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Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis
Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis Photograph Source: Mehrnews – CC BY 4.0 Recent weeks have seen tensions between the United States and Iran soar, initially after a May 2019 incident in which four commercial vessels were struck in the Gulf of Oman (two Saudi oil tankers, one Norwegian and an Emirati ship), ebb thereafter and […]
Ten Minutes to War
Ten Minutes to War Donald Trump pulled back from igniting a potentially disastrous war in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night with just 10 minutes to spare, but the super-hawks he surrounded himself with will probably try again, writes Joe Lauria. The commander-in-chief acted like one, if only briefly, on Thursday night when he said […]
Persian Gulf oil export peak after tanker attacks?
Persian Gulf oil export peak after tanker attacks? Tankers holed and burning in the Gulf of Oman are not a good sign for future oil exports from the Persian Gulf. Oil exports from the Persian Gulf have been peaking in the last 3 years 2016-2018 at around 22.3 mb/d. That was before the US sanctions […]
Exxon Evacuates All Foreign Staff From Iraqi Oilfield On Security Concerns
Exxon Evacuates All Foreign Staff From Iraqi Oilfield On Security Concerns At the end of a week that’s witnessed a dangerous US military build-up in the Persian Gulf amid anti-Iran war rhetoric, Exxon Mobil has evacuated all of its foreign staff from Iraq’s West Qurna 1 oilfield, flying them to Dubai until “the situation is secure,” according […]
Iran Warns False Flag “Accident” Could “Lure” Trump Into War
Iran Warns False Flag “Accident” Could “Lure” Trump Into War Following US declarations that Washington and its allies intend to take Iranian crude exports down to “zero” by cancelling waivers previously granted to eight nations, tensions are now soaring over the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) attempting to lay down the law […]
Iran Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz If US Blocks Its Oil Exports
Iran Threatens To Close Strait Of Hormuz If US Blocks Its Oil Exports With oil surging to a six month high after a now confirmed report that Trump will not reissue Iranian oil export waivers after they expire on May 2, removing up to 1 million barrels from the market… … Tehran has gone on the offensive and on […]
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints
Iran Navy Begins “Massive Drill” Stretching Across World’s Key Oil Chokepoints Iran’s navy has begun a three day war game exercise on Friday in the Persian Gulf, in an expansive area encompassing Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, to the Sea of Oman and even stretching to northern parts of the Indian Ocean, state media reports. […]
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Heads To Persian Gulf In “Show Of Force” After Iran Ballistic Missile Test
U.S. Aircraft Carrier Heads To Persian Gulf In “Show Of Force” After Iran Ballistic Missile Test Days after Iran unveiled its first stealth destroyer in a televised ceremony on Saturday which saw the warship launched into operation in the Persian Gulf, and after the US condemned Iran’s test firing a medium-range nuclear capable ballistic missile on Sunday, […]
The Geopolitics of Energy
The Geopolitics of Energy Some brief notes on the situation around the world with respect to the influence that energy has on political developments. 1. The Middle East The Middle East continues to play a major role in the global energy scene. Notwithstanding changes that have occurred in the political situation of many countries in […]
Iranian Navy Holds Drills In Persian Gulf After Threats To Block Strait Of Hormuz
Iranian Navy Holds Drills In Persian Gulf After Threats To Block Strait Of Hormuz Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Sunday confirmed rumors that they moved up the timing of a large naval drill in the Persian Gulf several days ahead of the Islamic Republic’s planned annual exercises, according to Reuters. State news agency IRNA said the war games were aimed at “confronting […]
Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran?
Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran? Exclusive: Under growing economic and political pressure, the new Saudi leadership is showing a dangerous impulse toward military interventions, raising prospects for a direct and destructive confrontation with its regional rival Iran, writes Daniel Lazare. Now that Saudi Arabia has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and reportedly bombed Iran’s embassy in […]
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — in Iranian Waters
U.S. Media Condemns Iran’s “Aggression” in Intercepting U.S. Naval Ships — in Iranian Waters News broke last night, hours before President Obama’s State of the Union address, that two U.S. Navy ships “in the Persian Gulf” were “seized” by Iran, and the 10 sailors on board were “arrested.” The Iranian government quickly said, and even the U.S. government […]
Iran Seizes 2 US Navy Boats, Crewmen
Iran Seizes 2 US Navy Boats, Crewmen Tensions were already running high between Tehran and Washington in the wake of Iran’s move to test-fire a next generation surface-to-surface ballistic missile with the range to hit Israel. And then the IRGC conducted a live-fire rocket test within 1,500 yards of a US aircraft carrier in the […]
The Middle East Could Face A Historic Crisis By Century’s End
The Middle East Could Face A Historic Crisis By Century’s End Regarding the Middle East and its oil, the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saed Al Maktoum, longtime Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, once famously remarked: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my […]
Soaring heat and humidity pose deadly threat
Soaring heat and humidity pose deadly threat Working outdoors in places such as Dubai could become seriously life threatening. Image: Carter S’ via Flickr Parts of the Arabian Gulf region – prime source of the oil that helps fuel climate change – are most at risk of becoming uninhabitable for humans unless global warming is tackled. A […]
