Review: China and the Persian Gulf
China and the United States compete for influence in the Persian Gulf, but they also have overlapping interests in the region.
Passing the Top Hat
Stop me before I make a killing again.
Argentina’s President Takes It on the Chin for Placing Her People’s Needs Over the Markets
Argentina’s nationalization of a renegade energy company evokes outrage in the international press.
Ghanaian Oil: Only for the 1 Percent?
Can Ghana make its nascent oil industry work for the 99 percent?
Obama and North American Counterparts Keep it Low Profile at Today’s Three Amigos Summit
Experts available to discuss the failed promises of Obama’s policies towards Canada and Mexico.
Oil Over Troubled Waters?
Will Ghana’s new oil industry provoke civil, economic, and environmental conflict?
In an Attack on Iran, Oil Wells Will Be Spared
“If we manage to avoid this war, someone will deserve a Peace Prize, but probably not someone who already has one.”
Get Ready for War with Iran
All this imperial conniving is giving the Republican presidential candidates, except the isolationist Ron Paul, plenty to yammer about.
Shifting Winds in the South China Sea
As global warming takes its toll on the South China Sea, an already tense political climate could become more perilous.
Preventing a Blowout in the Arctic
Russia’s push to explore for oil in the Arctic is bad news.
Cheering Obama’s Wise Tar Sands Choice
Big Oil will do everything it can to overturn President Barack Obama’s decision and build the Keystone XL pipeline.
Occupy Nigeria
Africa’s most populous nation has a unique history of fighting against injustice.
Nigeria’s Perfect Storm
Nigeria is facing a perfect storm of crises including a national strike, widespread protests, and sectarian violence in the north.
Crude Tragedy: Price hikes for gasoline add fuel to a volatile situation in Nigeria
Activists plan to hold a demonstration in solidarity with Occupy Nigeria, the Nigerian “We The People” coalition and Nigeria’s organized labor sector, who have called for a general strike to protest the soaring price hikes for oil on Monday, January 9.
IT Systems Are Just as Important to Flow of Oil as Straits of Hormuz
The oil industry becomes more susceptible to sabotage every day.