Oil and Energy

There is an unspoken "Big Money Agenda". Netanyahu's objective is not only to exclude Palestinians from their homeland, it consists in confiscating Palestine's multi-billion dollar Gaza offshore Natural Gas reserves
Let’s place 1 trillion barrels of oil in context. Global oil consumption is currently 35 billion barrels a year. Thus, the Orinoco Belt alone could satisfy 100% of global demand for almost 30 years! As for the Orinoco field’s dollar value. World oil prices are currently hovering near $60 …do the math.
Yemen is a strategically key geopolitical stretch of land at the connecting point of the Red Sea which links to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean. It’s the site of one of the world’s most strategic shipping choke points, the Bab el Mandab, a narrow passage a mere 18 miles distance from Djibouti in the Horn of Africa
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Explosion: What You Need to Know Six Years After BP’s Gulf Oil Disaster By Farron Cousins, April 21, 2016
Endless War is on the Drawing Board: Hillary Clinton Throws Women “Under Bus” for Corporate Cronies By Robert Barsocchini, April 16, 2016
The Implosion of the House of Saud By Pepe Escobar, April 15, 2016
Hybrid Wars and “Color Revolutions” in the Central Asian Heartland: Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan By Andrew Korybko, April 11, 2016
Canada: New Oil Pipelines Will Not Solve Alberta’s Economic Woes or Support a Clean Energy Transition By Hannah McKinnon, April 08, 2016
Oil Pipeline and Environmental Disasters in the US, Canada and Brazil. Triggered by Oil and Mining Conglomerates By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, April 06, 2016
For the First Time Ever, A Majority of Americans Oppose Fracking and Nuclear Power By Washington's Blog, April 02, 2016
Fracking, Not Just Fracking Wastewater Injection, Causing Earthquakes in Western Canada. Study By Steve Horn, March 31, 2016
Israel Grants Illegal Oil Rights inside Syria to Murdoch and Rothschild By Craig Murray, March 30, 2016
Donald Trump Foreign Policy Team Member Connected to Offshore Gas Drilling in Israel By Steve Horn, March 30, 2016
The “Money Trail” of the Turkey-Daesh Oil Trade By Sputnik, March 30, 2016
Al Qaeda Militants Threaten Oil and Gas Infrastructure in Algeria. Who is Behind Them? By South Front, March 24, 2016
Boom Town: Iraq’s Kurdish Region Flourishes Amidst Warfare By Randy Johnson, March 13, 2016
Why Is Canada Keeping the New “Secret” Continental Climate Deal with Obama under Wraps? By Gordon Laxer, March 13, 2016
In Alliance with Al-Qaida, Israel Is Stealing Syria’s Oil By Uprooted Palestinians, March 13, 2016
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Hillary Clinton and the Ex-Im Bank Financing of the World’s Largest Coal Plants in South Africa By Itai Vardi, March 10, 2016
A Small Country Goes Big With Renewables: Denmark’s Goal to be Fossil Fuel Free By Laurie Guevara-Stone, March 09, 2016
Nuclear Alternatives and ‘North American Security’ – False Canadian Solutions to the Climate Crisis Global Research News Hour Episode 133 By Michael Welch, March 06, 2016
Fragility of Fracking: Underground Coal Gasification Company Collapse By Frack Off, March 04, 2016
US, China and Ultra-Low Oil Prices By Dr. Dan Steinbock, March 01, 2016
Afghanistan, Mineral Resources and the TAPI Natural Gas Pipeline: The Driving Force Behind the War? By Bill Distler, February 29, 2016
TransCanada Wants to Sue US for $15 Billion for Rejecting Keystone XL Oil Pipeline By Corporate Europe Observatory, February 24, 2016
Turkey Refines and Sells Stolen Syrian and Iraqi Oil for ISIS By Stephen Lendman, February 19, 2016
The Geopolitics of Oil and Gas Pipelines in the Middle East By South Front, February 16, 2016
The Fukushima Disaster and Nuclear Power in Japan: ‘If You Love Your Country, Let Nuclear Go!’ By Linda Pentz Gunter, February 13, 2016
Ivorian Oil Workers Strike as ICC Trial of Former Leaders Continues By Abayomi Azikiwe, February 09, 2016
Currency War Escalation: Iran Wants Euros Instead of US Dollars for Oil Payments By Timothy Alexander Guzman, February 07, 2016
Oil Price Fall Brings Significant Losses for Big Producers By Nick Beams, February 05, 2016
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Oil Price Treachery: Are the Saudis Blackmailing Putin for Concessions on Syria? By Mike Whitney, February 03, 2016
US Vice-President Biden’s Son Continues to Buy Gas Assets in Ukraine By Ollie Richardson, February 03, 2016
Video: ISIS Oil Smuggling in Syria and Iraq. Can it be Prevented? By South Front, February 02, 2016
Cameron Desperate to Stop Scandal as Secret Plans to Sell the National Health Service are Discovered By James Wright, January 29, 2016
Israel, US and Turkey Profit from Stolen ISIS Stolen Oil By Stephen Lendman, January 28, 2016
Nigeria and Beyond: Revolutionary Change is the Way Out By Kola Ibrahim, January 28, 2016
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What’s Really Going on with Oil? By F. William Engdahl, January 24, 2016
9/11, Follow the Money; How Big Oil Conquered the World: Crossroads of Corruption and Criminality By James Corbett and Bonnie Faulkner, January 23, 2016
Planet of Fear By Pepe Escobar, January 20, 2016
Goldman Sachs Makes Oil Prices Drop By Mikhail Leontyev, January 20, 2016
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How Big Oil Conquered The World By James Corbett, January 17, 2016
Swiss Court Orders Israel to Pay Iran $1.1 Billion in Oil Pipeline Dispute By Aluf Benn, January 15, 2016
Revoke ExxonMobil’s Corporate Charter for Climate Destruction and Cover-Up By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, January 14, 2016
The South China Sea Crisis and the “Battle for Oil” By Brian Kalman, January 13, 2016
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Saudi-Iranian Spat: Another Skirmish in the Oil War By Pepe Escobar, January 08, 2016
TransCanada’s $15 Billion Lawsuit Against U.S. on Keystone XL Presents Strong Case By Eric Zuesse, January 08, 2016
The Middle East Energy War Heats Up: Israeli-Turkish Normalization, Turkey’s Military Base in Qatar By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, January 05, 2016
Ankara’s Dirty Game: ISIS Oil Trucks Cross into Turkey Every Day, Testimony of Captured Terrorist By RT, January 04, 2016
Captured ISIS Terrorist Admits Stolen Oil Arrives in Turkey Daily By Stephen Lendman, January 04, 2016
Turkish-ISIL Oil Smuggling Operation: The US and NATO Are Also Involved By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, January 04, 2016
Prior to Paris Climate Summit, Obama Signed Exxon- Koch Backed Bill Expediting Pipeline Permits By Steve Horn, January 04, 2016
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Russia Counts 12,000 Turkey-Bound ISIS Oil Trucks from Iraq and Syria… By Eric Zuesse, December 26, 2015
Erdoğan’s Turkey, King Salman’s Saudi Arabia and the Coming “Sunni” War for Oil By F. William Engdahl, December 23, 2015
Russia’s Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails By Zero Hedge, December 22, 2015
People talk as they stand next to oil barrels at a makeshift oil refinery site in al-Mansoura village in Raqqa's countryside © Hamid Khatib / Reuters
Most Smuggled ISIS Oil Goes to Turkey, Sold at Low Prices – Norwegian Report By RT, December 20, 2015
Turkish-ISIL Oil Trade: The Role of Britain, Israel, and the Kurdistan Regional Government By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, December 20, 2015
Turkish-ISIL Oil Trade: Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Russia All Accuse Turkey of Smuggling Oil By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, December 17, 2015
In Midst of ExxonMobil Climate Denial Scandal, Company Hiring Climate Change Researcher By Steve Horn, December 15, 2015
Syria: Ultimate Pipelineistan War By Pepe Escobar, December 10, 2015
Presidents Sisi and Putin seal the deal. (Photo Credit: Russian Presidential Office)
Iran 2.0? Russia to Loan Egypt $25 Billion to Build NUCLEAR Power Plant By 21st Century Wire, December 09, 2015
Israeli-ISIS Oil Interests: No Brake and No Disclosure on Media Owners’ Interests By Craig Murray, December 08, 2015
Israel is the Main Purchaser of ISIS Oil By Enrico Braun, December 05, 2015
ExxonMobil Funding of “Climate Change Denial” By Steve Horn, December 04, 2015
Video: Russian Military Reveals Details of ISIS Funding, with the Support of Turkey By RT, December 02, 2015
Vladimir Putin: According to Russian Intelligence, ISIS is Delivering “Stolen Oil” to Turkey “On an Industrial Scale” By Stephen Lendman, December 01, 2015
The Corporate Scramble for Europe: Big Oil and the Transatlantic Trade Deal (TTIP) By Colin Todhunter, December 01, 2015
‘Oxygen for Jihadists’: ISIS-smuggled Oil Flows through Turkey to International Markets – Iraqi MP By RT, November 30, 2015
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Turns Out, Russia Was Right: ISIL Oil is Going to Turkey – German Media By Sputnik, November 28, 2015
The “ISIS Rockefellers”: How Islamic State Oil Flows to Israel By Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, November 27, 2015
Impacts of Turkey’s Aggression against Russia. The “Turkish Stream” is Dead. Disruption of Gas Pipeline Routes to the EU. Russia’s Economy in Crisis? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, November 27, 2015
The Most Important Question About ISIS That Nobody Is Asking: How ISIS Uses Oil Wealth to Finance Its Terror Operations By Zero Hedge, November 20, 2015
Israel Stakes Claim to Golan After Oil Find By Jonathan Cook, November 14, 2015
Why is America Protecting the Islamic State (ISIS)? “Why Isn’t the US Bombing ISIS’ Oil Fields”: Turkish Journalist By Sputnik, November 13, 2015
TransCanada’s Next Move After Keystone XL: Flood Mexico with Fracked Gas with Support of US State Department By Steve Horn, November 12, 2015
Why Isn’t the US Bombing The Islamic State’s (ISIS) Oil Fields? Allies Protect Illegal Oil Smuggling to Turkey By Sputnik, November 02, 2015
ISIS Oil Exports Worth $500 Million a Year ‘Conducted through Turkey’ By RT, November 01, 2015
IMF Pegs Canada’s Fossil Fuel Subsidies at $34 Billion By Mitchell Anderson, October 30, 2015
China’s Nuclear Energy Boom Threatens Global Catastrophe. Coastal Array of 300 Nuclear Reactors Vulnerable to Earthquakes and Tsunamis By Oliver Tickell, October 29, 2015
Another “Conspiracy Theory” Becomes Fact: The Great Oil Market Collapse Is All About Crushing Russian Control Over Syria By Zero Hedge, October 18, 2015
The Saudi Dynasty, Key U.S. Ally, Tops the World in Barbarism By Eric Zuesse, October 18, 2015
America’s Dwindling Power. Your Trip Through the American Empire By Tony Cartalucci, October 10, 2015
“The New Middle East”: Russian Style. The Resistance Arc is Reborn By Andrew Korybko, October 10, 2015