Rakesh Upadhyay

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• Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut

  Published 30 April 2016 | viewed 29,119 times

  Ship tracking data from Bloomberg shows that 83 supertankers carrying around 166 million barrels of oil are headed to China, which has stockpiled an impressive…

• Should Exxon Mobil Shareholders Be Worried About a Ratings Cut?

  Published 29 April 2016 | viewed 4,900 times

  One might think that a ratings cut would hurt a supermajor, but when Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently downgraded Exxon Mobil’s AAA rating to…

• $500 Billion In Lost Oil Revenues Forces Gulf Nations To Turn To Debt Markets

  Published 27 April 2016 | viewed 14,115 times

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a whopping $500 billion loss in revenue for the Gulf nations in 2016, which is 30 percent more…

• Are Oil Dividends Worth it?

  Published 26 April 2016 | viewed 8,660 times

  Are you tempted by nice dividends such as BP’s 7.53 percent and Shell’s 7.31 percent? Long-term investors are. They’re lapping up the oil majors on…

• The Real Reason Saudi Arabia Killed Doha

  Published 23 April 2016 | viewed 38,231 times

  Saudi Arabia single-handedly scuttled the Doha meeting, knowing all along that Iran would not participate, with a valid reason. The Russians and others agreed to…

• Why Oil Won’t Crash Following Doha Failure

  Published 19 April 2016 | viewed 21,298 times

  The Doha meeting turned out to be a complete wash, but still, the rumour and expectation leading up to the meeting produced a massive rebound…

• What Happens To Oil If Doha Disappoints

  Published 15 April 2016 | viewed 12,438 times

  The stage is set for Sunday in Doha, with the world keenly watching the outcome. The traders’ week will start a day in advance, staring…

• The Undeniable Winners Of The Oil Bust

  Published 14 April 2016 | viewed 12,601 times

  Large oil trading companies such as Vitol have earned record profits in 2015, proving that they can profit regardless of prevailing trends. The numbers speak…

• Angola Could Be OPEC’s First Member To Fall

  Published 12 April 2016 | viewed 25,885 times

  OPEC-member Angola, which is dependent on oil for 95 percent of its export revenues, is facing an urgent cash flow problem, and the only way…

• Will Iran Manage To Construct A Floating LNG Facility

  Published 11 April 2016 | viewed 5,880 times

  Iran is exploring options to construct a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, which it plans to use for exporting natural gas to Europe. The…

• Natural Gas Trading Strategies

  Published 08 April 2016 | viewed 37,813 times

  Natural gas ended March 2016 with almost a 14 percent gain, but lost 16.2 percent for the quarter, and the gut-wrenching volatility in this market…

• How Realistic Is Saudi Arabia’s $2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund?

  Published 07 April 2016 | viewed 36,119 times

  Though Saudi Arabia’s plan of a $2 trillion fund exudes power and confidence, raising a megafund of that size is practically next to impossible, unless…

• Are The Saudis And Russians Deliberately Sabotaging Doha?

  Published 06 April 2016 | viewed 25,494 times

  The actions and intentions of Saudi Arabia and Russia—the two largest oil-producing nations attending the Doha meeting on 17 April—have dashed all hopes of any…

• Forget The Tough Talk – Saudi Arabia Is Desperate For A Production Freeze

  Published 31 March 2016 | viewed 32,582 times

  At a time when the Saudis are desperately trying to hang on to their dwindling market share, it is intriguing to consider exactly why Russia…

• European Oil Traders Corner Iranian Gasoline Markets

  Published 30 March 2016 | viewed 6,397 times

  Europe’s trading giants Guvnor and Vitol have organized their first shipments of gasoline to Iran as they vie for Iranian market share in the early…

• How Have Hedge Funds Been Affected By Oil Prices?

  Published 29 March 2016 | viewed 5,921 times

  After suffering large losses in 2014, trying to find a bottom in crude oil, the hedge fund industry wizened up: In 2015, it reduced its…

• China And India Rewrite The Rules Of The Oil And Gas Game

  Published 24 March 2016 | viewed 23,571 times

  As the current oil price crisis leads to some game-changing upheavals in the global energy market, Asia’s two powerhouses, China and India, are taking advantage…

• Oil Dividends Are On The Rocks. What Should Investors Do?

  Published 23 March 2016 | viewed 5,531 times

  If oil prices hadn’t started on their downward spiral in mid-2014, shareholders would have seen almost $7.5 billion more income than they will see this…

• What Happens When Oil Hits $50?

  Published 19 March 2016 | viewed 65,738 times

  The major beneficiary of the 54 percent jump in oil prices from the lows of $26 per barrel is the U.S. shale oil industry, which…

• Playing The Volatility Game In Oil

  Published 16 March 2016 | viewed 7,753 times

  Crude inventory data from the Department of Energy (DOE) has the tendency to cause massive volatility in today’s market, with prices hovering perilously close to…