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Oil Price Correction Triggers Shale Meltdown
Oil Price Correction Triggers Shale Meltdown It was a rough week for the U.S. shale industry. A series of earnings reports came out in recent days, and while some drillers beat expectations, there were some huge misses as well. Concho Resources, for instance, saw its share price tumble 22 percent when it disclosedseveral problems at once. […]
Oil Prices Spike Most In 5 Months As US-Iran Tensions Soar
Oil Prices Spike Most In 5 Months As US-Iran Tensions Soar WTI and Brent prices spiked overnight on the headlines about a US drone being shot down by Iran, and just legged higher once again following Trump’s tweet warning that “Iran made a very big mistake.” “Geopolitics is helping oil bulls to make a spectacular […]
Oil traders have bigger worries than a new Hormuz tanker war
Oil traders have bigger worries than a new Hormuz tanker war Oil tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman and the US pointing the finger at Iran should be enough to send the price of the world’s most vital commodity skyrocketing. Instead, oil prices have barely budged. Traders are not buying into the theory that Tehran wants […]
Will A False Flag Iran War Cause A Financial Crisis?
Will A False Flag Iran War Cause A Financial Crisis? Just a couple of weeks ago the financial world’s biggest worry was the plunging price of oil. Supply was up, stockpiles were building and speculation was pointing towards $40 a barrel, a price at which the fracking/shale oil “miracle” would evaporate. A trillion dollars of […]
Did the B-Team Overplay its Hand Against Iran?
Did the B-Team Overplay its Hand Against Iran? Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has a term of endearment for Iran’s enemies, “The B-Team.” The “B-Team” consists of U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister (nee Dictator) Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and the UAE’s Mohammed bin Zayed. When we look […]
Waiting For The Black Swan
Waiting For The Black Swan War with Iran would be the beginning of the end Two more tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday morning (6/13/19) in the Gulf of Oman, and if hostilities advance we could be facing a ‘black swan’ event. One that changes everything, and divides the world into […]
False Flag? Iran Has Little To Gain From Oman Tanker Attacks
False Flag? Iran Has Little To Gain From Oman Tanker Attacks Gulf of Tonkin 2.0? Regardless of whether Iran is responsible for damage to vessels in the Sea of Oman, Bloomberg’s Julian Lee explains, it will still get the blame – and suffer the fallout. Two ships with one stone: Saudis get i) higher oil price ii) […]
2 Tankers Damaged After Torpedo Attack Near Strait Of Hormuz; Oil Soars
2 Tankers Damaged After Torpedo Attack Near Strait Of Hormuz; Oil Soars Update 3: Managers at the companies that own the tankers have weighed in on Thursday’s attacks. The manager of the Kokuka Courageous described the incident as a “hostile attack,” and DHT Holdings and Heidmar, the owners of the two tankers, have suspended new bookings […]
A ‘’Gusher Of Red Ink’’ For U.S. Shale
A ‘’Gusher Of Red Ink’’ For U.S. Shale Oil prices are off more about 20 percent in the last two weeks on growing fears of a brewing economic recession. Commodities of all types have been hammered by the pessimism. “Fear of global economic growth slowing,” said Peter Kiernan, lead energy analyst at the Economist Intelligence […]
The Most Crucial Pipeline Of The Middle East?
The Most Crucial Pipeline Of The Middle East? Contemporary Middle Eastern history is strongly influenced by energy politics. Besides providing revenue for the state’s coffers, oil is also a potent geopolitical tool in the hands of resource-rich countries. Recently, officials from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq have engaged in talks to restart the dysfunctional pipeline that once […]
How Oil Defeated The Nazis
How Oil Defeated The Nazis General Erwin Rommel, “the Desert Fox,” was reputedly the best tactician in the entire German Army. For years, he led his panzers across multiple campaigns in North Africa. But what was a German army doing zipping across the deserts of Libya? Simple: Rommel was trying to capture the Suez Canal, and with […]
Why it (sort of) makes sense for the US to impose tariffs
Why it (sort of) makes sense for the US to impose tariffs Nearly everyone wonders, “Why is Donald Trump crazy enough to impose tariffs on imports from other countries? How could this possibly make sense?” As long as the world economy is growing rapidly, it makes sense for countries to cooperate with each other. With the […]
Visualizing How Much Oil Is In An Electric Vehicle?
Visualizing How Much Oil Is In An Electric Vehicle? When most people think about oil and natural gas, the first thing that comes to mind is the gas in the tank of their car. But, as Visual Capitalist’s Nicholas LePan notes, there is actually much more to oil’s role, than meets the eye… Oil, along with […]
Iran, Venezuela and the Throes of Empire
Iran, Venezuela and the Throes of Empire Illustration by Nathaniel St. Clair With the Trump administration threatening war against Iran and Venezuela, the question of how the U.S. was brought to this point needs to be considered. To argue that current circumstances are particular to this administration is to overlook U.S. history vis-a-vis both Iran […]
Why it (sort of) makes sense for the US to impose tariffs
Why it (sort of) makes sense for the US to impose tariffs Nearly everyone wonders, “Why is Donald Trump crazy enough to impose tariffs on imports from other countries? How could this possibly make sense?” As long as the world economy is growing rapidly, it makes sense for countries to cooperate with each other. With the […]
