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2009

Obama's Power Outage

By Leslie H. Gelb - story

Does Anybody Care?

By Juan Carlos Boué - story

Obama's Copenhagen Deal

Flickr/White House

By David Corn And Kate Sheppard - story

The View from Baghdad : On Iraq oil bid round II

By Ruba Husari - story

Venezuela's Chavez Political Corruption From Petrostate to Narcostate

By Gustavo Coronel - story

The Complicated Relationship Between Oil Prices And Stock Markets

By Shawkat Hammoudeh- story

The Rush For Oil: Iraq’s Oil Capacity Potential And Regional Geopolitics

Iraqi Oil Forum

By Ruba Husari - story

Iraqi Oil: Are the 1st / 2nd Bid Rounds A
Wise Strategy Or Steps in the Wilderness?

By Munir Chalabi - story

Mexico: An Oil Nation in Crisis

By Nancy Cruz- story

The Nabucco Natural Gas Pipeline Story

Map by Katherine Yester - story

Scenes from the Violent Twilight of Oil
It succors and drowns human life. And for the last eight years,
oil -- and the people and places that make it -- was my obsession.

Getty Images

By Peter Maass - story

Monday manifesto: Brazil's political football
Handpicked by President da Silva, José Sérgio Gabrielli
has overseen the transformation of Brazil's oil industry

By Carl Mortished - story

Venezuela: A brief History
A 30-minute history of Venezuela for U.S audiences.

Paisaje, Ernesto Leon

By Gustavo Coronel- story

Don't Be Crude
Why Barack Obama's energy-dependence talk is just demagoguery.

NatRev

The Ghawar Oil Field is by far the largest conventional oil field in the world
and accounts for more than half of the cumulative oil production of Saudi Arabia

By Prince Turki Al-Faisal- story

The Devil's Excrement
Can oil-rich countries avoid the resource curse?

By Moisés Naím - story

Subpriming the Pump
Oil wealth used to hurt only those who had it. Now, it's hurting everyone.

By Mahmoud A. El-Gamal and Amy Myers Jaffe - story

OPEC’s New Criterion

By Behrooz Baik Alizadeh- story

Oil: The Long Goodbye - An FP Special Report
It's Still the One

By Daniel Yergin - story

South Pars Gas Field

By Hedayat Omidvar- story

When The Dust Settles Iraq’s Oil Will Flow

By Falah al-Khawaja

The First Licensing Round - story

The Smart Meter: Vanguard of the Smart Grid

By Steve Piper - story

Global Energy Market Challenges And Long Term Responses

By Majid al-Moneef - story

Honduras: Political Crisis Over Controversial Referendum

By Leonidas Mejia - story

Understanding The Basij

AP/Ben Curtis

The Basij let the Islamic regime employ violence as a form of social control while retaining some plausible deniability....

By Jon Lee Anderson- story

Iran's Stolen Election

Iranian riot police men confron Iranian youths opposed
to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, Iran,
Sunday, June 14, 2009.

By Laura Secor - story

High oil prices and the end of globalization really?
Or a missed opportunity for Mexico and Venezuela

By Roger Tissot - story

The Crocuses Of Bottoming
Out In The US Recession

By Shawkat Hammoudeh - story

Sunday's

The Delicate Financial Relationship
between the U.S. and China

By Knowledge@Wharton- story

OPEC : How Much Oil Has Venezuela Really Been Producing?

By Juan Carlos Boué- story

Think Again: The Green Economy

By Matthew E. Kahn - story

The Perilous Future of U.S. Strategic Forces

By Bradley A. Thayer & Thomas M. Skypek- story

The Need To Redefine OPEC Regulatory Policy

By Gholamhossein Hassantash - story

Oil Production Capacity Expansion

By Ali Naimi- story

Peru: the struggle for memory

By Kelly Phenicie & Lisa J Laplante. - story

A Decade in Power: An Assessment
of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution

By Ashley Wagner, COHA Research Associate - story

Chile: the politics of patriarchy

By Justin Vogler - story

“The Performance of the Venezuelan Oil Sector
1997-2008:
Official vs. International and Estimated Figures”

Ramón Espinasa

By Ramón Espinasa

Introduction - story

Wariness in Cuba toward the Obama Administration

Raul Castro

Interview with Julia E. Sweig, by Bernard Gwertzman - story

Energy Strategies for a Turbulent Economy

By Tony Hayward- story

Achieving Energy Stability In Uncertain Times

Ali Naimi , Saudi Arabian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources with Daniel Yergin, Chairman of Cambridge Research
Associates (CERA) at CERA's 28th Annual Executive Conference

By Ali Naimi - story

A Decade in Power: An Assessment
of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Revolution

By Ashley Wagner, COHA Research Associate - story

OPEC Price Band Mechanism:
To Repeat The Success

By Behrooz Baik Alizadeh

Oil markets have recently been experiencing severe oil price slumps. The OPEC Basket crude price fell from a level of $140.73/B on 3 July 2008 to less than $40/B by the end of the year. The price fall comes at a time when oil exporting countries are highly dependent on their oil revenues. - story - previous stories

Venezuelan Term Limits

By Joshua Frens-String- story

OPEC Price Band Mechanism:
To Repeat The Success

By Behrooz Baik Alizadeh story

Exxon: Juggernaut or Dinosaur?

BW

By Steve LeVine - story

The Worst Is Yet to Come: Warning: More Doom Ahead

By Nouriel Roubini - story

Prospects For A Gas OPEC

Proved gas reserves at end 2007

By Gawdat Bahgat - story

Obama's People

Editor's Letter: Behind ‘Obama's People'

NYT

Obama's People: The men and women
of Barack Obama -a photographic essay

By Nadad Kander - story

NYT Magazine Editor's Letter:
Behind ‘Obama's People'

By Gerald Marzorati - story

Review Of The ITF Interim Report On Crude Oil

By Mohammad Sadegh Memarian - story

Can OPEC Save The World Economy?

OPEC President Chakib Khelil (L)
at the organization's Dec. 17 meeting

By Andrew McKillop - story

New Year

Fighting Poverty To Build Peace

AP /Andrew Medichini)

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful from his studio's window
during a New Year service in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican,
Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009.

By Benedictus XVI [1] . - story

Christmas

Christmas Homily of the Holy Father
and Blessing Urbi et Orbi, Dec. 25, 2008

AFP/Filippo Monteforte

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas night
holy mass at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

By Benedictus XVI - story

Sunday´s
Opinion

Can OPEC Save The World Economy?

OPEC President Chakib Khelil (L)
at the organization's Dec. 17 meeting

By Andrew McKillop

Cheap oil ? Not for long !

We can note that only about 10 years ago, New Economists could still proclaim oil and gold as Sunset Commodities. Resource depletion, let alone climate change never featured in reheated and recycled Adam Smith slogans from about 1760 – reworked as wildly intelligent one-liners by leading edge New Economic "intellectuals" for a decade or two. - story - previous stories

Venezuela: rise and fall of an authoritarian Petrostate

By Gustavo Coronel - story

Where Shocks Enter Oil Prices And How
They Spread: Should We Blame Speculators Now?

By Shawkat Hammoudeh and Robert Kaufmann - story

Fund manager makes case for rebound in price

The Oil Drum

The figure shows that four out of the past five recessions have followed spikes in oil prices

By Tyler Hamilton - story

Welcome to My World, Barack

By Helene Cooper and Scott L. Malcomson- story

The List: Five Real Missions for 007

By Jerome Chen - story

Cover this! Inside the nastiest campaign '08 rumors

New Yorker

By Ben Smith

Thank you for your e-mails! - story

Meltdown of USA: Waterloo for Neo-Liberalism

twnside.org.sg

By Come Carpentier de Gourdon - story

Cover this! Inside the nastiest
campaign '08 rumors

New Yorker

By Ben Smith

Thank you for your e-mails!

When John McCain and Barack Obama started running for president in 2007, they were two of the most universally liked and respected politicians in America — men who even members of the opposite party saw as decent, unifying characters — and neither of them inspired much loathing. - story - previous stories

China Sneezes, Latin America Catches a Cold

By Jeremy Martin and Toger Tissot

Latin America's economic story is remarkably different if China slows. The energy sector may be in the most perilous position. - story - previous stories

Major Oil Companies' Bases of Accounting Consolidation
BP, Shell, Total, StatoilHydro, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and ExxonMobil

By Oliver L Campbell - story

Lessons Learned From:The Current Crisis

By Shawkat M Hammoudeh and Mark A Thompson - story

The Future Of Energy
Best and the Brightest

AP/Susan Walsh

Rep. Gordon: 'We need to make a major breakthrough'

By Fareed Zakaria - story

Oil Prices: Oil Producers' Standpoint

Evolution of oil prices

By Behrooz Baik Alizadeh - story - previous stories

The Final Offensive for the US-Colombia Free Trade is
a Stark contrast to other developments in the hemisphere

Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe and President Bush hold a joint statement in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington September 20, 2008.

By Mario A. Murillo - story

How Sarah Palin Mastered Politics

Sarah Palin

By Nathan Thornburgh / Wasilla, Alaska - story

Iraq Oil Development: Lack Of Direction And Decision-Making

By Walid Khadduri - story

Speculation Not So Fundamental?

By Ali Aissaoui

A Critical Review of CFTC'S Interagency
Task Force Report on Crude Oil Markets - story - previous stories

Colombia: Interview with Antonio Navarro Wolf

wulf
Antonio Navarro Wolf

By Clifton Ross - story

Oil Price Speculators And US Regulations

By Shawkat M Hammoudeh and Mark A Thompson - story

Factors Contributing To The Understanding Of Oil Price Projections

World oil prices 1880-2030
(2006 dollaras per barrel)

EIA /Anual Energy Outlook 2008

By Salman Ghouri- story

Crunchtime for Mexico's Oil
A Bellwether Battle Against Neoliberalism in the Americas

By John Ross - story

World Oil Markets In Chaos – No Solutions In Sight

By Cyrus H Tahmassebi- story

Oil Prices above $100: Funds or Fundamentals?

By Harry Tchilinguirian- story

Opinion WPC Interview : Antonio Brufau

Antonio Brufau, President of the Organising Society of the 19th WPC
and CEO of Repsol YPF

By WPC - story

Energy Challenges Highlighted
At The 11th IEF In Rome

By Noe van Hulst- story -

Oil as dead-end street Petroaddiction;
The Wolf is home !

AFP

Hundreds of nude cyclists also took to the streets in Spain's
capital Madrid, wanting to draw attention to the world's
over-dependence on oil.

By Frank Bracho- story

Ecuador: Drug Cartels Siphon Pipelines
Use 'white gas' to turn coca into cocaine

Photo by Ecuador Special Forces

Barrels of Loot: "White gas" siphoned from pipelines are confiscated
from a drug lab in an Ecuadorean jungle. A single drum can fetch up to $3,000.

By Kelly Hearn- story

Drill Here, Drill Now

By Jed Babbin - story

The Presidential Candidates' Energy Platforms

By Robert Bryce - story

National And International Oil Companies:
Putting Relationships In Perspective

By Ibrahim Al-Muhanna - story

The List: The Next Dictators to Go

Anna Zieminski/AFP/Getty

By FP Magazine - story

Time Is Running Short For A Post-Kyoto Protocol Deal

By Liz Bossley - story

From Global Financial Crisis to Global Recession, Part I

By Jack Rasmus story

From Global Financial Crisis to Global Recession, Part I

By Jack Rasmus - story

The Bad News at the Pump

By Michael T. Klare - story

Common Wealth

Phillip Toledano for TIME

By Jeffrey D. Sachs - story

The Triumph of OPEC

By Robert J. Samuelson - story

The Future of Global Energy: Uncertainty Surrounding Global Energy Issues and Policies, And Its Impact on Future Supply Expansion

By 'Abd Allah al-Jum'ah

SAUDI ARABIA/GENERAL.- story

Are the International Oil Companies Running Out of Oil?

StatoilHydro

Subsea (seabed) installations

By Mike Bahorich- story

Venezuela's position on Exxon Mobil move to freeze PDVSA assets

By Bernardo Alvarez - story

Algeria’s Chakib Khelil Briefs The Press Ahead Of 1 February OPEC Meeting

Reuters/ Heinz-Peter Bader

Chakib Khelil, OPEC president and Algerian Oil Minister

By MEES- story

Teacher and Apprentice

By Marc Ambinder - story

The Fear Factory

Matt Mahurin

By Guy Lawson- story

Iran’s Emerging Economic Threats

By Jahangir Amuzegar - story

Promise and Threat of Managed Reform
Incumbent Regimes and
the “ King’s Dilemma” in the Arab World

By Marina Ottaway and Michele Dunne - story

It was all about oil, global warming

By Gwynne Dyer - story