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The Biggest Oil Risk Is at the Bottom of the Barrel

The Biggest Oil Risk Is at the Bottom of the Barrel
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Javier Blas

The White House's Oil-Restraint Toolbox Is Empty

The White House's Oil-Restraint Toolbox Is Empty
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The Oil Pipelines That Could Decide the Iran War

08.03.2026 4

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This Isn’t an Energy Crisis — at Least Not Yet

05.03.2026 6

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The Iran War’s Most Precious Commodity Isn’t Oil

04.03.2026 3

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The US Has to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Soon as Possible

03.03.2026 9

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The Iran War Is Creating an LNG Shortfall. Don’t Panic Yet

02.03.2026 5

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Iran Strikes Will Be Nasty for Oil Prices But Not a Shock

01.03.2026 6

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Net Zero is Dead. Long Live Renewable Energy

25.02.2026 60

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The White House Is Too Sure About Iran and Oil Prices

19.02.2026 80

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The Oil Market Is Trading on Bearish Vibes — for Now

When the oil trading community descended on London for its annual International Energy Week jamboree last week, the bears outnumbered the bulls,...

16.02.2026 20

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Forget the Naysayers, Venezuela Offers Quick Oil Wins

10.01.2026 7

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Trump Now Has His Very Own Oil Empire

05.01.2026 10

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My Christmas Iberico Ham Scare Is an Omen

22.12.2025 6

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BP Is Finally Getting What It Needs: A CEO Schooled at Exxon

18.12.2025 10

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Taxing EVs Is a Treacherous Experiment for the UK

03.12.2025 8

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OPEC’s Numbers Are an Exercise in Artistic Deception

29.11.2025 10

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Shale Oil’s Next Revolution Should Worry OPEC

20.11.2025 30

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America's Dirty Little Fuel Secret Is Spreading Around the World

11.11.2025 7

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Forget Gold. Aluminum Is the Real Metal of the Moment.

30.10.2025 30

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The Oil Market’s 2026 Tsunami Will Be Costly to Finance

06.10.2025 7

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Big Oil Will Miss the Financial Discipline Imposed by ESG

29.09.2025 10

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Why Is China Stockpiling So Much Oil?

18.09.2025 5

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Teck Sells Itself on the Cheap to Anglo American

09.09.2025 10

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Rice Can Feed the World — Even With Fewer Farmers

27.08.2025 6

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Winter Is Coming for Oil — And Not in a Positive Way

21.07.2025 10

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Exxon Benefits From a Pyrrhic Defeat Against Chevron and Hess

18.07.2025 5

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Flipping Burgers This Summer? They Won’t Be Cheap.

14.07.2025 10

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What Sanctions? Iranian Oil Industry Is Booming

03.07.2025 10

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An Israel-Iran War May Not Rattle the Oil Market

13.06.2025 7

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Understanding the Unlikely Saudi Push for Lower Oil Prices

01.05.2025 9

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Lessons From the First Blackout of the Green Era

30.04.2025 10

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Critical Minerals Are a US Headache, Not an Emergency

29.04.2025 10

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‘Ghost of Jakarta’ Haunts a Fragile Oil Market

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes — take Saudi Arabia pushing OPEC to boost production, seemingly to humble cartel cheaters. If...

08.04.2025 20

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Heathrow Shutdown Exposes Dangers of a Single Point of Failure

21.03.2025 10

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The ‘Oil Grand Bargain’ Isn’t Mere Fantasy

04.03.2025 8

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Rare Earths in Ukraine? No, Only Scorched Earth.

19.02.2025 10

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The Black Market for Oil Will Continue to Thrive

Oil smuggling isn’t easy, but it’s so enormously profitable that obstacles only slow it down. Sure, the authorities can make dealing illicit...

11.02.2025 10

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Europe Is Better Safe Than Sorry on Natural Gas

06.02.2025 10

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Why Norway’s Political Crisis Is a European Energy Problem

03.02.2025 10

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OPEC+ Will Buckle Under Trump's Pressure

29.01.2025 7

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Your Cup of Morning Joe Is About to Shock You

“Why everybody did not buy coffee I cannot tell you,” writes Edwin LeFevre in his 1923 classic Reminiscences of a Stock Operator about the...

21.01.2025 5

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Trump's Folly? Greenland for Critical Minerals Is Utter Nonsense

Every few years, a craze engulfs the commodity industry: A new and exotic source of mineral supply is about to emerge, solving all the world’s...

16.01.2025 9

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US Reliance on Saudi Oil Is Nearing Its Endgame

For decades, one of Saudi Arabia’s most strategic overseas outposts was a little-known office in New York City that coordinated its oil sales to...

14.01.2025 10

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Europe’s Summer Will Bring Worries About Next Winter’s Gas

Most years, few have to worry about natural gas from April to September. In Europe, the winter season is over and, barring a small number up north,...

07.01.2025 4

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Prepare for a Bumpy Year in Coffee, Oil and Other Commodities

Before it’s too late, order your espresso. It will be more expensive in 2025, and anyone trading — or observing — energy and commodity markets into...

31.12.2024 9

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We’re Burning More Coal Than Ever Thanks to China

The UK celebrated Oct. 1 as the first day in nearly 150 years when its power plants didn’t burn a single lump of coal to generate electricity. The...

19.12.2024 8

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