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The crude oil market faces a critical juncture, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and questions over global spare production capacity. Traders are caught between the potential…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict On Thursday, Libya’s parallel eastern government (Haftar clan) lifted the force majeure on output and exports just hours after a deal was reached for two compromise…
The last time I wrote here about crude, it was to explain why oil had dropped that week on what looked, on the surface, like bullish news. In that piece,…
Imminent war makes for great headlines, but they roil oil markets that are already operating at the height of disconnect, contradiction, and confusion. The whipsaw nature of oil…
Crude Oil Weekly Recap: Key Events Driving Price Movements This week, light crude oil (WTI) prices experienced notable volatility, shaped by a series of major global events that put pressure…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Libya remains gridlocked this week, with a UN-mediated agreement between the rival sides on the appointing of a yet-to-be-determined head of the Central Bank that both…
Last week, the Fed did something that surprised the markets to some extent. The fact that they cut interest rates at the September meeting was certainly not a surprise. Many…
Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, and the relentless targeting of Red Sea shipping by Yemen’s Houthis are not micro conflicts unfolding in a vacuum, and the Horn of Africa is where…
COP29 Bets on Energy Storage as Funding Talks Hit a Roadblock - Azerbaijan’s COP29…
Light crude oil futures have rallied sharply this week, supported by multiple key factors. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate cut, escalating geopolitical tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, and a…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict South Sudan said this week that it had cut a deal with the SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) in neighboring Sudan to resume crude oil exports, which…
Long-term investing in anything in the run up to a US election is a risky proposition, but stocks in the energy sector are particularly prone to post election volatility. The…
Claims that the rival governments in Libya will soon resolve their differences and entirely lift the blockade on oil exports put in place by the Haftar clan in…
Crude Oil Prices Recap: Key Drivers of Last Week's Market Movements This week, crude oil prices experienced notable volatility, with a mix of supply-side disruptions and ongoing demand concerns shaping…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict- North Korea used its state news agency to send a message that it is enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. The news agency published a…
I have, for a few weeks now, been saying that I expected crude to move lower based on questions about demand, particularly from the US and China, the world’s two…
Several developments have taken place this week on the Ukraine-Russia war front that threatens to cross a rather significant “red line” in what has been a rather slow…
Weekly Recap and Forecast: Light Crude Oil Futures Light Crude Oil futures came under significant selling pressure this week, breaching key support levels and intensifying bearish sentiment. After breaking through…
Politics, Geopolitics, & Conflict Libya’s exports remain blocked, and while there were some reports that some oil was getting out, it was largely for domestic use and some…