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Louisiana Light • 2 days | 86.60 | -0.08 | -0.09% | ||
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Bonny Light • 22 hours | 88.69 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 87.35 | -2.29 | -2.55% | ||
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Mars US • 168 days | 77.67 | -1.57 | -1.98% | ||
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Gasoline • 6 hours | 2.710 | -0.003 | -0.13% |
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Bonny Light • 22 hours | 88.69 | -0.04 | -0.05% | ||
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Girassol • 22 hours | 89.20 | -0.10 | -0.11% | ||
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Opec Basket • 2 days | 87.35 | -2.29 | -2.55% |
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Peace Sour • 13 hours | 75.30 | -0.05 | -0.07% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 13 hours | 78.35 | -0.05 | -0.06% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 13 hours | 85.30 | -0.05 | -0.06% | ||
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Central Alberta • 13 hours | 75.70 | -0.05 | -0.07% |
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Eagle Ford • 2 days | 79.21 | +0.04 | +0.05% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 79.25 | +0.00 | +0.00% | ||
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Kansas Common • 3 days | 73.00 | -2.50 | -3.31% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 86.86 | -2.40 | -2.69% |
Tim Daiss
I'm an oil markets analyst, journalist and author that has been working out of the Asia-Pacific region for 12 years. I’ve covered oil, energy markets and geopolitics for Forbes, Platts, Interfax, NewsBase, Rigzone, and the UK-based Independent (newspaper) as well as providing energy markets analysis for subscription newsletters. I've also authored geopolitical reports and analysis for Singapore-based consultancy Enerdata.
My analysis and news reports have been cited in media outlets around the world, including in the US, Japan, China, Vietnam, the BBC in the UK, and Russia and have been translated into several languages and used in television news reports
I'm a former columnist for five Georgia-based newspapers, hosted a 30-minute news talk show on CBS affiliate WTOC-TV Savannah, and the author of four books.
Latest articles from Tim
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Saudi Arabia Gets Boost From New Market Reclassification
On Wednesday, MSCI said that it would reclassify Saudi Arabia as an emerging market, a move that will bring billions of dollars of inflow to…
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Russia Pushes Ahead With Controversial Nord Stream 2
Russia is talking up its yet to be built Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that has put the U.S. at odds, not only against…
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Australia Looks To Tackle Its Looming Gas Shortage
In a strange about-face for the world’s soon to be top liquified natural gas (LNG) exporter, Australia is now considering importing the fuel. On Monday,…
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LNG Spot Prices In Asia Spike To Four-Year Highs
Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices continue their upward trajectory, reaching seasonal highs not seen since mid-2014 when global oil prices were trading over…
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Iran Warns North Korea About The United States
Now that the much-anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore fades from the news cycle, giving way…
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China Closes The Door On Vietnam’s Oil And Gas Ambitions
As China tightens the noose over Vietnam’s ability to drill for oil and gas in its own UN-mandated 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the…
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Is Russia Bailing On The OPEC Deal?
For the first week of June, Russia, the world's largest oil producer, exceeded the amount it agreed to produce as part of the January 2017,…
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Why LNG Prices Are Poised To Soar
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets in Asia are convulsing, undergoing yet another fundamental shift amid increased demand for the super-cooled fuel. Last week, spot…
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China’s Growing Debt Could Be Bearish For Oil Prices
Much has been made over China bypassing the U.S. recently to become the world’s largest crude oil importer and even more media attention has been…
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The South China Sea: A Geopolitical Powder Keg
It should come as no surprise that U.S. officials took China to task last weekend over its seemingly never-ending South China Sea build up. Saturday…
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Iran Shouldn’t Count On OPEC For A Bailout
Over the past few weeks, Iran has repeatedly sought (even demanded) EU support to offset renewed U.S. sanctions that will be imposed on the oil…
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The Biggest Challenge For U.S. Oil Exports
As Saudi Arabia and Russia grapple with both the geopolitics and economics of continuing or stopping their one and a half year long oil production…
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Russia Just Won Big In The European Gas War
There’s been a lot of talk on both sides of the Atlantic about the U.S. pivot and efforts at locking in natural as market share…
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Iran: Trump’s Sanctions Can’t Touch Our Oil
As the geopolitical drama between not only Iran and the U.S., but between the U.S. and its EU allies unfolds over Trump’s decision to pull…
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Trade War Truce With China Boosts Oil Prices
On Saturday, there was a sign of hope that ongoing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing could be remedied. Beijing said that it agreed to…
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China Crushes Vietnam’s South China Sea Drilling Hopes
At the EIC Energy Vietnam Conference held today in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), there was considerable talk from a multitude of players discussing in…
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China Looks To Capitalize On Cheap Iranian Oil
It’s been a week since President Donald Trump announced that he would withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal reached in 2015 and impose so-called powerful…
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China’s Growing Oil Demand Has Created A Geopolitical Dilemma
China has become the world’s largest oil importer, and despite establishing the largely successful yuan-denominated oil futures, Beijing will have to grapple with an overlooked…
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Citi: U.S. To Become World’s Top Oil Exporter
As global oil markets shift their attention from U.S. shale oil production back to a resurgent Saudi Arabia and Russia and geopolitical concerns bearing down…
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Soaring Oil Prices See Saudi Economy Bounce Back
Saudi Arabia’s success in leading both OPEC and non-OPEC production partners in reigning in record high OECD oil inventories amid the group’s ongoing oil output…
