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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 […]
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran
Gold and the Monetary Blockade on Iran This blog post is a guest post on BullionStar’s Blog by the renowned blogger JP Koning who will be writing about monetary economics, central banking and gold. BullionStar does not endorse or oppose the opinions presented but encourage a healthy debate. With Donald Trump close to re-instituting economic sanctions on Iran, it’s […]
Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices
Next Stage of Pressure on Iran – Lower Oil Prices President Trump is stepping up his attack on Iran. He’s now planning the long-game for maximum pressure. The news that Trump quietly asked Saudi Arabia to ramp up output by 1 million barrels a day is the key. From the analysis at Oilprice.com: Saudi Arabia and […]
Everything That Dies Does Not Come Back
Everything That Dies Does Not Come Back Charles Sprague Pearce The Arab jeweler c1882 There are a lot of industries in our world that wreak outsized amounts of havoc. Think the biggest global banks and oil companies. Think plastics. But there is one field that is much worse than all others: agro-chemicals. At some point, […]
Staying the Course: the Long March of Middle East Destruction
Staying the Course: the Long March of Middle East Destruction When falsely convicted Andy Dufresne bored a hole through the Shawshank prison wall over the course of two decades, narrator “Red” says that Andy always liked geology, and that geology, like digging through a prison wall with a rock hammer, is just a matter of “pressure […]
Art Berman: Think Oil Is Getting Expensive? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
Art Berman: Think Oil Is Getting Expensive? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet. A global supply crunch approaches… After issuing clear warnings on this program that sub-$50 oil prices were going to be short-lived, oil expert and geological consultant Art Berman returns to the podcast this week to explain why today’s $70 oil prices will go […]
Oil Jumps Above $80 For The First Time Since Nov. 2014
Oil Jumps Above $80 For The First Time Since Nov. 2014 Two weeks after Saudi Arabia said it was targeting $80/bbl oil, this morning Riyadh got its wishes early when Brent hit the Saudi target, jumping as much as 1% to $80.18, following the latest drop in U.S. crude inventories and as traders continued to […]
DOLLAR COLLAPSE COMING: EU To DITCH The US Dollar In Payments For Iranian Oil
DOLLAR COLLAPSE COMING: EU To DITCH The US Dollar In Payments For Iranian Oil The dollar’s collapse is nearing. The European Union is planning to switch its payments to the Euro for its oil purchases from Iran, eliminating United States dollar transactions. Just one more nail to the US dollar’s coffin. Its collapse is all but […]
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation The UK likes to brag about its credentials as a global climate leader. But a new DeSmog UK investigation reveals that beneath the green veneer lies some dirty business. At the centre of it all is the City of London and its junior stock exchange, the Alternative Investment […]
Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts
Nine Uncomfortable Canadian Energy Facts We’re not cutting emissions as much as we should, and we’re dependent on an increasingly expensive source of oil. Canada’s energy twilight: Canada can’t meet emission targets and expand bitumen or shale gas production at the same time, according to energy expert David Hughes. Photo by Jeff Peischl/NOAA. Canadians are […]
Ex-Venezuela Oil Boss: PDVSA Is Collapsing
Ex-Venezuela Oil Boss: PDVSA Is Collapsing The man who ran Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA for a decade after 2004 says that the country’s oil firm is on the cusp of total collapse and expects oil production to drop by 600,000 bpd each year amid lack of investment. Rafael Ramirez, who has long been a […]
Shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East
Shifting energy import patterns enhance China’s clout in the Middle East Subtle shifts in Chinese energy imports suggest that China may be able to exert influence in the Middle East in alternative and subtle ways that do not involve military or overt economic pressure. The shifts involve greater dependency of the Gulf states on oil […]
China’s Growing Oil Demand Has Created A Geopolitical Dilemma
China’s Growing Oil Demand Has Created A Geopolitical Dilemma China has become the world’s largest oil importer, and despite establishing the largely successful yuan-denominated oil futures, Beijing will have to grapple with an overlooked geopolitical and economic consequence as it seeks to quench its thirst for oil and gas. As China relies more on both […]
