Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The World Cup has managed to become the staging ground for geopolitical rivalries this year, with (most recently) Iran losing to…
One of the things that first attracted me to energy as a sector in which to both trade and invest is that it is an…
At home, Putin needs to be seen to be at war with the United States and NATO - not just Ukraine. This perspective backs the…
Turkey continues to be a key beneficiary of Russia’s war on Ukraine. It’s not just eyeing coveted status as a ‘European hub’ for Russian gas,…
With energy stocks having bucked the market trend this year, generally going up as the major indices have collapsed, finding bargains in the sector is…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict - A missile that hit Poland, near the border with Ukraine, killing two people this week has been walked back from…
In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded lower on Thursday as the U.S. Dollar soared on hawkish comments from a widely followed Federal Reserve member.…
I am, as I have said here many times, a contrarian trader by both nature and training. I have been in and around markets for…
In another possible defeat, Russia’s some 20,000 forces allegedly have been ordered to withdraw from Kherson this week to the other side of the Dnipro…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iran is offering large amounts of fuel to Lebanon directly, rather than the typical small amounts it has offered in the…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures closed higher on Thursday after recapturing earlier losses. The catalyst behind the price reversal was milder-than-expected U.S. consumer…
1. Brussels Investigates Traders’ Gas Profit-Making- According to media reports, the European Central Bank is investigating the use of derivatives by European energy companies to…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading lower late Thursday, pressured by a stronger U.S. Dollar and worries that further aggressive interest rate…
1. A Flotilla of US Oil Is Moving Toward Asia- Deliveries of US crude to Asia are set to reach an all-time high this month,…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict This week, we saw a fairly big scare for the oil industry in the form of an intelligence-sharing event between the…
2022 has, so far, been a remarkable year for energy investors. If you own stock in the big three US oil companies which, in the…
General Khalifa Haftar is again warning that he may move to war in Libya as the stalemate continues. Oil is still miraculously pumping, but that…
From the middle of June until the end of last month, crude was in a sustained downward trend that saw WTI futures drop 38% from…
The oil markets certainly remember September 14, 2019, when Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis launched a drone attack on Aramco oil facilities in Eastern Saudi Arabia, cutting…