Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com
On 19 December 2010 Iran introduced targeted subsidies in an effort to control inflation. Iran was urged to do so by international organizations such as…
During a 1 July election rally, Pheu Thai party candidate Yingluck Shinawatra, expected to be first female Prime Minister when the Election Commission validates the…
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed that Pakistan and Iran agree on currency swaps in order to strengthen relations. Zardari made the proposal during his…
Germany's Greens, buoyant following Berlin’s decision to shutter the country’s nuclear power plants in the wake of the March Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan, are…
The Sri Lankan government has rejected Iran’s offer to assist in expanding the island’s Sapugaskanda oil refinery capacity from 50,000 to 100,000 barrels per day…
Nigeria's total trade investments with China for 2011 now total $8.2 billion, compared to their 2010 level of $7.7 billion, according to China’s Economic and…
Kuwait is seeking to construct the Great Mubarak Port on its Bubyan Island on the Khor Abdullah inlet at the mouth of the Persian Gulf,…
Chinese fiscal assistance is allowing Pakistan to begin rebuilding its energy infrastructure in its portion of the contested Himalayan state, which it labels “Azad Kashmir,”…
Vietnam’s Petrolimex Joint Stock Insurance Co., the insurance entity of Vietnam's leading oil product importer, Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation, or Petrolimex, will shortly float a…
Despite the crippling effect of foreign sanctions, the Iranian government has decided to invest $18 billion in the country’s southern oilfields to boost production. Iran's…
Thailand’s new Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra is being urged to review the country’s energy policies. Thailand’s current energy sources are a mixture of everything from…
North Korea remains one of the world’s most isolated regimes, not least because of its rogue nuclear program. The country remains desperately short of everything…
In a show of bravado to Western countries imposing sanctions, Iran has announced that it is ready to export jet fuel to neighboring countries. National Iranian…
Romanian Senate Speaker Mircea Geoana has characterized recent statements by President Traian Basescu on World War II as "a diplomatic blunder" with negative repercussions on…
A projected major Iranian-Omani project has the potential to change the political dynamic of the Persian Gulf. While since 1979 the Arab states on the…
Germany’s foreign policy is now focusing on two bilateral issues of profound interest to both sides. Energy for Germany, food for Africa. For the second…
In a bid to further break out from its international isolation, Iran is holding its third international exhibition on energy saving and urban electronic management…
Jordan’s growing economy has been hobbled by the fact that it currently imports 95 percent of its energy needs. During the "Energy Security in the…
The Falkland Islands are a windswept archipelago in the southern Atlantic, about 250 nautical miles (290 mi; 460 km) from the coast of mainland South…
In a move that could expand India’s civilian nuclear power sector by opening up access to foreign suppliers, India’s government has put the finishing touches…