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.
Will Europe Easily Survive Next Winter? By Uriel Araujo, August 19, 2022
India Dumps US Dollar for UAE Dirham, Chinese Yuan in Russian Coal Trade: Report By The Cradle, August 12, 2022
Washington Steals Over 80 Percent of Syria’s Oil Output Per Day By The Cradle, August 11, 2022
How Russian Oil Is Making Its Way From Europe to Asia By Irina Slav, August 08, 2022
Why the Gulf States’ SCO Membership Is a Big Deal By M. K. Bhadrakumar, August 08, 2022
The Collapse of America: Distant Early Warning Signs of Uncle Sam’s Demise. Andrei Martyanov By Michael Welch, August 07, 2022
EU, UK Delay Cutting Off Russia from Oil Insurance Market By Tsvetana Paraskova, August 03, 2022
Russia Is Vital for OPEC+, Says New OPEC Secretary-General By Irina Slav, August 02, 2022
Sanctions Had No Effect on Moscow Yet Europe Lost Four Governments: Orban By Al Mayadeen, August 01, 2022
Ukraine Is Losing the War, and So Is Europe By Oscar Silva-Valladares, July 28, 2022
Iran’s Oil Revenues Soar by 580% as Crude Prices Rally By Tsvetana Paraskova, July 28, 2022
Russia Scores Dismally in Oil and Gas Sector in Africa By Kester Kenn Klomegah, July 28, 2022
Following Joe Biden’s Failed Middle East Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia is Now Importing and Re-Exporting Russian Oil to the EU By Drago Bosnic, July 26, 2022
Wind Energy or Whales? NGO Financial Conflicts Uncovered By Lisa Linowes, July 18, 2022
Could Russia Avoid Sanctions with Its Own Oil Benchmark? By Tsvetana Paraskova, July 17, 2022
The Passing of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos (1979-2017). From a Wartime President to Leading Energy Producer By Abayomi Azikiwe, July 14, 2022
Soaring Energy Exports Send Russia’s Account Surplus to Record High By Julianne Geiger, July 13, 2022
Is Iraq’s Notorious ‘Oil for Food Program’ to be Repeated in Libya? By Dr. Mustafa Fetouri, July 11, 2022
“Social Peace Is In Great Danger”: Germany Is Quietly Shutting Down as Energy Crunch Paralyzes Economy By Zero Hedge, July 11, 2022
Revealed: Biden Sold 1 Million Barrels of Oil from US Strategic Reserves to Chinese Company Hunter Biden Invested In By Hannah Nightingale, July 08, 2022
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In an Attempt to Offset Rising Oil Prices, Biden Administration Makes Nice with Brutal Saudis—But Spurns Socialist Venezuela By Daniel Kovalik, July 07, 2022
EU Economies Are Down on Their Knees By M. K. Bhadrakumar, July 06, 2022
“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (and Inside). Natural Gas to Heat Homes. What’s to Come this Winter… By Ken Meyercord, July 06, 2022
Saudis Unwilling to Upset Putin as Biden Begs for More Crude By Tsvetana Paraskova, July 05, 2022
Geopolitical Bombshell: Saudi Arabia in Discussion with China to Join BRICS+ Coalition. What Impacts on the Energy Market and the Global Economy? By Sundance, July 04, 2022
Venezuela Receives Follow-up US Delegation for Direct Bilateral Talks By Jose Luis Granados Ceja, July 01, 2022
EU Imports More U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) than Russian Pipeline Gas for the First Time Ever By Tsvetana Paraskova, July 01, 2022
Oil Likely to Soar Above $200 per Barrel if the G7 Manages to “Cap the Price” of Russian Crude Oil By Julianne Geiger, June 30, 2022
Propaganda Fantasy: Imposing a Price Cap on Russia’s Oil By Drago Bosnic, June 29, 2022
Summer Preview: Rolling Blackouts, Higher Gas Prices, Natural Gas Rationing in Europe and a Historic Diesel Crisis By Michael Snyder, June 26, 2022
Anti-Oil Lobby Faces Reality Check as Global Demand Is Set to Break Records By Irina Slav, June 17, 2022
Human Rights Groups Denounce EU’s Gas Deal with Israel By Peoples Dispatch, June 17, 2022
Meet the New Boss; Putin Reroutes Critical Hydrocarbons Eastward Leaving Europe High-and-Dry By Mike Whitney, June 16, 2022
India Begins Replacing the EU as Russia’s Major Energy Market By Paul Antonopoulos, June 15, 2022
Lebanon-Israel Maritime Border Dispute: Leaks Suggest US Wants Lebanon to Surrender Karish Gas Field to Israel: Report By The Cradle, June 14, 2022
Washington Pressures Pakistan to Renegotiate the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) By Andrew Korybko, June 10, 2022
Greece Court Rules Against US Theft of Iranian Oil, Cargo Likely to be Returned By The Cradle, June 10, 2022
EU and UK Cooperate on Insurance Ban for Russian Oil Cargoes By The Maritime Executive, June 02, 2022
EU Commission Studies Price Cap on Imported Russian Gas By Julianne Geiger, June 01, 2022
IEA: Current Energy Crisis Is “Much Bigger” Than 1970s Oil Crunch By Charles Kennedy, June 01, 2022
The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas By Rystad Energy, May 31, 2022
EU Gives OK to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles By Julianne Geiger, May 24, 2022
US Accused of Stealing Syrian Oil as Sanctions Waiver Aims to Divide Country By Steve Sweeney, May 17, 2022
Sweden and Finland Set to Join NATO By Countercurrents.org, May 17, 2022
The Removal Of Imran Khan: Dismantling Pakistan’s Relationships with China and Russia By Michael Welch and Prof. Abdul Jabbar, May 15, 2022
Can Europe Survive Without Russian Coal and Oil? Here’s What It Means for Skyrocketing Prices… By Chris MacIntosh, May 15, 2022
The NOPEC Bill Could Send Oil Prices to $300 By Tsvetana Paraskova, May 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Partial Gas Cut to Europe Could Force Activation of Nord Stream 2 By Paul Antonopoulos, May 12, 2022
Hungary Announces Veto on Oil Embargo By Free West Media, May 12, 2022
EU Stumbles Over Russian Oil Slick By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 12, 2022
European Sanctions Blown to Bits: Draghi Says “Most Gas Importers” Have Opened Ruble Accounts With Gazprom By Zero Hedge, May 12, 2022
The Real Reason Behind the EU’s Drive to Embargo Russian Oil By Tom Luongo, May 11, 2022
Top German Gas Buyer Concedes to Russian Payment Scheme By Irina Slav, May 11, 2022
US’ Coercive Diplomacy with Saudi Arabia By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 09, 2022
Russian Oil Ban Plans Are Like ‘Dropping an Atomic Bomb on Hungary’s Economy’, Says Viktor Orban By Jorge Liboreiro, Efi Koutsokosta, and et al., May 09, 2022
US Senate Committee Passes Bill Pressuring OPEC, Russia Over High Oil Prices By Middle East Eye, May 09, 2022
The European Commission’s Plan to Ban Russian Oil Imports Receives Backlash By Paul Antonopoulos, May 06, 2022
Ecuador’s Ecological Disaster: Donziger. A Tale for Our Times By Craig Murray, May 06, 2022
The EU-Russia Energy Crisis. “Make hay while sun shines”: Indian, Chinese Ways By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 06, 2022
Hungary Will Continue Purchases of Oil and Gas from Russia, Zelenskyy and European Union Furious By Sundance, May 05, 2022
Europe May Lose the Energy Transition Race Before It Really Begins By Irina Slav, May 05, 2022
EU Takes Aim at Russia’s Ability to Insure Oil Transport in ‘Iran-Style’ Sanctions Escalation By Zero Hedge, May 05, 2022
Fracked Gas Bomb Trains Are Moving Through South Florida By Michelle Allen and Phoebe Galt, May 03, 2022
New Report Details Fracking’s ‘Widespread and Severe Harm’ to Health and Climate By Brett Wilkins, May 02, 2022
Energy Geopolitics By Konrad Rękas, May 01, 2022
US Asks Germany to Hold Off on Russian Energy Sanctions Until Midterm Elections By Martin Armstrong, April 29, 2022
EU and UK to Meet Russia’s Demand to Pay for Gas in Rubles By Telesur, April 26, 2022
Indonesia Bans Edible Oil Exports, Sparks “Mayhem” as Global Food Crisis Ahead By Zero Hedge, April 24, 2022
To Fight Russia, Europe’s Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe By Ryan McMaken, April 24, 2022
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Warns EU About Banning Russian Oil By Julianne Geiger, April 22, 2022
Biden Administration to Restart Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands By Center For Biological Diversity, April 20, 2022
Suddenly, Peak Oil and Gas! The Cataclysmic Result of Sanctions against Russia By Michael Welch and David Hughes, April 16, 2022
The Collapse of America: Distant Early Warning Signs of Uncle Sam’s Demise. Andrei Martyanov. By Michael Welch, April 13, 2022
Costa Rica’s ‘Leave It in the Ground’ Policy in Doubt After Election By Joe Lo, April 13, 2022
US-NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster By F. William Engdahl, April 12, 2022
American LNG Is Not the Answer to European Gas Crisis By Andy Rowell, April 10, 2022
The Russia-China Strategic Gas Agreement. 1,800km Sakhalin-Vladivostok Pipeline By South Front, April 07, 2022
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation? By Prabir Purkayastha, April 06, 2022
The Coming Global Financial Revolution: Russia Is Following the American Playbook By Ellen Brown, April 06, 2022
Britain Unable to Pay for Russian Gas Deliveries By Free West Media, April 04, 2022