Supply Security

<> on March 11, 2015 in Donetsk, Ukraine.

The next winter is approaching fast in natural gas terms. While temperatures are slowly rising in the Northern Hemisphere and the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin in Washington, DC hit peak bloom over the weekend, across the pond the EU Commission kicked off a fresh series of trilateral gas talks between Russia, the Ukraine… Keep reading →

The Frankfurt Stock Exchange

As the situation in Iraq develops, oil market bulls and bears battle over the degree to which the worst sectarian violence since US troop withdrawal will exert upward price pressure. The bear case states the lion’s share of Iraqi oil output and exports originate in the country’s Shiia-controlled south, where it is more difficult for… Keep reading →