Issues

Washington DC - Eight years ago, the world watched in horror and awe as World Trade Center’s Towers collapsed marking the arrival of terrorism in the hearts of the Western world. The implications of that day have changed the way…

"The Jews worship the devil," the teachers tell 8th-graders. Later, in 10th-grade history class, students will learn that the Jews were responsible for the French Revolution and, of course, the Bolshevik Revolution. These are mild…

Now that the OPEC summit public-relations exercise of November 17 is over, all eyes are fixed on the upcoming OPEC oil ministers meeting in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on December 5. Consumer nations, particularly…

On 25 January, Qatar's Energy Minister, Abdullah al-Attiyah, spoke of gas-producing nations' renewed interest in the formation of a "gas OPEC," during a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.…

As reported last month, three Gulf states; Kuwait, Qatar and Oman; are expected to shortly sign up to the World Bank's Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) program. The GGFR partnership, launched in 2002, brings together governments of…

Last month, Asian refiners mostly declined Saudi Aramco’s offer of extra crude oil barrels, with the exception of one refiner: India’s Reliance Industries which is increasing Saudi imports by 90,000 bpd, (representing close to one-third…