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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…
Geopolitics, Politics & Conflict • Turkmenistan’s state-owned TurkmenGaz will lead a consortium of state-owned companies that have proposed to build, own, and operate the 1,800-kilometer Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline.…
GeopoliticsGood news this week for oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan, with a promise by the Kurdish authorities to start monthly payments in September. It has been a rough…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictKazakh Oil and the Long Road to the WTOThis week, as Kazakhstan—after 19 years of trying—has finally had its…
Oil Market UpdateOil entered another bear market with prices down 20 percent since their June highs. Everywhere you look there…
Iran: Opening the Floodgates The nuclear deal with Iran will be one of the most geopolitically game-changing events of the decade. Let’s…
GeopoliticsThis week we turn our attention to Saudi Arabia, where a number of things are coalescing to further change the…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictEgyptWe are concerned about the potential fallout and wider implications of the assassination of a high-ranking Egyptian official, Prosecutor…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Greece on the Brink The back and forth between Europe and Greece over the past few weeks is reaching its denouement. Earlier…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Elections in Turkey and Erdogan’s ‘Defeat’Turkey’s 7 June parliamentary elections are important not only for anyone eyeing oil and gas…
Sudan & South Sudan: A Lifelong Dictator for Khartoum, and More Oil Uncertainty in the South South Sudan’s military said its forces are in control of…
Global Energy Advisory – 5th June 2015 Forget About Syria, or Reduced OPEC ProductionSyria is now a lost cause as far the US is concerned. By this we…