Tag: oil
World powers back Iran oil exports despite US sanctions threat
AFP | Iran's remaining partners in the 2015 nuclear deal vowed Friday to keep the energy exporter plugged into the global economy despite the US...
Indian Ocean: Militarization and Regional Implications
Mustansar Hussain Tasir | Significance of Indian Ocean Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest body of water and renders substantial contribution in feeding one-third of...
From oil to solar power: Saudi Arabia plans a shift to...
AFP | Saudi engineers whip up a simulated sandstorm to test a solar panel's durability at a research lab, the heart of the oil-rich kingdom's...
China-Philippine set to settle bilateral disputes on the South China Sea
News Analysis | Philippine Foreign Secretary, Alan Peter Cayetano felw to China on March 20, 2018 to pursue talks on possible joint development projects in...
Price of petroleum to hit highest point in three years
News Analysis | To public dismay, prices of major oil products are set to surpass a three-year high, with diesel crossing Rs. 100 per litre...
Honda: “PSO, Shell, Total sell sub-par fuel”
Honda Atlas has filed a complaint with the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) with regards to the fuel being sold by Shell, PSO,...
Is Russia using oil to maintain influence over India?
M K Bhadrakumar | India has been witnessing in recent years a turf war between the world’s leading arms vendors. Now an energy war seems...
Understand how Pakistan’s economy is being destroyed deliberately: ‘We work like...
"We (economic hitmen) work very much like some of the hitmen for the mafia - because- like them, we are looking for a favor,...
Is Kurdistan a US-Israeli conspiracy to balkanize Middle East?
M K Bhadrakumar | The result of the Kurdish independence referendum in northern Iraq will be known in the next 48 hours or so, but no surprises...
Will Venezuela go the way Libya did after its announcement on...
Andrew Korybko | Venezuela recently announced that it is de-dollarizing its future oil contracts and switching to euros and yuan instead. The move comes after the...
Is the Syrian war finally coming to an end?
News Analysis | Syria’s army has broken years-long Islamic State siege on the government enclave of Deir ez-Zor. ISIS has already lost more than half of...
Balfour Declaration, Russian Revolution and the Arab Oil
Nauman Sadiq | Is this not the international politics most significant coincidence that the Balfour declaration for the creation of Israel was adopted in the...
Deadlock continues as oil tanker owners refuse to budge from their...
Cities across the nation including the capital are being subjected to a shortfall of petroleum after the nationwide oil transporters' strike developed into a...
Pak-Iran: energy sector performance and wind power project
News Analysis | By the end of the financial year 2017, it can be said that Pakistan’s power and energy sector will see tremendous improvements...
Of oil,economy,and Israel:US stakes in Syria
Nauman Sadiq l Washington’s interest in the Syrian civil war is partly about ensuring Israel’s regional security and partly it is about doing the bidding...
Escalation of Gulf crisis: were negotiated solutions an illusion?
James M. Dorsey | The Gulf crisis that pits Saudi Arabia and the UAE against Qatar is set to escalate with Doha certain to ignore...
“Anti-industry” policies of the government: Textile Association to protest
The textile industry is all set to stage countrywide demonstrations along with a special protest in front of National Assembly in Islamabad on July...
Mohammed bin Salman becomes the new Crown Prince: Expected divisions in...
Stephen Kalin and William Maclean | Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was elevated to Crown Prince on Wednesday, replacing his cousin in...
The Middle East conundrum: What is the safe passage for Pakistan?
Ghulam Mustafa | Mired in its Afghan Policy quagmire, reeling from Trump led Saudi Arabian stunning uppercut and Panama JIT, Pakistan appears to have been...
Terrorism, conflicts, and humiliation: What else will “Trump’s world” offer?
Stephen J. Adler, Jeff Mason, and Steve Holland | Washington - President Donald Trump complained on Thursday that U.S. ally Saudi Arabia was not treating...
Let’s Spread Violence to “Eradicate” Violence – United States Way of...
David Swanson | The first point to point out is the idea that the Middle East is culturally a violent place that can be made...
Saudi needs Vision 2030 NOW: If it intends to survive in...
Saad Masood | Recently it was announced that Saudi Arabia generated a fiscal deficit of about $ 85 billion in the year 2016, which was...
