Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan are strengthening…
Turkey is striving to solidify…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Turks have launched a ‘decisive’ military campaign against the Kurds in southeastern Turkey, forcing some 200,000 people to flee their homes so far as…
Conflict Update • We should be concerned about various new troop deployments in Iraq as the battlefield is carved up. A few hundred Turkish troops with…
Brent crude is down some 35 percent year-to-date, WTI too. Global gas prices are experiencing a similar bottoming out. Amid this backdrop –…
(Source: BBC News)The Russian state-run propaganda machine is currently fanning anti-Turkish vitriol full-time. Economic ties between Russia and Turkey are being effectively…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Russia has hit Turkey with a bit of economic warfare in the form of embargoed goods, targeting most damagingly Turkey’s textile and tourism industries. Notably, there…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Here’s what happens when you have two rival governments in a country where everyone thought forced regime change would be a…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict What Paris Means The terrorist attack in Paris means more than most are willing to concede. Europe’s borders…
As the world mourns those who died in Paris last week in a killing spree for which the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility, reporters…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Turkey: Energy hub dreams waylaid by violenceAbout this time last year, everyone was pretty sure that Turkey stood a chance of becoming a major…
This week, we take you through a list of security and stability alerts in areas where oil and gas operations and other commodities may be affected.…
• Iraq has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the world’s top crude exporter to India for the third time this year. This is based on Reuters tanker…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict• Hungary has reportedly increased oil imports from Iraqi Kurdistan through Croatia, in an attempt to replace some volumes of Russian crude. Hungary’s MOL has…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iraq/Iraqi Kurdistan Update• Moody’s Insurance is putting out dire reports that Iraq’s oil revenues for the state could decline by 35% his year, in…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictThis week we’re looking at the Balkans and Eastern Europe, where—among other things—a migrant border-crossing storm is reviving old hatreds, Shell…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictWhere you should be worried about things in the global oil patch:• Egypt: Everyone’s gotten used to the terrorist attacks in the North…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Good news this week for gas-starved Jordan and US discovery darling Noble Energy in Israel. Israel's national planning…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict• The Islamic State is has reportedly captured the last remaining oil field that was under the control of the Syrian regime. The oil field…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictIf nothing else, we have Yemen to thank for upwards oil price volatility. So while the Saudis continue to play their high-output game, keeping oil…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The Iraq Update The Kurds are once again going it on their own, selling oil unilaterally, bypassing the…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Following the Iran sanctions game, as it progresses swiftly, Switzerland has now become the first Western nation…