Crude Economics
How Cheap Crude Is Hurting Saudi Arabia

As the House of Saud cuts spending, the country’s middle class is hurting.

Crude Economics
Petrostates Ramp Up Oil Freeze Rhetoric

We’re one week away from an Algeria meeting that could produce an oil “freeze.”

Crude Economics
Slowing Oil Demand Might Make a Freeze Deal Moot

Limiting oil production won’t accomplish much if demand doesn’t pick up.

Crude Economics
Trump Advisor Wants Petrostates to Jack Up Gas Prices

Does Donald Trump’s top energy advisor really want Americans to pay more at the pump?

Crude Economics
Caracas Could Unwittingly Balance the Oil Market

Faltering Venezuelan oil production could do what a production freeze deal won’t: balance the global crude market.

Crude Economics
What Good Would an Oil Freeze Be?

Petrostates might be able to agree to an output freeze on their second try, but that won’t fix the market’s oversupply.

Crude Economics
Saudis Open Up the Crude Spigot

Riyadh pumped a record amount of crude last month.

Crude Economics
Is There an Oil Freeze in the Near Future?

Will a more amenable Iran help produce a petrostate production freeze this fall?

Crude Economics
Resurgent Shale Threatens to Drag Oil Prices Down Again

Crude prices have stumbled lately on rising inventories and the looming shale rebound.

Crude Economics
What Brexit Means for North Sea Oil

A weaker pound is good news for North Sea oil producers, but Brexit uncertainty is spooking some investors.

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