Peter Thiel Bets $76 Million on Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale
Palantir chairman and hedge fund owner Peter Thiel bought a 1% stake in one of the biggest companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina in the latest…
Energy
The U.S. Is Quietly Building a New Energy Foothold in Iraq
There have been perhaps a handful of events since the end of the Second World War that have fundamentally reshaped the world’s oil markets and consequently its geopolitics while remaining…
Automation Could Start Eating Into U.S. Diesel Demand
The rise of automation, AI, and electric trucks can fundamentally change the freight transportation industry in the United States, leading to a revolution in transport fuel demand. Various vehicle and…
Why Libya’s Next Oil Pipeline Could Be a Geopolitical Game-Changer
The proposed Libya–Egypt crude oil pipeline has, surprisingly quickly, entered a phase in which Cairo and Tripoli are actively discussing it. The pipeline, expected to be 800 kilometers long, will…
Have Middle East Oil Flows Rebounded to 15 Million Bpd as U.S. Claims?
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright this week said that the oil exports from the Middle East have rebounded to 15 million barrels per day (bpd) and even topped the pre-war…