Saudi Arabia’s oil spat with Russia throws a spanner into the works of the Kingdom’s long-standing effort to hedge its bets, a strategy that has taken...
In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, one of the major economic consequences has been the substantial hit to the energy industry. Ever since the virus...
Since early Monday, the announcement of a “price war” between Saudi Arabia and Russia, two biggest OPEC+ allies, hit the headlines of almost all of the...
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury (OFAC) imposed sanctions on a Rosneft subsidiary. On February 18, 2020, US...
Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, constricting travel and broader economic...
Recent developments in Italy and the stock market have things in common. Both came as an alarming surprise; while Italian authorities took stringent measures to lock...
The Eastern Mediterranean has become a flash-point for the meshing of geopolitics, the struggle for regional hegemony, battles for control of resources, religious soft power rivalry,...
Crude oil prices remained low as the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 that emerged in China continues to spread worldwide while keeping pressure on global oil...
The West does not like the energy policy of Russia. And Putin, as its ideologist. “Aggressive,” “annexing,” “Russian-style” – labels like these are in spades. But...
With a population of close to 400 million people, the West African region has one of the fastest growing vehicle fleets in the world. As in...