Oil and Energy

There is an unspoken "Big Money Agenda". Netanyahu's objective is not only to exclude Palestinians from their homeland, it consists in confiscating Palestine's multi-billion dollar Gaza offshore Natural Gas reserves
Let’s place 1 trillion barrels of oil in context. Global oil consumption is currently 35 billion barrels a year. Thus, the Orinoco Belt alone could satisfy 100% of global demand for almost 30 years! As for the Orinoco field’s dollar value. World oil prices are currently hovering near $60 …do the math.
Yemen is a strategically key geopolitical stretch of land at the connecting point of the Red Sea which links to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean. It’s the site of one of the world’s most strategic shipping choke points, the Bab el Mandab, a narrow passage a mere 18 miles distance from Djibouti in the Horn of Africa
Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.
Lebanon-Israel Maritime Border Dispute: Leaks Suggest US Wants Lebanon to Surrender Karish Gas Field to Israel: Report By The Cradle, June 14, 2022
Washington Pressures Pakistan to Renegotiate the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) By Andrew Korybko, June 10, 2022
Greece Court Rules Against US Theft of Iranian Oil, Cargo Likely to be Returned By The Cradle, June 10, 2022
EU and UK Cooperate on Insurance Ban for Russian Oil Cargoes By The Maritime Executive, June 02, 2022
EU Commission Studies Price Cap on Imported Russian Gas By Julianne Geiger, June 01, 2022
IEA: Current Energy Crisis Is “Much Bigger” Than 1970s Oil Crunch By Charles Kennedy, June 01, 2022
The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas By Rystad Energy, May 31, 2022
EU Gives OK to Pay for Russian Gas in Rubles By Julianne Geiger, May 24, 2022
US Accused of Stealing Syrian Oil as Sanctions Waiver Aims to Divide Country By Steve Sweeney, May 17, 2022
Sweden and Finland Set to Join NATO By Countercurrents.org, May 17, 2022
The Removal Of Imran Khan: Dismantling Pakistan’s Relationships with China and Russia By Michael Welch and Prof. Abdul Jabbar, May 15, 2022
Can Europe Survive Without Russian Coal and Oil? Here’s What It Means for Skyrocketing Prices… By Chris MacIntosh, May 15, 2022
The NOPEC Bill Could Send Oil Prices to $300 By Tsvetana Paraskova, May 13, 2022
Ukraine’s Partial Gas Cut to Europe Could Force Activation of Nord Stream 2 By Paul Antonopoulos, May 12, 2022
Hungary Announces Veto on Oil Embargo By Free West Media, May 12, 2022
EU Stumbles Over Russian Oil Slick By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 12, 2022
European Sanctions Blown to Bits: Draghi Says “Most Gas Importers” Have Opened Ruble Accounts With Gazprom By Zero Hedge, May 12, 2022
The Real Reason Behind the EU’s Drive to Embargo Russian Oil By Tom Luongo, May 11, 2022
Top German Gas Buyer Concedes to Russian Payment Scheme By Irina Slav, May 11, 2022
US’ Coercive Diplomacy with Saudi Arabia By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 09, 2022
Russian Oil Ban Plans Are Like ‘Dropping an Atomic Bomb on Hungary’s Economy’, Says Viktor Orban By Jorge Liboreiro, Efi Koutsokosta, and et al., May 09, 2022
US Senate Committee Passes Bill Pressuring OPEC, Russia Over High Oil Prices By Middle East Eye, May 09, 2022
The European Commission’s Plan to Ban Russian Oil Imports Receives Backlash By Paul Antonopoulos, May 06, 2022
Ecuador’s Ecological Disaster: Donziger. A Tale for Our Times By Craig Murray, May 06, 2022
The EU-Russia Energy Crisis. “Make hay while sun shines”: Indian, Chinese Ways By M. K. Bhadrakumar, May 06, 2022
Hungary Will Continue Purchases of Oil and Gas from Russia, Zelenskyy and European Union Furious By Sundance, May 05, 2022
Europe May Lose the Energy Transition Race Before It Really Begins By Irina Slav, May 05, 2022
EU Takes Aim at Russia’s Ability to Insure Oil Transport in ‘Iran-Style’ Sanctions Escalation By Zero Hedge, May 05, 2022
Fracked Gas Bomb Trains Are Moving Through South Florida By Michelle Allen and Phoebe Galt, May 03, 2022
New Report Details Fracking’s ‘Widespread and Severe Harm’ to Health and Climate By Brett Wilkins, May 02, 2022
Energy Geopolitics By Konrad Rękas, May 01, 2022
US Asks Germany to Hold Off on Russian Energy Sanctions Until Midterm Elections By Martin Armstrong, April 29, 2022
EU and UK to Meet Russia’s Demand to Pay for Gas in Rubles By Telesur, April 26, 2022
Indonesia Bans Edible Oil Exports, Sparks “Mayhem” as Global Food Crisis Ahead By Zero Hedge, April 24, 2022
To Fight Russia, Europe’s Regimes Risk Impoverishment and Recession for Europe By Ryan McMaken, April 24, 2022
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Warns EU About Banning Russian Oil By Julianne Geiger, April 22, 2022
Biden Administration to Restart Oil, Gas Leasing on Public Lands By Center For Biological Diversity, April 20, 2022
Suddenly, Peak Oil and Gas! The Cataclysmic Result of Sanctions against Russia By Michael Welch and David Hughes, April 16, 2022
The Collapse of America: Distant Early Warning Signs of Uncle Sam’s Demise. Andrei Martyanov. By Michael Welch, April 13, 2022
Costa Rica’s ‘Leave It in the Ground’ Policy in Doubt After Election By Joe Lo, April 13, 2022
US-NATO Sanctions and the Coming Global Diesel Fuel Disaster By F. William Engdahl, April 12, 2022
American LNG Is Not the Answer to European Gas Crisis By Andy Rowell, April 10, 2022
The Russia-China Strategic Gas Agreement. 1,800km Sakhalin-Vladivostok Pipeline By South Front, April 07, 2022
Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation? By Prabir Purkayastha, April 06, 2022
The Coming Global Financial Revolution: Russia Is Following the American Playbook By Ellen Brown, April 06, 2022
Britain Unable to Pay for Russian Gas Deliveries By Free West Media, April 04, 2022
Europe’s Suicide on the Altar of War: Increased Military Spending and Rising Energy Prices By Manlio Dinucci, April 03, 2022
Will Biden Shoot Himself in the Foot to Impose Sanctions on Russia? By Nauman Sadiq, April 02, 2022
Payment in Rubles for Gas: Towards a Full Blown Energy and Economic Crisis? By Paul Antonopoulos, April 01, 2022
U.S. Oil and Gas Companies Set to Make Tens of Billions More from Wartime Oil Prices in 2022 By Oil Change International, Global Witness, and Greenpeace, April 01, 2022
Fracking Execs See the Ukraine Crisis as an Oil and Gas Goldmine By Peter Hart and Mark Schlosberg, April 01, 2022
Russia Demands Ruble Payments for Gas Instead Western Currencies By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, March 31, 2022
Gas Supply: What Will Happen if Russia Turns Off Taps to Germany? By Al-Jazeera, March 31, 2022
Trudeau’s 2030 Climate Plan looks for Solutions in All the Wrong Places By Burgess Langshaw-Power, March 31, 2022
“Russia is Succeeding Wildly in its Objectives!” Scott Ritter on the War in Ukraine By Michael Welch and Scott Ritter, March 29, 2022
UAE Energy Chief Reaffirms Commitment to Opec+ Alliance with Russia By Umar A Farooq, March 29, 2022
Zelensky Makes Surprise Address to Doha Forum Amid GCC Split Between Washington, Moscow By The Cradle, March 28, 2022
Putin’s Rubles for Gas Demand Ensures “Unfriendly Countries” Prop Up Russian Economy By Paul Antonopoulos, March 25, 2022
OPEC Warns EU Against Banning Russian Oil Imports By The Cradle, March 25, 2022
An Unprecedented Wave Of Brazen Gasoline Thefts Is Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen Before By Michael Snyder, March 21, 2022
European Energy War: Who is Raising the Prices? By Konrad Rękas, March 17, 2022
Beijing-Riyadh Oil Sales Cooperation And the “De-dollarization Process” By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, March 16, 2022
Video: Oil/Gas “Pipeline Tracker” Dennett Says Ukraine Conflict Could be “The Mother of All” Energy Wars By Charlotte Dennett and Kristina Borjesson, March 14, 2022
Amidst Ukraine Crisis, Canada Is Quietly Trying to Boost Gas Exports to EU, Documents Show By Geoff Dembicki, March 11, 2022
Ukraine: Price of Oil and Gas Skyrockets: “Massive Economic Collapse of Europe, the US and the World” By Stewart Brennan, March 09, 2022
U.S. Sanctions Can’t Keep China from Buying Russian Oil By Simon Watkins, March 09, 2022
Saudis, UAE Refuse to Take Biden’s Calls to Discuss Ukraine Situation, Talk to Putin Instead By Zero Hedge, March 09, 2022
Biden Bans Russian Oil and Gas Imports, Devastating Impacts By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida, March 09, 2022
Russia Crisis Sends U.S. Officials to Venezuela to Meet with Maduro By Michael Wilner, March 07, 2022
‘Brace for Rationing’ — Food Crisis Escalates. EU Farmers Furious. By Alexandra Bruce, March 07, 2022
About Those 600,000 Barrels… By Eric Peters, March 06, 2022
Ukraine Update: Oil Hits 10-year High and Closes In on $120 a Barrel By Countercurrents.org, March 04, 2022
US Gas Exporters Set to Benefit After Germany Halts Russian Pipeline By Kenny Stancil, March 04, 2022
Who Gains from a War in Europe? U.S. Targets Supply of Russian Gas to Europe By Manuel Raposo, March 02, 2022
Pipeline Ploy: How U.S. Natural Gas Interests Are Fueling the Ukraine Crisis By C.J. Atkins, February 25, 2022
U.S.-funded Groups in Europe Lobby to Kill Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline By Steve Sweeney, February 25, 2022
Russia Warns of “Brave New World” of Higher Gas Prices After Germany Halts Nord Stream 2 By Zero Hedge, February 23, 2022
China-Russia Cooperation and Competition in the Arctic By Nicholas Meyers, February 23, 2022
How Is Restoring Iran Nuclear Pact Vital for Global Energy Security? By Nauman Sadiq, February 21, 2022
Fears of Oil Spills as ExxonMobil Seeks to Drill at the Mouth of a Brazil River By Mariama Correia, February 11, 2022