The Hormuz red herring Talk of conflict in the Strait of Hormuz misses the real threat to the global oil market, says Derek Brower IRAN’S threat to close the narrow body of water that connects the Mideast Gulf with the global oil market is neither credible, nor the worst possible outcome of rising tensions [...]
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The Hormuz red herring
Posted in Iran, Iraq, oil, oil markets on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m off to Benghazi
Posted in oil on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m at home in Buxton watching the Masters, my kids are asleep upstairs, and Libya — where, inshallah, I’ll be on Tuesday morning — feels a long way off. I had this great idea about six days ago: get to Benghazi and do a story on the Transitional National Council and its oil plans. Now [...]
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- Follow @kwok_w_wan , expert energy reporter, for the big news out of IP Week. #oil #ipweek 2 days ago
- @nelderini Aids? Malaria? Poverty? War? Mideast peace? You're thinking too small here. 3 days ago
- @nelderini it would surely have ended the entire global financial crisis. Instantly. 3 days ago
- Very sad: NYTimes: At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies http://t.co/up4vtC6o 5 days ago
- As Brent #oil hits highest price ever, in euros, hands up if you think global economy's in better shape to handle the spike now than in 2008 6 days ago
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