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The Ukraine war has catalyzed…
As oil prices continue their slow uphill climb and the global energy community reenters exploration mode, the Russian economy has much to gain from new American leadership that seems lenient…
Tickers: Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Libya is the country to keep an eye on in the oil patch in the coming days, weeks and months. There is little chance…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The White House has put Iran “on notice” following ballistic missile tests in the country. According to Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who announced…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The two-day Syria peace talks in the Kazakh capital of Astana yielded no firm agreement on how stakeholders in the conflict and their backers will…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • In Libya, the Deputy Prime Minister of the UN-backed Government of National Accord has handed in his resignation. Musa al-Koni told media that the GNA…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State, sparking outrage on all sides of the political spectrum. What unites…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) of Libya is fighting the Libyan National Army (LNA) to regain control over the country’s export terminals, which LNA took…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The biggest news of the week, of course, is that OPEC reached an agreement to cut its output by over a million barrels per day, to…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Donald Trump is keeping NATO on its toes with regard to Russia. After slamming the pact for being “obsolete” and saying its maintenance was extremely…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Iraqi army, with its allies from the Kurdish Peshmerga and the U.S.-led international coalition are preparing to enter Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • OPEC has, against expectations, agreed to freeze its oil output in a much-awaited move to do something deliberate to rebalance oil markets. However, skepticism remains…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Iraq has warned it might start exporting crude via Iran, if negotiations with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) fail. The negotiations were prompted…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • South Sudan is determined to ramp up its oil production and by November start exporting fuels to neighbor Ethiopia. The announcement…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • South Sudan now has a new Oil Ministry head, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. The change of ministers involved another five ministries as well and…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Libya is still struggling with the recovery of its oil industry amid a fresh spike in tensions between the national Oil Corporation, the…
It is unsurprising that the world should be incredulous at the explanations given by the Turkish Government as to the origins, sponsors, and actions of the putsch which…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Turkey took center stage this week after an attempted military coup that was quickly crushed, resulting in what can only be…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Iran has moved closer to the final approval of its new contract – the Iran Petroleum Contract – aimed to lure…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The Brexit Fallout We’ve been ignoring Brexit largely on the Global Energy Advisory because, well, no one on this side of the…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Oil fields in northern Syria are now nominally under the control of the Syrian Kurds. Most of…