Western trade restrictions on China's…
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's upcoming…
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue their…
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…
When Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the Russian Federation Council's International Relations Committee, said the protests in Armenia against a 16.7 percent power price hike follow…
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…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictAs we predicted, trouble has flooded across Saudi Arabia’s eastern border with Yemen. On 22 May, a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi’ite…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict South Sudan South Sudanese rebels claim to have captured a key refinery for the country’s largest oilfield (Paloch)…
Geopolitics & OilLet the games begin in Cuba …As the US and Cuba work to restore diplomatic relations, keeping in mind that we are doubtful the…
Africa/Middle East Oil & Gas UpdateKurdistanThe Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq is upping the ante with Baghdad over the long-running oil question. Now Erbil…
GeopoliticsRussian Oil and Gas: The Squeeze Is On—Sort ofEuropean Union regulators have formally charged Gazprom with abusing its dominant market position in…
The Geopolitics of Oil The Iran-Pakistan Pipeline The Iran-Pakistan pipeline, which has been languishing on the Pakistani side, looks set to get a boost from China,…
The nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 nations could lead to a flood of new oil hitting global markets. That could result in a significant…
Geopolitical Update There is no need at this point for investors to fear a rapprochement with Iran in terms of what it might do to oil prices by adding…