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• Crude Oil Futures Slip as Funds Increase Bet on Higher Prices

  Published 20 March 2010 | viewed 1,504 times

  Oil Market Summary for 03/15/2010 to 03/19/2010 Crude oil futures kept falling back from highs even though speculative funds increased their bets that prices are…

• Damage Done By Nigeria's Contentious Oil Bill May Be Tough To Undo

  Published 16 March 2010 | viewed 1,697 times

  Nigeria's controversial oil industry bill is expected to eventually pass but the government may find it tough to later shift gears as international oil firms…

• Crude Prices Stagnate Amid Doubts About Global Demand

  Published 13 March 2010 | viewed 2,211 times

  Oil Market Summary 03/08/2010 to 03/12/2010 Crude oil prices tread water for the week as uncertainty about demand continued to weigh on the market. Prices…

• U.S. Jobs Data Propels Crude Oil Above $80 a Barrel

  Published 07 March 2010 | viewed 2,422 times

  Oil Market Summary for 03/01/2010 to 03/05/2010 Jobs data indicating that U.S. economic recovery might be picking up steam finally pushed crude oil futures decisively…

• Iraqi Elections Likely To Fuel Ethnic Tensions, Further Delay Access To Kirkuk's Reserves

  Published 05 March 2010 | viewed 1,908 times

  The elections in Iraq on March 7, 2010, are likely to serve as an important indicator of the prospects for a resolution of the long-running…

• Yemen's Push Into the Gas Sector Fails to Stimulate Great Excitement and Raises Disturbing Questions

  Published 04 March 2010 | viewed 1,522 times

  With Yemen's oil revenues plunging, the government's push into the gas market seemed like an economic saving grace for a state wracked by poverty and…

• Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others

  Published 02 March 2010 | viewed 1,337 times

  The artificially-engendered revival of the dispute, which began in February 2010 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in…

• Crude Oil Hits Ceiling in Week as Hedge Funds Attack Euro

  Published 27 February 2010 | viewed 1,575 times

  Oil Market Summary for 02/22/2010 to 02/26/2010 Crude oil broke through the $80 a barrel ceiling repeatedly during the week but kept falling back as…

• Tide Turns As Kurds Push For Oil Law Amid South's Sudden Bright Future

  Published 24 February 2010 | viewed 2,082 times

  While the Iraqi government has made overtures to its Kurdish counterpart in the north to end an oil standoff, much remains in doubt without an…

• Oil Market Summary for 02/16/2010 to 02/20/2010

  Published 20 February 2010 | viewed 2,680 times

  An easing of the crisis in Europe gave energy markets a firm tone last week that enabled crude oil futures to gain nearly 8% amid…

• Libya Faces Tough Energy Sell Following Scant Oil and Gas Claims and Government Fiascos

  Published 18 February 2010 | viewed 2,645 times

  The Libyan government has been sounding off lately about boosting the profile of its oil and gas market, but it's questionable whether international companies will…

• Oil Market Summary for 02/08/2010 - 02/12/2010

  Published 12 February 2010 | viewed 1,780 times

  Crude oil prices took a dive on Friday after a week of gains from U.S. blizzards were undercut by another move in China to tighten…

• Iran Unfazed By Congressional Threats of New Energy Sanctions

  Published 10 February 2010 | viewed 2,136 times

  U.S. lawmakers are toughening their stance on Iran's energy industry with new economic penalties, but experts doubt the Islamic regime will pay much attention and…

• Oil Market Summary for 02/01/2010 to 02/05/2010

  Published 05 February 2010 | viewed 2,311 times

  After starting the week on a firmer note, oil prices fell sharply toward the end of the week in a general market sell-off as investors…

• As the Middle East Peace Talks Hit Deadlock, Talk of Israel Joining the European Union Increases

  Published 03 February 2010 | viewed 2,465 times

  The Middle East peace talks are at a deadlock. Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians to move ahead with the plan established by the so-called…

• 10 Geopolitical and Economic Predictions for 2010

  Published 02 February 2010 | viewed 4,467 times

  A great - and still growing - divergence appeared in 2009 between public statements by leaders and their public performance. The politicized, romanticized theater of…

• Oil Market Summary for 01/25/2010 - 01/29/2010

  Published 30 January 2010 | viewed 2,408 times

  Crude oil futures slipped below $73 a barrel for West Texas Intermediate late Friday as a temporary boost from strong GDP figures failed to last…

• Gazprom: Angel or Demon?

  Published 29 January 2010 | viewed 2,498 times

  Gazprom faces regular opprobrium for its bullying ways of using energy as a pressure and political tool. Seen by some, mostly Russians, as the symbol…

• Oil Market Summary for 01/18/2010 - 01/22/2010

  Published 22 January 2010 | viewed 2,653 times

  New measures by Chinese authorities to curb bank lending reversed a rally in energy prices early in the week, bringing West Texas Intermediate futures down…

• Nigeria's Constitutional Dilemma Coming to an Unpredictable Head

  Published 22 January 2010 | viewed 2,631 times

  Nigerian Pres. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, 59, through failing health, is clearly no longer in control of the Government. Some are proclaiming that the "post-Yar'Adua era"…