Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict• The Islamic State is has reportedly captured the last remaining oil field that was under the control of the Syrian regime.…
After several years in which oil and gas companies moved quickly to plan, fund, and build LNG export facilities around the world, the LNG market…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictIf nothing else, we have Yemen to thank for upwards oil price volatility. So while the Saudis continue to play their high-output…
Now that oil prices have plummeted to six-year lows – lower than the bottom oil prices touched earlier this year – everyone is starting to…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The Iraq Update The Kurds are once again going it on their own, selling oil unilaterally, bypassing the Iraqi central government…
Oil and gas drillers are suffering through their darkest hours at least since the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, if not the worst period…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Following the Iran sanctions game, as it progresses swiftly, Switzerland has now become the first Western nation to put an…
This week we take another look at some energy companies that could do well in a low-oil price environment. With WTI sinking to a fresh…
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…
The latest crash in oil prices probably has many investors hanging their heads, lamenting the deteriorating quality of many energy investments. After all, with oil…
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…
Introduction Everyone has heard of the Bakken. The Bakken is the reason why North Dakota has emerged as the second largest oil producing state in…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictKazakh Oil and the Long Road to the WTOThis week, as Kazakhstan—after 19 years of trying—has finally had its membership in the…
In late 2013, Total (NYSE: TOT) launched a robotics innovation contest, soliciting entrants to develop robots within three years that could work on oil platforms.…
Oil Market UpdateOil entered another bear market with prices down 20 percent since their June highs. Everywhere you look there are reasons to feel pessimistic.…
Introduction Vietnam is a fast-growing nation in Southeast Asia with rapidly growing energy demand. But it also has significant offshore gas resources. The government has…
Iran: Opening the Floodgates The nuclear deal with Iran will be one of the most geopolitically game-changing events of the decade. Let’s just back up…
There is an old cliché about Brazil that sums up the country’s unmet potential. “Brazil is the country of the future…and always will be.” That…
GeopoliticsThis week we turn our attention to Saudi Arabia, where a number of things are coalescing to further change the oil price environment and the…
Introduction Unlike some of its neighbors, Morocco is not a major producer of oil and gas. Next door, Algeria is a huge natural gas producer,…