Russian President Vladimir Putin visited…
Azerbaijan and Armenia's foreign ministers…
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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…
Following reports of a stroke, a global guessing game has ensued, with observers uncertain as to the status of Uzbekistan’s president, Islam Karimov. While rumours of his death…
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…
A Nigerian rebel group splintered from the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) accused ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and nineteen other politicians of supporting separatist attacks in the oil-rich nation. As…
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…
An international tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, has ruled against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, spurring concern about Asia’s biggest economy’s next moves. China…
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…
The discovery of a massive helium deposit in Tanzania this week has excited both scientists and mining experts, yet for all its potential this new cache holds risks…
After a string of attacks on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, its government plans to open talks with the newly formed militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA). As the group continues…
Two years ago, while Kurdish oil was flowing to Turkey’s port of Ceyhan, Iran and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed a natural gas-for-oil agreement that included…