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• What Explains The Bizarre Price Surge In Oman Crude?

  Published 28 September 2018 | viewed 49,936 times

  While oil traders have been generally punting to the "November Iran sanctions" as the reason why in recent weeks a bevy of $100 oil forecasts…

• Why OPEC Is Concerned About Global Demand Growth

  Published 12 September 2018 | viewed 13,518 times

  Amid fears of global oil supply disruption and production curbs, in its latest monthly report, OPEC expects global oil supplies to remain stable, while cautioning…

• Is China’s $26 Trillion New Silk Road A Debt Trap?

  Published 03 September 2018 | viewed 31,252 times

  President Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” trade infrastructure project could be hitting significant bottlenecks as some countries begin to sound alarms regarding the massive debt…

• Tanker With 19 On Board Disappears In Pirate-Infested Waters Off Africa

  Published 22 August 2018 | viewed 17,181 times

  A tanker with 19 crew members on board is feared to have been hijacked after it went missing in pirate-plagued waters off Gabon in West…

• Venezuela Takes Unprecedented Action To Stabilize Currency

  Published 21 August 2018 | viewed 33,481 times

  As previewed yesterday, on Monday Venezuela officially slashed five zeros from prices and its currency as part of what has been dubbed one of the greatest currency…

• Israel Threatens Military Response Against Houthi Forces

  Published 02 August 2018 | viewed 21,108 times

  Will the war in Yemen become the next battleground in the ongoing Iran-Israel proxy war for the Middle East? The past year has witnessed a more out in the…

• Aramco’s Next Plan To Raise Billions Of Dollars

  Published 28 July 2018 | viewed 24,765 times

  The Aramco IPO may now be history, put on indefinite hold several weeks ago, but Saudi Arabia's funding needs have never been greater. As a…

• The Downfall Of U.S. Nuclear Power

  Published 12 July 2018 | viewed 27,575 times

  A new, shocking report by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), Harvard University, and the University of California San…

• Russia Joins The Global Trade War

  Published 07 July 2018 | viewed 30,600 times

  Whether this is a coordinated response is unclear - and certainly on a much smaller scale - but Bloomberg reports that Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a…

• Do Crude Producers Really Want Higher Oil Prices?

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 19,492 times

  Major states buying oil from Iran are unlikely to heed the U.S. call to drop imports; key allies want a waiver to avoid sanctions; OPEC,…

• Oil Prices Spike Despite Saudi Plan For Unprecedented Oil Export Surge

  Published 26 June 2018 | viewed 21,804 times

  Update: So much for any drop in the price after the Saudi production boost report: the market appears far more focused on the news of a…

• The Downside Of Six Figure Salaries In The Permian Boom

  Published 12 June 2018 | viewed 23,906 times

  A battle is playing out in Midland, TX between employee-starved local businesses and multinational energy companies who are poaching local residents left and right for…

• Are We About To See Another Correction In Oil Prices?

  Published 28 May 2018 | viewed 42,166 times

  The last four days have seen WTI Crude prices plunge almost 10% from their cycle peak near $73 to a $65 handle overnight. (Click to…

• Increasing WTI-Brent Spread Points At Higher Crude Prices

  Published 24 May 2018 | viewed 16,823 times

  Here’s a new indicator for you: It seems that the difference between the price of oil here and abroad is a measure of tightness in…

• High Gas Prices May Spoil Driving Season

  Published 23 May 2018 | viewed 8,774 times

  With the national average gas price continuing its trudge toward $3 a barrel, pushed by rising crude oil prices, GasBuddy is reporting that more Americans…

• How Does Oil Impact Bond Markets

  Published 21 May 2018 | viewed 28,670 times

  When one considers the relationship between crude oil prices and 10Y yields, conventional wisdom traditionally looks at the correlation between 10Y breakevens - i.e., the…

• How An "Oil Price Shock" Will Hurt The U.S. Economy

  Published 19 May 2018 | viewed 37,715 times

  One month ago, when looking at the sharp spike in oil and gasoline prices (which at the time averaged $2.73), we said that the surge…

• Brent Breaks $80 On Flurry Of Bullish News

  Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 20,868 times

  Ticker: Two weeks after Saudi Arabia said it was targeting $80/bbl oil, this morning Riyadh got its wishes early when Brent hit the Saudi target,…

• $4 Gasoline Could Cripple The U.S. Economy

  Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 20,172 times

  Consumers, who are already being squeezed by rising interest rates (even as the return on their cash deposits remains anchored near zero), are facing another…

• Who Was Buying Iranian Oil And What Happens Next?

  Published 09 May 2018 | viewed 79,036 times

  With Trump having started the 6 month process of pulling out from the Iranian nuclear deal (or rather as Steven Mnuchin admitted, Trump's true intention is merely…