Europe’s Mounting Energy Crisis

As the energy crisis continues, Europe is warning that its citizens need to be prepared for a total gas shutdown from Russia. While their storage sits at 88%, 8% higher than their original goal, serious concerns still linger. The French strike has taken 60% of its refining capacity offline, planned maintenance will shut down another […]

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Rising Gasoline Prices This Winter

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated in a recent interview believes that the European Union could soon be affected by the embargo on Russian oil imports, which could cause gasoline prices to rise once again during this winter. With Russia still at war with Ukraine, one of their main funding sources for what they call their […]

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March Madness 2021 Boom or Bust for Crude

Crude has been the underdog since Covid-19 broke onto the scene in early March of 2020. We have seen historic contango, negative trading, inventories at the verge of 100% capacity. However, we have also seen refineries curtailing production and shutting down, crude breaking technical level after level, OPEC + committing to decreased outputs, a Texas […]

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Deal or No Deal

President Trump threatened to impose high tariffs on car imports from the European Union if they do not come to an agreement on a new trade deal. The new deal could amount to 25% more on cars from the European Union.

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The East Mediterranean Pipeline

Leaders of Cyprus, Greece and Israel are planning to sign an agreement early in the new year for the construction of a new natural gas pipeline. In Athens on January 2nd, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will meet to sign the agreement. The deal […]

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Russian Oil Production

With the Iran sanctions looming, international oil markets are looking for alternative crude suppliers.  The United States and the European Union (EU) as well as many others, have initially turned to Saudi Arabia. However, there is uncertainty of the Saudi’s ability to fill in the production gaps given the recent turmoil over a murdered Saudi […]

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And Iran, Iran So Far Away

Like an aging New Waver desperately holding onto an outdated Flock of Seagulls haircut, the European Union is straining to maintain their part of the 2015 Iran Nuclear deal. After President Trump made his announcement that the United States would be pulling out of the deal, European Union member nations decided to remain in the […]

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