Feb 2017

Higher oil prices would help, but they won’t restore glory to an increasingly marginal play

The Liza oil find offers the promise of an economic boost for the country but the government must plot its course carefully

The market should start pricing in the mounting geopolitical risks

Both have pledged to the cuts, but falling public service subsidies could make Brunei jump ship

Russia holds the Opec agreement's success in its hands

The two producers have pledged to trim oil output but the long-awaited Kashagan project will probably boost the region's supply, not crimp it

The oil glut will linger, despite Opec's best efforts

Oil's alternatives still thrived as crude prices fell and Opec's deal is likelier to help than hinder them

The UAE could lift oil output but it will likely toe Saudi Arabia's line

Qatar will have no trouble keeping its part of the deal

Kuwait thankful for cuts after missing output targets

The Opec deal is not enough to rescue Venezuela and its indebted state company PdV

New appointments show Maduro plans to hold his course

Latin America's two Opec members needed the deal to cut and Venezuela will probably shed even more output than it agreed

Reviving the Kuwait sovereignty issue would be disastrous for Iraq

An Islamist militia attack on the Sirte Basin was repulsed. But more conflict looks likely

Mexico will probably end up losing more oil supply in 2017 than it pledged to cut

Relations are on the rocks in the early days of the Trump administration. Jeopardising the energy relationship would be a loss for both sides

American LNG exporters are already reshaping Europe's gas markets. Will the country's new government accelerate the transition?

Should you bet the house - or your company's drilling programme - on long-term forecasts for oil demand?

The builder's region-wide corruption scheme has endangered energy projects across Latin America, none more important that Peru's Southern Gas Pipeline

A proposed US border levy would lift producers, hit consumers and upend oil markets

Under pressure, Sinopec launches cleaner Beijing Six gasoline

Back outside Opec again, Indonesia's oil and gas giant will spend heavily

Opec-member Iraq is cutting output, but the statistics are still confusing

As export routes remain blocked, local producers get creative

Despite a global supply glut, Tellurian is pressing ahead with plans to build more cheap US LNG-export capacity

It is part of the Opec deal to cut production — but Muscat's long-term goal is to do anything but

Demand is rising faster than supply. Oman wants tight gas and Iran to fix the problem

Oman is a leader in EOR and will soon bring in a powerful friend to help pump more oil—the sun

The sultan hasn't picked a successor, creating uncertainties just when the country needs to perk up its economy and find jobs for its youth

Geopolitics could harm Leviathan export prospects just as the signs are looking good