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• What Is The Most Likely Outcome Of The Qatar Crisis?

  Published 25 June 2017 | viewed 25,538 times

  Just a fortnight after President Trump’s visit to the Middle-East, many members of the GCC as well as Egypt, severed diplomatic, economic and security relations…

• The Biggest Obstacles For China’s $900 Billion Silk Road

  Published 22 June 2017 | viewed 27,136 times

  China’s grand vision of One Belt, One Road aims to facilitate connections between countries and peoples across Eurasia and boost investments and trade. The Chinese…

• Will Belarus Be The Next Ukraine For Russia?

  Published 29 April 2017 | viewed 15,560 times

  While periodic anti-government protests are met with a strong security response, regarding Belarus’ relationship with Moscow, the weak status of the opposition and the economic…

• Is A Solar Boom Coming To The Middle East?

  Published 15 April 2017 | viewed 14,778 times

  On April 6th, Middle Eastern nations announced an ambitious energy project to establish an Arab Common Market for electricity. The energy ministers from 14 Arab…

• Blackouts May Cause Australia To Shy Away From Renewables

  Published 18 February 2017 | viewed 8,650 times

  In 2015, Canberra signed the Paris COP21 Agreement pledging to reduce its carbon emissions. The government concurrently set its own voluntary target aiming to secure…

• East Timor Close To Taking Full Control Of $40 Billion Oil Field

  Published 31 January 2017 | viewed 12,971 times

  East Timor and Australia have agreed to a new maritime border which would give East Timor control of a $40 billion oil field. But not…

• Why Colombia’s Oil Industry Might Never Recover

  Published 28 January 2017 | viewed 27,709 times

  Following the peace agreement with FARC, the Colombian government hopes to develop oil-rich rural areas that were previously fraught with conflict. But is it too…

• Russia To Outperform China And Outlive Sanctions In 2017

  Published 04 January 2017 | viewed 10,842 times

  A very busy year The last year was kind to Rosneft. Even with continuous low oil prices and the Western sanctions, the Russian state-owned oil…

• How Long Can OPEC Remain United For?

  Published 11 December 2016 | viewed 8,351 times

  As the core international group of oil exporters, OPEC announced last Wednesday the first production limits since the 2008 financial crisis. Cuts had long been…

• How Hard Has The Oil Crash Hit Africa?

  Published 23 November 2016 | viewed 11,316 times

  The dramatic fall in oil prices over the last two years has sent shockwaves throughout Africa. From a high of $115 a barrel in June…

• Russian Coal Fights For Survival

  Published 19 November 2016 | viewed 13,576 times

  Coal was meant to help build Siberia and the Far East. Russia’s national energy strategy of 2012 aimed to match Soviet levels of coal production…

• Russia Strengthens Energy Ties With India

  Published 29 October 2016 | viewed 10,611 times

  Tanker diplomacy In conjunction with the Dutch oil firm Trafigura and Russian fund United Capital Partners (UCP), the Russian state oil firm Rosneft closed a…

• Lukoil Is Driving Diplomacy Between Russia And Iran

  Published 15 October 2016 | viewed 10,139 times

  A long summer On September 17th, Iran’s parliament endorsed a new Petroleum Contract put forward by the energy ministry and the cabinet. The coming weeks…

• A Geopolitical Storm Is Brewing Over Libyan Oil

  Published 08 October 2016 | viewed 14,619 times

  On September 11th, Libyan National Army (LNA) forces under General Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the oil facilities in Ras Lanuf, al-Sidr, Az-Zuwaytinah, and…

• Why Is India Holding Out On The Paris Climate Agreement?

  Published 01 October 2016 | viewed 9,165 times

  In setting out the framework for greenhouse gas emissions reduction worldwide beyond 2020, the agreement reached by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…

• Why Russia And China Are Intent On Salvaging Syria’s Economy

  Published 15 September 2016 | viewed 22,274 times

  An economy in ruins More than five years of armed conflict has had a catastrophic impact on the Syrian economy. National GDP has plummeted to…

• How Uncertainty In Uzbekistan Threatens China’s Energy Security

  Published 03 September 2016 | viewed 24,204 times

  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…

• Why An OPEC Production Cap is Unlikely

  Published 16 August 2016 | viewed 9,653 times

  Global oil markets have become volatile once more as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced on August 8 that they will hold informal…

• Why Libyan Oil Is Unlikely To Return In The Short-Term

  Published 24 July 2016 | viewed 5,980 times

  On the surface, the announcement to unify Libya’s contending National Oil Corporations (NOCs) on 2nd July greenlights a turn towards the restoration of the oil…

• Kazakhstan Moves Towards Becoming A Top 10 Oil Producer

  Published 24 July 2016 | viewed 19,405 times

  Recently, a group of oil companies led by Chevron announced a $36.8 billion investment deal for the development of Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field. The sizable…