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18 August 2017
One of Wall Street's best energy analysts is packing up to go and sell solar panels in Costa Rica. Over steak in London, Seth Kleinman explains why
12 June 2017
The oil industry needs to start taking the rise of alternative vehicles seriously
13 December 2016
The Opec-non-Opec deal will help prices – but even if everyone complies, it can’t on its own be decisive
8 December 2016
Opec has tried to put a floor in the price. But further strength in 2017 will depend on the reaction of other suppliers and aversion of many risks
30 November 2016
Saudi Arabia has accepted Iran’s terms for a deal. Now Russia has to keep its pledge to cut too
25 November 2016
Opec's efforts to cut supply will be the main theme of 2017 and prices will rise. But the outlook is still fraught with risk and uncertainty
23 November 2016
Deeper-than-expected cuts are on the table and the momentum is behind a deal
21 November 2016
Opec's Algiers deal has put a floor in prices - but the group must give the market real details at its end-November meeting
31 October 2016
In the end, the fiscal pressures and income loss were too great for Opec’s members to bear—and the rewards of the market-share strategy too meagre
13 October 2016
Judging by history, and reflecting rampant supply, tepid demand and a passive Opec, $50 oil is about where the price belongs
30 September 2016
Algiers marks a major policy shift. But the market will want real numbers soon
28 September 2016
Iran’s demands can be accommodated with some adjustments of the numbers
28 September 2016
The kingdom is ready to ditch its laissez-fair market strategy and cut production. Iran needs to come on board, but an agreement is close
19 September 2016
Our report on the country’s energy infrastructure is the definitive guide to Libyan oil, politics, and civil unrest
24 August 2016
Saudi Arabia’s oil minister says Opec will take “any possible action”
to stabilise the market. The group should cut, now
11 August 2016
The UN’s agreement to pay off militia controlling oil terminals will ‘contaminate’ its reputation in the country and sets a dangerous precedent, says NOC chief
11 August 2016
Unity government’s refusal to transfer funds pledged to state firm is stalling oil-output recovery, says NOC chief
11 August 2016
Oil is now driving the conflict in Libya, says the state company’s boss, and dragging the firm into it will worsen the situation
3 August 2016
The UN-brokered ports deal with Jadhran cannot, on its own, increase the country’s oil output. But it may worsen the conflict
27 July 2016
Rarely has Saudi policy, across all spheres, been less predictable. Its reaction to a spate of terror attacks inside the kingdom may worsen this
19 July 2016
Supply and demand might come back into line this year, but without the kind of price
rises the industry hopes for
8 June 2016
Tarek el-Molla believes his country will be a major oil hub, and self-sufficient in natural gas
2 June 2016
Supply disruptions are firming oil prices. But the market is still too blasé about the risks, which may include a shrinking spare-capacity buffer
27 April 2016
Hard-to-quantify shifts may be underway in global energy and the oil industry will ignore them at its peril
18 April 2016
Saudi-Iranian rivalry has thwarted an oil-supply deal, just as the price recovery was gathering momentum
6 April 2016
Qatar will host another oil-producer meeting on 17 April. But its success is in the balance
6 April 2016
Charif Souki and Martin Houston think now is the time to start building more US liquefaction capacity
4 April 2016
LNG producers must have faith. The glut will pass and the market will need their gas
30 March 2016
Unless the freeze becomes cuts its significance is minimal and efforts to keep talking up the market could backfire
24 March 2016
A new unity government seems destined to deliver neither unity nor government
16 February 2016
If the best Opec can muster is a weak deal not to lift already high production this will add little strength to prices. But the Doha deal may be just the first step
12 February 2016
Iraq’s myriad troubles will not stop its crude output from growing again in 2016, says oil minister Adil Abdul al-Mahdi
10 February 2016
The good news is that the fundamentals should start to improve. But speculation abounds that oil could get caught in the wider market downdraft
2 February 2016
Both countries want higher oil prices. But a troubled history and near-term market dynamics suggest the time is not yet ripe
13 January 2016
Muhammed bin Salman gave an interview with The Economist this month - here's what Petroleum Economist picked out
7 January 2016
Hopes for the UN's unity government are fading, IS is capitalising on the chaos, renewing its assault on energy infrastructure, and the drumbeat for Western intervention is getting louder
9 December 2015
Venezuela calls to cut supply and hike prices, but Saudi Arabia is sticking with its plan
30 November 2015
Opec is likely to sit on its hands this week in Vienna, hoping the market vindicates its policy in 2016
18 November 2015
Libya’s Zueitina terminal has been shut again amid an effort by the east to wrest control of the country’s crude-export revenue
23 October 2015
State firm NOC says it can recover output quickly and add to capacity, but some believe the country’s political disintegration makes this unlikely
8 October 2015
Iran will add at least 500,000 barrels/day to production “within a few months” of sanctions being lifted
30 September 2015
Despite falling non-Opec supply and rising demand, the market still has a way to go
20 August 2015
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest oil-market report suggests the fundamentals are turning, led by demand
17 August 2015
Canada's oil sands face collapsing oil prices, limited export routes and higher taxes
30 July 2015
Saudi Arabia is pumping oil at record highs, Iranian supplies are about to hit the market, Iraq’s exports from the south are beating expectations and, across the Atlantic, North American oil production continues to rise
23 July 2015
Supply is up and prices are low - the end of 2015 will not bring a revival of crude markets
2 July 2015
Cheaper energy prices will slow but not stop the American oil and gas revolution
29 June 2015
Talks between Tobruk and Misrata offer more hope than the UN-led negotiations