Oil wars continue
Some are now asserting that China emerged victorious at expense of major global crude oil producers.
Syed Rashid Husain
A crude fall of fortunes
More than 100,000 oil and gas jobs have already been lost in the United States.
For oil, a new normal looms
Oil markets have surged. Demand is up. Supply has tightened. Around the same time last month, it was a blood bath.
The crude politics of oil
THE global energy chess board continues to spring surprises. Saudi Arabia, the defacto leader of the Organisation of the
A crude comeback in the offing
Things are beginning to open, slowly but surely.
Interesting times ahead for crude
Is another crude price rout around the corner?
Crude heads into an abyss
There are signs that the stunningly low prices are here to stay as supply dwarfs consumption.
A crude deal: too little, too late?
The overall crude oil spectre continues to be bleak, despite the unprecedented cut.
From bad to worse, a crude escalation
With demand and supply shock acting simultaneously, crude oil markets are literally imploding.
For crude, it’s Texas, Russia and the Opec now
The outbreak of a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia has only worsened the scenario.
Putin, MBS and a crude war
TURMOIL is gripping the oil markets. Panic has taken over. Prices are tanking. Coronavirus is hitting hard. Demand...
A crude divorce on the horizon
WITH ‘crude’ endeavours to control, direct and distort the fundamentals in disarray, and the invisible hand...
The crude big bad wolf
Crude markets are faced with a real battering. Prices are in freefall. By Friday evening, the U.S. West Texas...
Burning down the crude house
‘The House is on Fire!’, so said the Saudi oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman when asked about the impact...
Tough times ahead for crude-rich Gulf economies
The geopolitical landscape is undergoing a massive change.
Not the best of times for crude
IT has been a fast and furious few weeks. Last Monday, the price for US crude WTI dipped below $50 a barrel for the...
A crude supply and demand game is on
Oil prices are mainly driven by demand and supply fundamentals, and with ample supplies, fundamentals are weak.
A range-bound year ahead for crude
“Global oil markets will remain well supplied this year, with a possible overhang of some 1 million bpd.”
A crude bull run on crutches
IRAN had little option but to retaliate. So it did, targeting the US bases in Iraq. Yet, the reaction was...
More drama on the crude front
ENERGY markets are on tenterhooks as the overall picture gets murkier. Geopolitics is back in the saddle.