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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

EU’s Russian gas, who gets what & BP’s Bob

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The vexing question for European Union policymakers these days is who has what level of exposure to Russian gas imports should the taps ge...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Crude prices: Syrian conundrum & bearish trends

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As the immediate threat of a US-led campaign against Syria recedes, some semblance of decidedly bearish calm has returned to the oil mark...
Sunday, October 21, 2012

Speculators, production & San Diego’s views

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It is good to be in the ‘unified’ port of San Diego, California for a few days to get some crude views, especially those of the trading t...
Monday, September 10, 2012

BP’s sale, South Africa’s move & the North Sea

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BP continues to catch the Oilholic’s eye via its ongoing strategic asset sale programme aimed at mitigating the financial fallout from the ...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012

Scrutinising UK’s latest North Sea tax break

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The British government announced fresh tax relief measures last week aimed at boosting output in the North Sea. The Oilholic’s first though...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Why CNOOC’s move matters beyond Canada?

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China’s CNOOC has made yet another Canadian acquisition; only its latest one announced earlier this week has global implications in the sha...
Friday, July 13, 2012

Brent & the ‘crude’ fortnight to Friday the 13th!

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Despite crude economic headwinds, the Brent forward month futures price spiked back well above US$100 per barrel on July 3. No one was conv...
Friday, June 01, 2012

BP to call time on 9 years of Russian pain & gain?

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After market murmurs came the announcement this morning that BP is looking to sell its stake in Russian joint venture TNK-BP; a source ...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Exxon 1 – BP 0 (Ref: Putin, Retired Hurt: Markey)

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One has to hand it to ExxonMobil’s inimitable boss – Rex Tillerson – for successfully forging an Arctic tie-up with Rosneft so coveted by be...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

IEA, OPEC & a few more bits on BP

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It has been a month of quite a few interesting reports and comments, but first and as usual - a word on pricing. Both Brent crude oil and W...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Talking SPRs & bidding farewell to North America

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As the Oilholic prepares to leave North America and head home, oil prices are at a 32-month high with both the WTI & Brent forward futur...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Of IEA, OPEC and the Hoo-Hah over BP & Rosneft

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Both the IEA and OPEC are now more upbeat about the global economic recovery over 2011, which could mean only one thing – an upward revisi...