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A new crude order in the offing
Market fundamentals have changed, the Middle East is not the sole driver of the markets.
Syed Rashid Husain
Is Trump holding the trump card?
PRESIDENT Donald Trump is the wild card in the oil markets today where energy geopolitics is in the lead. Before...
Crude’s zero-sum game continues
Markets are gauging the impact of the withdrawal of the Iran sanction waivers by the US administration.
For crude, a chicken and egg problem
Tougher sanctions on Iran seem contingent on US understanding that Saudi, UAE will make up lost barrels.
Time for Opec to spring back in action
Although the crude market is on the up, the global economy is not in the best of health.
Libyan civil unrest prompts Opec+ to review output cuts
The output cut regimen adopted by Opec+ is yielding results.
Ghawar oilfield: Aramco’s ace of spades
Aramco is the world’s most profitable company.
For crude, a reign of non-fundamentals
WHILE there is a buzz all around, and even the Prime Minister Imran Khan is giving a fillip to it saying Pakistan is...
Oil price rising as glut evaporating
Last week WTI topped $60 a barrel for the first time since Nov 9, 2018.
With shale revival, US to become top oil exporter
IEA's executive director says, "The second wave of shale revolution is coming."
Unlikely allies on the crude chessboard
Russia and Saudi Arabia are synchronising their steps on the global energy chessboard.
Trump’s ‘crude’ tweets swing global oil prices
“Oil prices getting too high. Opec, please relax and take it easy. World cannot take a price hike - fragile!”
A crude move on the energy chessboard
Saudi, Russia are key to the success of the ongoing endeavours to stabilise the oil markets.
Return of the global swing producer
Despite not wanting, Saudi Arabia is back in its traditional role of the global swing producer.
While the...
A crude metamorphosis in the offing
The Opec+ cuts are taking effect and US data is starting to reflect these changing market conditions.
Will the US energy independence dream come true?
The global energy horizon continues to evolve.
Oil will not end, oil era would
The presence of crude has been acknowledged in shale deposits for decades.
Opec grappling urgency as volatility weighs in
A volatile 2019 is very much on the cards as far as crude markets are concerned. Oversupply and demand worries are...
For crude, volatility surfs down
Why has Opec's decision to cut output failed to deliver?
For Opec, the end of cartelisation nears
Opec's control over the crude world is slipping and the organisation is beginning to look weaker and meeker.