oil
Iran and Trump on the edge of the abyss
By Elijah J. Magnier
June 23,2019
Iran is pushing US President Donald Trump to the edge of the abyss, raising the level of tensions to new...
Is Norway’s oil & gas selloff a mistake?
11 Mar, 2019
Another big step has been taken to end the hydrocarbon era, if the decision by Norway’s sovereign wealth fund to dump oil...
Flirting With Disaster: the Return of Offshore Drilling
by Karl Grossman *
March 7, 2019
It’s been decades since a fisherman out of Montauk on Long Island told me about seeing a ship in...
Juan Guaido will open up Venezuelan oil to foreign companies, his...
6 Feb, 2019
An envoy to the US for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said the country’s oil reserves would be opened to foreign...
The next financial crash is imminent, and China’s resource crisis could...
Over three decades, the value of energy China extracts from its domestic oil, gas and coal supplies has plummeted by half
By Nafeez Ahmed
Sep 12, 2018
China’s...
Brazil’s shift from progressive socialism to the far-right: Why did this...
6 Nov, 2018
For Brazil, the world’s fourth largest democracy, to have elected the extreme right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is stunning.
Just a decade ago Brazil’s president...
Killing Jamal Khashoggi Was Easy. Explaining It Is Much Harder
By Philip M. GIRALDI
18.10.2018
Getting to the bottom of the Jamal Khashoggi disappearance is a bit like peeling an onion. It is known that Khashoggi...
Raised eyebrows in Moscow as Saudi crown prince predicts Russia &...
6 Oct, 2018
The Saudi crown prince believes that Russia will “disappear” from the oil market within 20 years, giving China only five years tops...
Britain and the Black Gold of Mesopotamia
by Jacques R. Pauwels
October 5, 2018
The First World War was a contest between two blocs of imperialist powers, whereby a major goal was the...
Germany Can’t Give Up on Cooperation With Russia in Oil and...
24.08.2018
Germany has greenlighted the Nord Stream 2 project to bring Russian gas to Europe and is under strong pressure from the US, which warns...