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The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024
The Bulletin: November 14-20, 2024 What We Refuse to Believe | how to save the world “That’s Bait…” Chumming the Media Waters Doesn’t Work Like it Used To – Gold Goats ‘n Guns US Deficit Explodes: Blowout October Deficit Means 2nd Worst Start To US Fiscal Year On Record | ZeroHedge When The Show Is […]
The Bulletin: August 1-7, 2024
The Bulletin: August 1-7, 2024 Introducing The Bulletin, a collation of recent articles focusing upon those predicaments flowing from the ongoing collapse of our global, industrialised complex society. Middle East On The Brink: Goldman Heads Discuss ‘Interconnected Realities’ Of Markets & Geopolitics Amid Looming Iran Strike | ZeroHedge Russia’s Arctic Energy Expansion A Geopolitical And […]
Canada, The Unexpected Winner in the Global Oil Boom
Canada, The Unexpected Winner in the Global Oil Boom The Trans Mountain Expansion Project, now finally completed and operational after years of delays, is changing the fortunes of the oil sands. Canada’s oil sands producers have started ramping up production last year in anticipation of the start-up of exports through the TMX pipeline. The production […]
IEA’s Staggering Oil Glut is Staggeringly Unlikely
IEA’s Staggering Oil Glut is Staggeringly Unlikely The International Energy Agency (IEA) has become a dishonest broker of information because of its renewable energy bias. This week, it reported that there will be a staggering oil glut by the end of the decade. “Total supply capacity is forecast to rise to nearly 114 million barrels a […]
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change
Gold & Oil: Understanding Rather than Fearing Change There is much legitimate (as well as dramatic) talk about the failing US, its debased currency and its identity-fractured/inflation-taxed middle-class which has been increasingly described more aptly as the working poor. The End, or Just Change? But is America coming to an end? Will the USD lose its world […]
Oil’s Fate Hinges On OPEC+ Hanging Tough
Oil’s Fate Hinges On OPEC+ Hanging Tough The global oil market is in OPEC+ walk-up mode. That should keep prices supported this week ahead of the (now online) gaggle, which falls on June 2. After that, price direction hinges on the immediate fallout from the meeting, plus bets about the market’s 2H trajectory. Conventional wisdom points […]
Russia Discovers Massive Oil and Gas Reserves in British Antarctic Territory
Russia Discovers Massive Oil and Gas Reserves in British Antarctic Territory Russia’s Rosgeo uncovered oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory, estimated at around 511 billion barrels. The discovery poses environmental risks and challenges the 1959 Antarctic Treaty, which prohibits oil developments in the region. Geopolitical tensions rise as Russia’s activities in Antarctica are […]
The Biggest Risks of This Decade
The Biggest Risks of This Decade Since the 2020 pandemic, many things have changed, but nothing more than geopolitics. Wars and clashes that used to be largely national have given way to more regional conflicts that threaten to upend the current world order. The Ukraine War and Israel-Iran conflicts have the potential to lead to […]
Is China’s Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back?
Is China’s Oil Demand Set For A Major Bounce Back? China’s extraordinary economic expansion almost singlehandedly drove a supercycle in key commodities since the mid-90s. This robust performance across several major sectors in China’s economy is in sharp contrast to the growth drivers seen last year. China continues to buy oil from Russia and Iran […]
Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees
Kazakhstan’s Oil Flows to Germany Threatened as Russia Demands Transit Fees Russian pipeline operator Transneft has warned Kazakhstan’s oil companies that ship crude to Germany via Transneft’s Druzhba pipeline that the customers of the Kazakh firms have until June to pay for metering services or risk a halt to supplies, trading sources told Reuters on Thursday. In […]
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden contaminated waste. Left, Petroleum 238 cover. Credit: Sabrina Bedford, design; Julie Dermansky, photo. Right, author Justin Nobel. Credit: Karen LeBlanc. In Paris, France, there are fine cafés and famous landmarks. But […]
Oil Markets Were Unwise But Right in the Israel-Iran Crisis
Oil Markets Were Unwise But Right in the Israel-Iran Crisis The Middle East seemed to be on the brink of war last week and oil prices fell. Was the market wrong? Brent futures price closed at $90.45 per barrel on Friday, April 12 before Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel (Figure 1). When markets […]
Oil prices aren’t the Fed’s biggest problem right now — American demand is, says an economist
Oil prices aren’t the Fed’s biggest problem right now — American demand is, says an economist Inflation could see a resurgence in 2025, BlackRock strategists warned. Jonathan Kitchen/Getty Images “I think what’s difficult for the Fed currently is actually the part of CPI that is being driven by demand, rather than the supply issues or the […]
Almost Everything is About Oil in the Middle East
Almost Everything is About Oil in the Middle East Perhaps the most extraordinary part of Iran’s April 13 attack on Israel was that it was countered by a coalition that included Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is also noteworthy that this was the first time that the United States engaged militarily in […]
Crude, Food Prices Jump As Looming Israel-Iran Conflict Spark 1970s Oil Shock Fears
Crude, Food Prices Jump As Looming Israel-Iran Conflict Spark 1970s Oil Shock Fears Larry MacDonald of The Bear Traps Report penned a very informative note last month that outlined, “2023-2024 look a lot like 1973-1974.” He said, “We’re one event away from a 1970s-style stagflation explosion…” History books remind us that the 1973 oil embargo shook the global […]
