Geopolitics / International

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…