Global oil demand needs to rise faster to absorb OPEC+ hike
Global oil demand growth needs to accelerate in coming months or the market will struggle to absorb an increase in oil supply that OPEC+ is planning to make from October,…
The MbS reset
The Arab press hasn’t buzzed like this since al Qaeda (AQ) hijacked the so-called Arab Spring in Libya and Syria, resetting American interference in the region as CIA routed millions…
Saudi Arabia nabs new China oil demand
Saudi Arabia is set to expand its market share in China this year for the first time since 2012, with demand stirred up by new Chinese refiners pushing the kingdom…
US wants more oil, but OPEC+ can’t turn on the tap much harder
US pressure on OPEC+ to pump more oil and cool red-hot crude prices has shone a spotlight on a relatively new problem for the producer group: it doesn’t have much…
Saudis scramble to raise cash for Aramco share sale
From tapping lenders to selling personal assets, Saudis are scrambling to raise cash to invest in Aramco stocks after the oil giant announced its blockbuster market debut even as it…
Saudi Arabia battles market jitters after oil plant attacks
Saudi energy giant Aramco is battling to reassure markets after devastating attacks on two oil plants, where a prolonged shutdown risks roiling investor confidence ahead of the state-owned giant's mega…
Global Palestine versus global Israel—III
Schizophrenic fascist population – Francs. Herbert. Bradley says “Where everything is bad/it must be good/to know the worst. In Minima Moralia Adorno states, “A humanity is secretly emerging, which hungers…
Genocide in Gaza
THE motto of the Israeli Defence (IDF), according to its website, is: “Defence is our mission, security is our goal.”One wonders what the connotations of the original in Hebrew are.…
G20 with a hope and a prayer
THE inveterate Hindu in him spurred the British prime minister to take time off from the G20 summit to offer prayers at Delhi’s riverside Akshardham temple. In so doing, he…
Lasting legacy
WITH the Middle East in turmoil and Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza having entered its eleventh month, a book that examines the region’s political experience in the postwar period makes for insightful…
