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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 87.12 | +0.03 | +0.03% | ||
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Bonny Light • 21 hours | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% | ||
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Mars US • 173 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 14 mins | 2.732 | -0.002 | -0.09% |
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Bonny Light • 21 hours | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Girassol • 21 hours | 89.90 | +0.45 | +0.50% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% |
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Peace Sour • 20 hours | 76.56 | +1.46 | +1.94% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 20 hours | 79.61 | +1.46 | +1.87% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 20 hours | 86.56 | +1.46 | +1.72% | ||
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Central Alberta • 20 hours | 76.96 | +1.46 | +1.93% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 79.33 | -0.29 | -0.36% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 6 days | 79.75 | +0.50 | +0.63% | ||
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Kansas Common • 2 days | 73.50 | +0.50 | +0.68% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 87.02 | -0.29 | -0.33% |
Claude Salhani
Claude Salhani is the senior editor with Trend News Agency and is a journalist, author and political analyst based in Baku, specializing in the Middle East, politicized Islam and terrorism.
He is the former editor of the Middle East Times and a long-time contributor to the Commentary pages of the Washington Times and Beirut’s Executive Magazine. He is the former International Editor with United Press International and also ran UPI's Terrorism & Security Desks.
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Latest articles from Claude
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Israel’s Oil Platforms in Jeopardy and the Samson Syndrome
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Where is US Foreign Policy these Days?
There is a remarkable absence of a comprehensive US foreign policy in the Middle East with the Obama administration missing the beat on just about…
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Winds of Change are Shifting in Arabia
Throughout the years of the Cold War the oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the stability that kept the tumultuous Middle East in check. The…
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It’s all in the Pipeline
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The Volatile Middle East; Oil and Turmoil
In recent history the Middle East has always been an area of turmoil, where wars came and went and conflicts were interrupted by long periods…
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Oil Money Supports Middle East Uprising
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Saudi Arabia ups the Ante as it Opens up a New Pipeline
Saudi Arabia has established a new pipeline linking the Lebanese military to its bank accounts. The kingdom has promised to pump some $3 billion of…
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US to Become Less Dependent on Foreign Oil -- be Careful What you Wish for
The US Energy Information Administration released on Tuesday an early version of its Annual Energy Outlook for 2014. The main item being that the United…
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Azerbaijan: Oil, Natural Gas and No Complicated Politics
Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic on the Caspian Sea, has the proper mix of abundant natural resources and uncomplicated politics making it attractive to Washington.…
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The Mumbo-Jumbo of the Oil Markets
There is something awfully similar between black crude oil and black magic; both are equally incomprehensible to the uninitiated and only insiders understand how it…
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What Lifting the Sanctions on Iran Means… to Saudi Arabia
The long standing mistrust that exists between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia runs deep and involves far more than diverging view in politics…
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How Prepared is the Oil Industry for a Cyber War?
The next major conflict, if there is ever going to be one, will likely be very different from all past conventional wars we have seen…
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Why Syria is Important to Iran?
Remember Bill Clinton’s catchy slogan “it’s all about the economy, stupid?" Well when it comes to the Middle East, it’s all about the oil. The…
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Oil and Politics: Who will Take over from the US in the Middle East?
There is little doubt that politics as we knew it in the Middle East is changing right before our very eyes and with that shift…
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Clash of the Oil Titans
Saudi Arabia and Iran, two titans of the oil industry, are heading for a headlong confrontation in what could result in a destructive and devastating…
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The Might of the Petro-Dollars at Work Once Again
Petro-dollars, the word used to describe the billions of dollars earned from the sale of oil and natural gas, have helped change the shape and…
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How Global Economies will Change Once Robots Replace Soldiers
If you thought the use of drones was a bad idea, think again. It was just the tip of the iceberg. What is to come…
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Middle East and North Africa to be Split into 14 Independent States?
A recent report emerged earlier this week indicating that five countries in the Middle East and North Africa could soon split up to reform themselves…
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On the Right Path
When looking at a map of the Middle East and North Africa there is little room for optimism with militant Islamists gaining prominence to varying…
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US-Russian Agreement Over Syria Brings Oil Under $107
The diplomatic rabbit that Russia pulled out of its hat (actually out of John Kerry’s hat) by suggesting that Syria could hand over its chemical…
