Energy Geopolitics
Oil prices: The demand looks weak, the commitment strong
EIA recently reported that this year (2017) will see a highly volatile oil price. From 30th November to hitherto oil prices have seen a...
Brazil’s Locomotive Breath
The process of growth and modernization in Brazil has been always described as an example to be followed by other developing countries. Nevertheless, the...
Market Insights: A new year full of challenges
A new year—new issues, new aims and ambitions. In the first snippet of Market Insights let us see what are the most pressing issues...
Pipelines or Pipe Dreams? Turkey’s Role in Future European Energy Policy
T urkey demonstrates obvious and unique geostrategic significance for the Euro-Atlantic community and as an influential player at the center of Western...
Oily Business: Crude Oil, November deal and Uncertainty
T he stage is set. The world waits. There are murmurs and whispers. There are speculations and surmises. On 30th November OPEC...
A Tough Row to Hoe
A ll seemed hunky-dory. The air was suffused with a sanguine current cascading through the markets and rallying up the prices touching a...
BRICS and the Doctrine of Energy Cooperation
Authors: Urmila Rao* and Manish Vaid One of the prime outcomes of the BRICS Summit 2016, (October 15-16, Goa, India) was setting up of...
Oil- A Slippery Friend
I still recall seeing articles, reading news and perusing opinions clamoring with a ‘no deal’ jargon. Belonging to the same pessimistic guild I was...
Is US the new swing producer of Oil/ Crude Realities: A Rift fueled by Oil?
Have you ever noticed that The United States of America, the police-man of the world, also knows how to make the best burger (McDonalds),...
India’s gas-based economy vision seeks subsea pipeline option
Authors: Manish Vaid and Darshit Paun India’s hunt for developing a sustainable economy should not only involve the push towards renewable energy sources but...