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  1. ML


    Bloomberg is quoting Vitol as saying that no one will be able to get around the US sanctions on Iran, but I'm not entirely...
      

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  2. SF


    Nick Cunningham's article on Oilprice, "Did Trump’s ‘Plan B’ For Iran Just Fail?", suggests that Trump was trying to build a coalition.  I posit...

  3. George Doolittle


    Utica and Marcellus shale has been the "nOPEC" destroyer going on a decade now. Also to understand oil pricing one must understand how the...

  4. KT


    So, this is a new twist I wasn't aware of earlier. The Yemeni island of Socotra has now been sucked into the war, but...
      

  5. EA


    The US ambassador to Yemen has accused the Iranian backed Houthis of failing to uphold what was agreed to in talks held in Sweden...
      

  6. Marina Schwarz


    The former president is the latest to get swept into the Car Wash investigations. I'm beginning to wonder if anyone will be left standing...
      

  7. Marina Schwarz


    At Least 25 Dead, 60 Wounded In Military Parade Attack In Iran Can the Middle Eastern hell get any more horrible? Sure it can.
      

  8. DayTrader


    (ZeroHedge)  -  After Trump's Sunday "Locked and Loaded" comment in response to the early Saturday precision strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities from an as...
      

  9. KT


    Nothing would rock markets like this for the year ... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-19/saudi-allegiance-council-meeting-secret-consider-mbs-replacement-report But speculation is now going to come out of the woodwork from everywhere. Also heard...
      

  10. Adrian Hernandez


    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46465768 So much for a trade war ceasefire.
      

  11. Marina Schwarz


    Barter is the name of the game. The EU has set up a special-purpose vehicle to do trade with Iran without using dollars. So...
      

  12. Douglas Buckland


    After reading the various posts yesterday, then thinking over all of the opinions presented, I wanted to post my views on the subject for consideration. First,...
      

  13. Tom Kirkman


    NASA has released a 113 slide PowerPoint presentation.  To the U.S. Military and Intelligence agencies. Hope you read it, some of these ideas are... mindboggling.  
      

  14. jose chalhoub


    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-arabstates/chinas-xi-pledges-20-billion-in-loans-to-revive-middle-east-idUSKBN1K0072. And the contest for the conquering of Middle East just got much more interesting. Enter China.. 
      

  15. Sukumar Ray


    https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/02/25/trump-eyes-nobel-peace-prize-with-north-korea-policy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/opinion/sunday/north-korea-summit-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trump-should-get-the-nobel-peace-prize-for-north-korea-talks-says-souths-moon/2018/04/30/9f89798c-4c6d-11e8-b966-bfb0da2dad62_story.html?utm_term=.89afbeb5c18b  

  16. TD


    Look What I found Conservatives on an "NBC" affiliated Website.  Think!   https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-withdrawal-iran-nuclear-deal-has-been-vindicated-ncna1003091
      

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  17. JG


    I’m trying to make sense of this KSA situation as I find it hard to believe (but not completely implausible) that people could be so sloppy....
      

  18. Marina Schwarz


    Interesting article on conspiracy theories, I thought. I'm sure some of you will appreciate some of the references.
      

  19. jose chalhoub


    This week's top global oil and gas news intersected with political risks worldwide: 1.) President Donald Trump announced U.S. decission to reimpose sanctions on...
      

  20. Marina Schwarz


    https://www.wsj.com/articles/rising-oil-prices-are-bad-news-for-saudi-arabia-1537915829 Who would have thought?
      

  21. cv


    $4 trillion climate plan that aims to tax carbon, return funds to American people   Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney became the latest 2020 candidate to...
      

  22. Marina Schwarz


    Nigeria's incumbent president has won a second term. Good news for the industry because the runner-up had some eccentric ideas about the oil industry that...
      

  23. TB


    The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate offered legislation on Tuesday urging the United States to keep troops in Syria and Afghanistan, as President...
      

  24. LB


    Very interested to see how the likely Iraq election win by Shi'ite Al-Sadr pans our for all the external players on this field, and...
      

  25. KT


    I think one of the most pressing geopolitical issues we should be considering right now is whether the Saudis will really try to go...
      

  26. Marina Schwarz


    https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2173479/singapore-leader-lee-hsien-loong-warns-region-may-have-choose That didn't take long.
      

  27. rn


    The purpose of Putin in Syria is not to fight against ISIL, but to hold on to the throne the bloodthirsty dictator Assad. Russian...
      

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  28. Marina Schwarz


    China didn't export any oil products to North Korea in November, customs data say. And all this time Washington has been insisting they do...
      

  29. Marina Schwarz


    Reuters just published this in-depth story on Saudi Arabia. Interesting read, I thought. It would be nice if those of you who have direct...
      

  30. Abby Gham


    Saudi oil minister Khalid Al-Falih announced that Shaybah Field was attacked today by Houthi rebels' drones sent from Yemen. The official stated that there...