The Oil Price Risk Analysts Are Ignoring
Oil prices have given up some of the gains from last week’s oil tanker attack in the Gulf of Oman, with recession fears outweighing geopolitical tension and the risk of Continue Reading
The Iran Crisis, Explained
WASHINGTON — Iran threatened on Monday to accelerate its nuclear program in violation of a 2015 nuclear agreement, moving it closer to the ability to build an atomic weapon — something Continue Reading
OPEC dithers on a meeting date, even with a solid consensus to continue oil cuts
With less than two weeks before OPEC’s production cuts are set to expire, the producer group and its allies appear no closer to choosing when their next meeting will be. Continue Reading
Saudis Push to Renew OPEC’s Oil-Export Curbs, Despite Tanker Attacks
Saudi Arabia will back an extension of OPEC curbs in the second half of the year, the kingdom’s energy minister, Khalid al-Falih, said Monday, according to news reports. When OPEC Continue Reading
Iraq’s Contingency Plan If US-Iran Standoff Blocks Its Oil Exports
Iraq is looking to draft contingency plans in case the heightened tension in the Middle East results in some kind of blockade of Iraq’s oil exports through the Persian Gulf—a Continue Reading
Saudi Crown Prince: Aramco Going Ahead As Planned
It has been a while since the last assurance from a senior Saudi official that the initial public offering of oil giant Aramco is going ahead as planned, and this Continue Reading
Iran, Russia talks end without deal on OPEC+ meeting date
Iran’s oil minister met his Russian counterpart in Iran on Monday, industry sources said, raising hopes of progress in resolving an impasse over when OPEC and its allies will hold Continue Reading
Gulf of Oman Tanker Attacks Roil Mideast Oil Market
“Fewer owners are willing to take their vessels into the Middle East and those that do demand a premium for the service,” said Anoop Singh, a tanker analyst for Braemar Continue Reading
What Lies Behind Rising U.S.-Iran Tensions
That doesn’t mean there won’t be a war—the chances for miscalculation are high and growing higher—but merely that war isn’t actually the outcome either side seeks. This is the high-stakes Continue Reading
Declassified: The Sino-Russian Masterplan To End U.S. Dominance In Middle East
Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin’s early June 2019 summit in Moscow with People’s Republic of China (PRC) Pres. Xi Jinping seems likely to have a disproportionate influence on the next phases Continue Reading