can Russia Maintain European Energy Dominance?

Mar 30, 2018 at 15:57 | Vanand Meliksetian

The ninetieth century was the age of conquest and the ‘Great Game’ between the vast empires of Imperial Russia and the United Kingdom. Before the First World War, London and…

China Prepares Death Blow To The Dollar

Mar 23, 2018 at 17:52 | ZeroHedge

On March 26 China will finally launch a yuan-dominated oil futures contract. Over the last decade there have been a number of “false-starts,” but this time the contract has gotten approval…

Trump Bans Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

Mar 19, 2018 at 13:27 | ZeroHedge

Cryptos are moving sharply lower in response to news that President Trump has issued an executive order banning the U.S. purchases of the "Petro", the cryptocurrency which was infamously rolled…

Energy Sector Under Threat From Deadly Cyberattacks

Mar 16, 2018 at 16:05 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Hackers compromised computer systems at a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia last August, aiming to not only destroy or steal data but to cause a deadly explosion, investigators and cybersecurity…

Trump Sanctions Russia Following Energy Grid Cyberattack

Mar 15, 2018 at 16:04 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The Trump administration issued a series of punitive sanctions against Russia for coordinating a cyberattack on the U.S. energy grid, aviation systems, and other infrastructure, according to a new report…

OPEC Deal In Jeopardy As Iran And Saudi Arabia Square Off

Mar 12, 2018 at 17:50 | Nick Cunningham

Iran and Saudi Arabia are at odds over what to do next with the OPEC agreement, a conflict that could sow the seeds of the agreement’s demise over the course…

Global Energy Advisory 9th March 2018

Mar 09, 2018 at 16:52 | Editorial Dept

The United States would single-handedly be able to meet as much as 80% of growth in global oil demand over the next five years, the International Energy Agency has said.…

China Looks To Close Teapots’ Oil Tax Loopholes

Mar 01, 2018 at 11:53 | Tsvetana Paraskova

China is tightening government control over the collection of the oil consumption tax in order to eliminate the loopholes that independent refiners—known as teapots—have been exploiting to beef up their…

Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons

Feb 28, 2018 at 17:41 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical…

Geopolitical Risk Is On The Rise In Oil Markets

Feb 26, 2018 at 16:25 | Nick Cunningham

In the long-term, many oil analysts expect the world to become increasingly dependent on oil production from the Middle East, as U.S. shale fades in importance. However, geopolitical turmoil is…

Despair In Venezuela: “We Are Dying Of Hunger In The Oil Industry”

Feb 23, 2018 at 16:51 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The oil industry in the country sitting on the world’s largest oil reserves is collapsing amid a savage economic crisis and rampant hyperinflation. So desperate is the situation in Venezuela…

The Impact Of Gazprom’s China-Russia Gas Pipeline

Feb 16, 2018 at 16:46 | ZeroHedge

Gazprom’s Power of Siberia pipeline is more than two-thirds complete.  It will be delivering gas to China by the end of this year.  A second pipeline is still under discussion.…

Global Energy Advisory February 16th 2018

Feb 16, 2018 at 15:19 | Editorial Dept

Exxon has launched a flurry of lawsuits, threats of lawsuits and demands for sworn depositions against 30 individuals and organizations, including the attorney generals of New York and Massachusetts, in…

Is This The Future For OPEC?

Feb 16, 2018 at 10:21 | Nick Cunningham

OPEC and Russia, along with other countries participating in the oil production cuts aimed at balancing the market, are looking to create a “super group of oil producing countries,” according…

Saudi Arabia, Russia Ink 3 Huge Energy Deals

Feb 14, 2018 at 14:13 | Cyril Widdershoven

Saudi Arabia hits bullseye, IPO and LNG deals cements geopolitical cooperation Russia Hidden by the fog of the ongoing oil market volatility and the Turkish adventures in Syria, OPEC leader…

Iranian President Orders Armed Forces To Divest All Energy Assets

Feb 09, 2018 at 16:48 | Cyril Widdershoven

Iran’s regime is heading for a possible showdown with one of its main backbones... President Hassan Rouhani ordered Iran’s military forces to sell their oil-, gas- and energy-related assets.…

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