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15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018
15 Flashpoints Which Could Produce A “Perfect Storm” During The 2nd Half Of 2018 Events are beginning to greatly accelerate, and many believe that the ingredients for a “perfect storm” are starting to come together as we enter the second half of 2018. Other than the continual drama surrounding the Trump presidency, things have been […]
US, Iran Clash in Hormuz Strait: Not an Improbable Scenario
US, Iran Clash in Hormuz Strait: Not an Improbable Scenario The US remains adamant in its desire to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero, even if it hurts importing countries. America’s secondary sanctions on firms dealing with Iran would “snap back” on August 6 for trade in cars and metals and on November 4 for oil and […]
Why The Coming Oil Crunch Will Shock The World
Anton Balazh/Shutterstock Why The Coming Oil Crunch Will Shock The World And why we need a new energy strategy — fast. My years working in corporate strategy taught me that every strategic framework, no matter how complex (some I worked on were hundreds of pages long), boils down to just two things: Where do you […]
King Trump Shouts at the Ocean: Stop the Waves
King Trump Shouts at the Ocean: Stop the Waves Trump believes all he has to do to make things happen is to issue an ultimatum. One Tweet will explain. ✔ The OPEC Monopoly must remember that gas prices are up & they are doing little to help. If anything, they are driving prices higher as […]
Donald of Arabia, Oil Sanction Idiocy: Another Oil Shock Coming
Donald of Arabia, Oil Sanction Idiocy: Another Oil Shock Coming I did not believe Trump would be so foolish as to force the entire world to accept Iranian sanctions. I was wrong. Here’s my general policy: When you are wrong, it’s best to admit it or someone will admit it for you, in a worse […]
Economic War on Iran: Trump Sets Sanction Policy for Entire World
Economic War on Iran: Trump Sets Sanction Policy for Entire World Trump will grant no waivers on purchases of Iranian oil. Effectively, this is an economic declaration of war on Iran. Starting November 4, Trump threatens sanctions on any nation or company that trades with Iran. Effectively, Trump sets sanction policy for the whole world, […]
What Will Follow The Age Of Oil?
What Will Follow The Age Of Oil? U.S. natural gas production will increase by 10 percent this year alone and by as much as 60 percent by 2037, a new report from IHS Markit has forecast. The market research company is extremely upbeat about U.S. gas because of the shale gas revolution, seeing the country […]
China’s Oil Trade Retaliation is Iran’s Gain
China’s Oil Trade Retaliation is Iran’s Gain I’ve told you that once you start down the Trade War path forever will it dominate your destiny. Well here we are. Trump slaps big tariffs on aluminum and steel in a bid to leverage Gary Cohn’s ICE Wall plan to control the metals and oils futures markets. I’m […]
California Lacks Real Marine Protection as Offshore Drilling Expands in State Waters
California Lacks Real Marine Protection as Offshore Drilling Expands in State Waters One of the big news stories neglected by both the mainstream and “alternative” media is the capture of California politics and the regulatory apparatus by Big Oil and other corporate interests in recent years – and the massive expansion of offshore drilling that has occurred […]
Areas Of The World More Vulnerable To Collapse
Areas Of The World More Vulnerable To Collapse Certain areas of the world are more vulnerable to economic and societal collapse. While most analysts gauge the strength or weakness of an economy based on its outstanding debt or debt to GDP ratio, there is another factor that is a much better indicator. To understand which areas […]
Europe Is Awash With Oil Stored On Ships
Europe Is Awash With Oil Stored On Ships While many analysts and agencies have already called the end of the global oil glut, oil held in floating storage in Europe is at an at least 18-month-high, also due to the booming U.S. oil exports that have displaced some of the traditional crude oil routes in […]
The Geostrategy That Guides Trump’s Foreign Policies
The Geostrategy That Guides Trump’s Foreign Policies According to Alastair Crooke, writing at Strategic Culture, on June 5th: “Trump’s US aims for ‘domination’, not through the globalists’ permanent infrastructure of the US defence umbrella, but through the smart leveraging of the US dollar and financial clearing monopoly, by ring-fencing, and holding tight, US technology, and by […]
It’s The Demand, Stupid! Is China About To Burst The Black Gold Bubble?
It’s The Demand, Stupid! Is China About To Burst The Black Gold Bubble? For months we have heard about how the oil market’s over-supply ‘glut’ has been removed thanks to OPEC/NOPEC’s production cut deal and the narrative of ‘global synchronous recovery’ has buoyed the demand side of the equation – sending crude prices to four […]
