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Did UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Operation Flood Dubai?
Did UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Operation Flood Dubai? How it started with UAE’s cloud seeding operations: How it’s going: Not so well… All inbound flights to Dubai International Airport were diverted on Tuesday evening. “It’s certainly not just cloud seeding. The convective clouds that are associated with the sorts of stormy weather we’re facing form entirely naturally,” UAE news website What’s […]
Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert
Oil Surges Over $90, Stocks Tumble After Israel Puts Embassies Around World On Maximum Alert At this point Israel’s ties with key Gulf countries like the UAE are near breaking point, after only a few short years ago diplomatic normalization was hailed through Trump’s Abraham accords. But international and Israeli press reports are confirming the […]
Global outrage as oil executive named head of UN climate talks
Global outrage as oil executive named head of UN climate talks C: Masdar Corporate There is universal condemnation today on the breaking news that the United Arab Emirates has appointed a veteran oil industry insider to preside over the upcoming UN climate talks that will happen later this year in Dubai. The news this morning […]
OPEC Production Fell In November, But 3 Members Actually Boosted Output
OPEC Production Fell In November, But 3 Members Actually Boosted Output OPEC’s crude oil production fell by an average of 744,000 barrels per day, according to OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report released on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s November production fell by the most among its members, by 404,000 bpd, to 10.474 million bpd—Saudi Arabia’s lowest monthly […]
UAE Plans $150 Billion Spending Spree To Boost Oil Output To 5MM Barrels By 2027
UAE Plans $150 Billion Spending Spree To Boost Oil Output To 5MM Barrels By 2027 With oil tumbling ahead of the grueling 2023 recession, the last thing OPEC+ and (bullish) oil traders wanted to see is even more supply coming on line, and yet that’s precisely what the a core gulf hub is proposing. According […]
Oil Spikes To Fresh 7-Year High After Key Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Explosion
Oil Spikes To Fresh 7-Year High After Key Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Explosion Despite dollar strength today (and more worrisome ZeroCOVID actions from China), oil prices continued to rise but news after-hours that an explosion knocked out a major pipeline sparked more upside. Little is known about the cause, but the explosion at a pipeline connecting Northern […]
The Geopolitical Game That Could Transform Gas Markets
The Geopolitical Game That Could Transform Gas Markets An apparent detente between the UAE and Turkey could be one of the most significant geopolitical developments in the region for decades If Mohammed bin Zayed can succeed in exploiting Turkey’s economic crisis, the East Mediterranean natural gas fields could finally be exploited and sent to market […]
UAE To Host European-Led Naval Mission To Secure Gulf Waters
UAE To Host European-Led Naval Mission To Secure Gulf Waters France announced Sunday that a proposed European-led mission to patrol the Persian Gulf will be based out of a recently established French naval base in Abu Dhabi, and that the naval patrol will soon go “operational” amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. Paris has spearheaded efforts to […]
US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security Guards
US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security Guards If you’ve been lying awake at night terrified that the Pentagon might not send additional troops and armaments to defend oil corporations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, I’ve got some great news for you. In response to an attack on Saudi […]
Trump Approves US Troop Deployment To Saudi Arabia In Response To “Iran Attacks”
Trump Approves US Troop Deployment To Saudi Arabia In Response To “Iran Attacks” And now for the Friday evening tape bomb. For the past five days, the world awaited to see what, if any, would be Trump’s response to last Saturday’s attack on Saudi oil facilities that has taken out millions of barrels of crude […]
How the U.S. Shattered the Middle East
How the U.S. Shattered the Middle East Yemen is a nightmare, a catastrophe, a mess—and the United States is highly complicit in the whole disaster. Refueling Saudi aircraft in-flight, providing targeting intelligence to the kingdom and selling the requisite bombs that have been dropped for years now on Yemeni civilians places the 100,000-plus deaths, millions of […]
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran
UAE Tanker “Disappears” In Persian Gulf, US Blames Iran The plight of a “mystery” UAE tanker that’s gone missing in the Persian Gulf now threatens to again send tensions with Iran soaring. Its location transmission signal was turned off Sunday as it drifted toward Iranian waters and it hasn’t been heard from since, with even […]
UAE Withdraws From Yemen
UAE Withdraws From Yemen Christopher Pike for the Crown Prince Court-Abu Dhabi A United Arab Emirates decision to withdraw the bulk of its forces from Yemen shines a spotlight on hard realities underlying Middle Eastern geopolitics. The pullback suggests that the UAE is preparing for the possibility of a US military confrontation with Iran in which the […]
Bolton Says “No Doubt” Iranian Naval Mines Used In UAE Tankers Sabotage
Bolton Says “No Doubt” Iranian Naval Mines Used In UAE Tankers Sabotage Addressing a press conference in Dubai on Wednesday US National Security Advisor John Bolton said Iranian underwater mines were “likely” used in an attack on four international oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz a week-and-a-half ago, including two Saudi vessels, but still […]
OPEC Collapse Likely, Warns Iran’s Oil Minister
OPEC Collapse Likely, Warns Iran’s Oil Minister Iran has warned that OPEC might “collapse” due to the “unilateral actions” by some of its members, in a clear jab at Saudi Arabia. “Iran is a member of OPEC because of its interests, and if other members of OPEC seek to threaten Iran or endanger its interests, Iran will not remain […]
