Oil and Gas
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ENERGY
Oil prices reach year-to-date high
Crude oil prices extended losses this week, falling for the second day in a row after a year-to-date highs on Wednesday. …
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Editor's Picks
Confronting Russian energy hegemony in Europe
By Raphael Benaroya Russia’s global aggression has included both overt and covert acts—most notably military interventions in Ukraine and Syria,…
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Is Saudi Arabia serious about weaponization of oil?
By Ammar Younas Now many news agencies are claiming that the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will end up with…
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ENERGY
U.S. concerned over pervasive high-level corruption in Ukraine’s oil & gas state agencies
By Stacy Adams U.S. law-enforcement authorities opened an investigation against the management of the State Service of Geology and Mineral Resources…
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ASIA
The paradox of a “Rentier State”
By Azfar Mohammad A topic of widespread global debate and concern today in the intellectual circles around the world focusses…
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MIDDLE EAST
Saudi-Qatar crisis: Is it a conspiracy theory around oil, power or arms?
By Sourajit Aiyer They say money makes the world go round; and nowhere is this more ingrained than in the battles…
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EUROPE
Azerbaijan and Israel: Between economic cooperation and multiculturalism
By Giorgia Pilar Giorgi and Domenico Letizia As result of cardiac complications Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov was hosted by…
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ENERGY
Strong headwinds for oil ahead
By Osama Rizvi The oil markets have just received a long awaited yet unexpected jolt. “No one is yawning now”,…
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ENERGY
Petrobras credit rating raised to BB-: improved governance “compares well with those of its peers”
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Friday raised its corporate credit rating on Petrobras, one notch, from B+ to…
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ENERGY
Do you want less corrupt governments? Then diversify your energy export
By Damien Dean It seems straightforward that a country with plethora of natural resources can advance her economy by mobilizing them.…
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