Gerald is an independent freelance energy analyst based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Logistics have been pushed to the forefront of oil trade as Houthi missile and drone attacks continue to disrupt navigation through the Red Sea and…
Houthi missile attacks on tankers transiting the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb strait have lifted oil prices, allowing OPEC+ heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia or…
Having enjoyed a strong third quarter with Brent prices averaging 86 per barrel, the oil producer countries of the Middle East are now facing a…
Tensions in the Middle East escalated just as oil prices declined into potentially dangerous territory for major OPEC+ players such as Saudi Arabia. Before October…
The spike in oil prices to the highest level in more than a year worked wonders for the Middle East. Saudi Aramco is back to…
Oil prices globally have been firmly above $80 per barrel, however, the market at large has kept surprisingly mum about the key factor in the price…
Saudi Arabia pledged to cut production right after the OPEC+ summit in early June, however, it took the market several weeks to see and properly…
One of the most drastic production cuts of the past years, Saudi Arabia’s pledge of reducing its crude output by 1 million b/d in July,…
The OPEC+ voluntary production cuts, on paper promising curtailments amounting to 1.66 million b/d, should have been the main story for May. Regrettably for many…
Less than a month following the announcement of OPEC+ production cuts, oil prices have gone back to where they were before. As difficult as it…
The banking collapses that have sapped confidence in oil markets and brought oil prices closer to the $70 per barrel mark have been followed with…
As the OPEC+ meeting in the first days of February only confirmed the oil group is intent on maintaining its strategy and will avoid sudden…
China is back, and even the most ardent skeptics of Beijing’s policy easing will be compelled to admit that there is great upside in global…
Upstream companies are starting to adapt to an environment where oil prices will be higher for longer, one where OPEC+ production discipline and US shareholder…
Middle Eastern OSPs – December 2022 The oil markets have come full circle. In a year that saw the Russia-Ukraine war disrupt crude flows across…
The Middle East has been steadily reaping the benefits of its oil bounty throughout 2022, arguably one of the most successful years for the region…
Heading into November 2022 with the firm knowledge that intra-OPEC+ cohesion has been restored to the fullest and the oil group has been given a…
In hindsight, June 2022 might go down as the last month when the markets at large were still yet to go into full panic, acknowledging…
Recently, China made it clear that it plans to move away from its rigid string of lockdowns, arguably the main demand-curbing trend in Asia over…
The volatility that we have seen in the oil markets over March will most certainly become part of history books. In the same month that…