Mexico is being held to ransom by oil thieves and systemic corruption
Recent pipeline explosions have brought the problem of Mexico’s black market for oil into tragic relief.
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Austerity in the Gulf states: why it’s alarming for women’s progress
Gulf states have given women great education, but they are still very limited participants in the workplace.
OPEC meetings: why it’s so hard to predict how the oil market will react
Our research on the oil cartel shows, that it really matters whether OPEC members ‘failed to agree’ or ‘agreed to disagree’.
Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow
Iran has warned it could close down the strait, through which 20% of the world’s oil transits each day.
Why reducing energy consumption through a recession doesn’t really count
Readers of the Financial Times would have recently encountered a story that encompasses the paper’s version of bad/good news when it comes to the oil business. According to the author Daniel Yergin, the…
Huge Russian rate hike plays roulette with the economy
Russia’s Central Bank has raised its key interest rate from 10.5% to 17% in an emergency move that is designed to halt the ongoing collapse of the rouble, which has accelerated in recent weeks. The dramatic…
How to reverse the dangerous decline in low‑carbon innovation
New technologies that can help us to meet climate change targets are struggling to see the light of day. Incentives need to be fixed, and carbon pricing is at the heart of the matter.
Why haven’t petrol prices gone back down yet? A new business model might explain why
Petrol prices might not drop back to previous levels as stations look to recoup increasing business costs.
How the Aramco IPO will make history and transform Saudi Arabia’s economy
Saudi Arabia’s economy is almost entirely dependent on oil. Here’s how it’s trying to change that.
Will American shale oil go bust?
Oil prices are going through what some have termed Black April, but the bigger question is what happens longer term to US oil.
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