If The Oil Plunge Continues, “Now May Be A Time To Panic” For US Shale Companies

Zero Hedge Over the past 5 years, the shale industry, fabricated or real reserves notwithstanding, has been a significant boon … More

5 Reasons Oil Prices Are Dropping

OilPrice.com By Chris Pedersen As oil prices continue to fall, analysts and producers are trying to wrap their heads around … More

Canadian Workaround to Make Keystone Pipeline Irrelevant

The New American by Bob Adelmann Photo: AP Images Within days of President Obama’s surprise phone call on November 10, … More

How The West Created ISIS (II)

Oriental Review By Nafeez AHMED Part I Follow the money Media reports following ISIS’ conquest of much of northern and … More

OPEC Continues to Unravel

The New American by Bob Adelmann Photo showing row of oil pumps in Bahrain: AP Images With oil production from … More

Obama’s Stupid Sanctions Give Putin New Oil Bonanza

New Eastern Outlook by F. William Engdahl US President Barack Obama, or at least the warhawk neo-conservatives pushing him to … More

Why Oil Is Plunging: The Other Part Of The “Secret Deal” Between The US And Saudi Arabia

Zero Hedge Two weeks ago, we revealed one part of the “Secret Deal” between the US and Saudi Arabia: namely … More

Destabilization – US Weapon in Energy War in Ukraine and the Middle East

Global Research By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Is the USA Fueling Crises as Negotiation tactics? The United States is doing its … More

Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices, Could Spark Price War

The New American by Bob Adelmann In a surprise move this week, Saudi Arabia cut the price of its flagship … More

Oil, Empire And Playing The Great Game

OfTwoMinds by CHARLES HUGH SMITH Those waiting for the U.S. and its dollar to collapse in a heap may find … More

The Oil Head-Fake: The Illusion that Lower Oil Prices Are Positive

Zero Hedge by Charles Hugh-Smith The essence of the Oil Head-Fake Dynamic is the inevitable drop in oil price due … More

Russia Discovers Massive Arctic Oil Field Which May Be Larger Than Gulf Of Mexico

Zero Hedge In a dramatic stroke of luck for the Kremlin, this morning there is hardly a person in the … More

U.S. Targets Islamic State’s Lucrative Oil Smuggling Operations

OilPrice.com By Nick Cunningham With U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of an open-ended plan for airstrikes on the Islamic State … More

The Real Reason Russia is Demonized and Sanctioned: the American Petrodollar

Global Research By Alexander Clackson What do Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran and Russia have in common? They have all been … More

World War III: The Unthinkable Cost of Preserving the Petrodollar

THE ARCANE FRONT If you’ve never heard of the petrodollar, you’re not alone. The mainstream media avoids this subject for … More

Iran-Russia-China Axis to Fight Western Sanctions

Global Research By Fars News Agency Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for Planning Mansour Moazzemi announced that the country has started … More

Here Is Why Europe Just Launched The “Nuclear Option” Against Russia

Zero Hedge Europe’s leaders, we assume under pressure from Washington, appear to be making a big weather-related bet with their … More

Why Aren’t Gas Prices Lower?

The New American by Bob Adelmann With gasoline prices averaging, according to the AAA Motor Club, just $3.43 a gallon … More

The Roots of the Iraq and Syria Wars Go Back More than 60 Years

Washington’s Blog It’s Always Been about Oil and Pipelines The same issues which drove war and terrorism in the Middle … More

150 Years Of “Real” Oil Prices

Zero Hedge In real terms, the price of crude oil has not been more expensive since the Pennsylvania Boom over … More