Oil Abundance or Oil Curse?

Terra America by Kirill Benediktov Editorial Note. At the end of the last year American political press turned out to … More

Emperor Obama’s Old New Clothes and the US Energy War (II)

Oriental Review by Vera Graziadei   Part I There is a difference between a people’s revolution and an orchestrated coup, … More

Emperor Obama’s Old New Clothes and the US Energy War (I)

Oriental Review By Vera GRAZIADEI   It really is a pity that children are not allowed to U.N. meetings, so … 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

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

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

The U.S. Has Already Completed Regime Change In Syria (1949), Iran (1953), Iraq (Twice), Afghanistan (Twice), Turkey, Libya and Other Oil-Rich Countries

Washington’s Blog Syria Everyone knows that the U.S. and its allies have heavily backed Islamic terrorists in Syria in an … 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

BP’s Latest Estimate Says World’s Oil Will Last 53.3 Years

Zero Hedge by Andy Tully via OilPrice.com According to BP, drivers whose vehicles rely on burning oil have a little … More

Canada pulls the plug on the U.S. Keystone Pipeline – will send oil to Asia

Watts Up With That by Anthony Watts Approves Asia Supply Route, Ignores US Route H/T Eric Worrall and Breitbart – … More

Iraq: Has the US-UK War for Oil Detonated the “New Iraq”??

Pravda by Felicity Arbuthnot What a black, tragic irony. Just two months ago, on the eleventh anniversary of the (illegal) … More

Where America’s true goals lie in the Middle East

New Eastern Outlook by Petr Lvov After State Secretary John Kerry’s visit to Iraq, it became crystal clear that Washington … More

Oil Topping $116 Possible as Iraq Conflict Widens

Bloomberg By Mark Shenk Brent crude was projected by Wall Street analysts to average as much as $116 a barrel … More

Russia And China Stand In Agreement On Ukraine

The Economic Collapse Blog by Michael Snyder So much for “isolating” Russia.  The Chinese government is publicly siding with Russia … More

Will War With Syria Cause The Price Of Oil To Explode Higher?

The Economic Collapse by Michael Snyder Are you ready to pay four, five or possibly even six dollars for a … More