Afghanistan’s Natural Resources Could Spark Civil War
It is estimated that Afghanistan contains reserves of natural resources, such as oil, gold, iron ore, copper, lithium, etc., which could be worth trillions of dollars, and offers hope for the future to...
View ArticleOil in Tunisia?- Should Tunisia be on Energy Investors Watch List?
Major oil companies like Shell have have been jumping at the chance to acquire ground in this former French protectorate that had been neglected for decades. For the first time, major spending has been...
View ArticleBits and Pieces from Casey Research
Porter and Marin on the Future of Oil Prices Porter Stansberry vs. Marin Katusa: Who Won the Bet? By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist On May 1, 2012, Porter Stansberry and I made a bet....
View ArticleIndia’s Energy Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington
By. John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com India’s relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and...
View ArticleExtreme Energy, Extreme Implications
James Stafford of Oilprice.com discusses the following topics with Michael Klare: Why we are talking about a resurgence” of American power Why the issue of US natural gas exports is a geopolitical...
View ArticleKey Oil and Gas Discoveries of 2013
Just a few years ago the chatter was that “Peak Oil” was here and all the oil that could be found had already been found. But all that has changed, now new oil and gas discoveries are being made at a...
View ArticleMideast Oil Loses Some of its Power
By. Claude Salhani of Oilprice.com On his way back from the Yalta conference in February 1945 where US President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with Great Britain’s Winston Churchill and the Soviet Union’s...
View ArticleTrends: Kenya Oil
Ever since it was alleged that Obama was born in Kenya, the African country appears to be in the news more and more. Recently, there was a terrorist attack at a shopping mall and even more recently...
View ArticleAre Canadian Energy Stocks Set for a Rebound?
Interview with Colin Soares As Canadian energy stocks are finally seeing a bit of a push, and demand for Canadian commodities looks set to rise, juniors are confident that economics will ensure that...
View ArticleUkraine’s Two New Energy Deals
If one was to believe the picture that most Western media outlets are painting, Ukraine has been lost to Russia. Though the country fought valiantly to sign an Association Agreement with the European...
View ArticleNew EPA Rule Requires Chemical Disclosure for Offshore Fracking
The environmental impact of “fracking” has been the subject of some debate in recent years. It is the process of pumping water and some other agents into oil wells under pressure in an effort to open...
View ArticleWhat the Loss of Crimea Means for Ukrainian Energy
Birth of a New Ukrainian Nation? Interview with Robert Bensh Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula is now Russia’s. It was done with an impressively organized non-violent military operation, and supported by the...
View ArticleWill Putin Lose His Eastern European Energy Gamble?
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn’t think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a Russian economy starting to decline, however,...
View ArticleBursting the California Shale Bubble
The great hype surrounding the advent of a shale gas bonanza in California may turn out to be just that: hype. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) – the statistical arm of the Department...
View ArticleThe World’s Five Most Important Oil Fields
The world currently consumes roughly 82 million barrels of oil a day. These five oil fields produce roughly 9.5 million barrels a day with West Qurna hoping to increase production by another 2 million...
View ArticleDriving Down Oil Prices Just to Hurt Russia is “Simplistic”
In the global chess game of energy politics every move affects more than a single opponent and the effects of low oil prices are not equally distributed. Some countries will be hurt by low prices more...
View ArticleTop Five Factors Affecting Oil Prices In 2015
As we ring in the New Year, let’s take stock of where we are at with the oil markets. 2014 proved to be a momentous one for the oil markets, having seen prices cut in half in just six months. The big...
View Article5 Ways To Play The Oil Price Plunge
The collapse of the oil price has created losers and winners, and like every major movement in a commodity sector, the trick for investors is figuring out which side of the trade to be on. The most...
View ArticleLies And Deception In Ukraine’s Energy Sector
Ukraine is still living the legacy of its Soviet past with its State owned energy industry, corruption, oligarchs, etc. And in typical bureaucratic fashion Ukraine continues to treat its energy...
View ArticleWill Oil Return to $100 or Drop to $10?
If you have been following the price of oil over the last few months, chances are you're a little confused. On the one hand, you have the likes of A. Gary Shilling who, in this Bloomberg article,...
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