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• Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

  Published 14 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market's swing producer…

• Saudi-Iran Dispute Won't Cause Lasting Oil Price Rally

  Published 06 January 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Oil prices jumped on the first trading day of 2016 as Middle East tension outweighed a selloff in financial markets around the world. Oil markets…

• $10 Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

  Published 30 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world's energy…

• How Much Oil Is Needed To Power Santa's Sleigh?

  Published 17 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Every year around the world, hundreds of millions of children wait anxiously for Santa Claus to arrive and bring presents and good cheer. But what…

• How Far Can The Syria Conflict Spiral Out Of Control: Interview With Pelicourt

  Published 10 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Business is business, so why not buy oil from ISIS. The Russians claim the Turks are doing it, and in all likelihood even Assad is…

• Strippers Suffering From Low Oil Prices

  Published 09 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  With Prices Below $50, what is a stripper to do? With OPEC breaking down and any kind of coordination among its members on price cuts…

• Why Is The U.S. Reluctant To Bomb ISIS Oil Fields?

  Published 04 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  There has been some revealing new information coming out recently regarding the strategy against ISIS. One aspect many find troubling is the apparent failure of…

• ISIS, Turkey And Oil - The Bigger Picture: Interview With Pelicourt

  Published 01 December 2015 | viewed 0 times

  As the terrorist attack in Paris sparks worldwide fear of similar reprisals and a bloody shootout and hostage situation in a five-star Mali hotel exacerbates…

• Oil Jobs Lost: 250.000 And Counting, Texas Likely To See Massive Layoffs Soon

  Published 26 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Crude oil just capped off a third straight week of declines, as WTI nears the $40 per barrel threshold. Goldman Sachs is once again raising…

• Saudis Planning For A War Of Attrition In Europe With Russia's Oil Industry

  Published 18 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Russia's central bank recently warned about the growing financial risks to the Russian economy from Saudi Arabia encroaching upon its traditional export market for crude…

• Political Climate Shifting Against The Oil And Gas Industry

  Published 10 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Oil and gas companies have had a tough time over the past year trying to weather the storm of falling oil prices. But the political…

• Oil Megaprojects Won't Stay On The Shelf For Long

  Published 06 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  One casualty of the oil price downturn could be the megaproject. For years, as conventional oil reserves depleted and became increasingly hard to find, oil…

• Elon Musk's Hyperloop Takes A Step Forward

  Published 04 November 2015 | viewed 0 times

  For the first time in close to a century, mankind may be about to give serious attention to a technology that has the potential to…

• Forget Vegas, Nevada Is Now About Reno And Lithium

  Published 29 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Nevada is booming as new lithium companies rush in to stake out targets and massive business development gets underway, from Tesla to Amazon and Apple.…

• Stop Blaming OPEC For Low Prices

  Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  We are a little more than a month away from OPEC's next meeting, which will be held in Vienna on December 4, 2015. OPEC altered…

• Day Of Reckoning For U.S. Shale Will Have To Wait

  Published 24 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  October has been billed as a pivotal month in which indebted shale companies would see their credit lines cut, precipitating a faster consolidation in the…

• Oil Market Showdown: Can Russia Outlast The Saudis?

  Published 19 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter..." Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome November 27, oil consuming countries will…

• China To Continue Expanding Its Influence In The Oil And Gas Sector

  Published 13 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Since 2009, China has been taking a much more active role in its pursuit of international oil contracts. In 2009, for the first time, Saudi…

• Lithium Market Set To Explode - All Eyes Are On Nevada

  Published 08 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  While other commodities are floundering or completely collapsing in this market, lithium -- the critical mineral in the emerging battery gigafactory war -- is poised…

• Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

  Published 06 October 2015 | viewed 0 times

  President Putin's recent moves in the Middle East -- to shore up Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria through deployment of combat aircraft, equipment, and manpower…