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Opinion: How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?

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OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has been the most talked about international organization among investors, analysts and international political lobbies in the last few months. Venezuela’s Woes. by Gaurav Agnihotri for Oilprice.com. Iran Nuclear Deal: A warning sign for OPEC? Nigeria’s dilemma.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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Energy is the foundation of Russia, its economy, its government, and its political system. They pose an existential threat to the industry and therefore to the Russian economy: The revenues Russia can earn from its crude and natural gas exports face intense pressure. The emergence of the U.S., This has transformed the U.S.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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” Already the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases by most accounts, China may have been looking to future negotiations, when it is likely to be categorized as a developed rather than developing country. In the end, 188 countries voted in favor of the motion, with Cuba, Bolivia, Sudan, and Venezuela voting against it.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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CME Brent oil futures project continuity: as of August 18, 2015, CME Brent futures projected the price remaining below $60/bbl until June 2017. Are the futures market, CNBC’s oil traders, analysts, and major fund investors, and others, being lulled into an unjustified consensus? million barrels/day in 2014 to 7.55 MMbbls/day.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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Venezuela, an OPEC member, has even proposed an emergency summit meeting. This apparent bravado notwithstanding, the two countries’ entry into the low-price Crudedome is ravaging their economies. Both Saudi Arabia and Russia paint positive portraits on current and future economic performance. percent year-over-year, up from 2.3

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Electric cars to account for 64 per cent of car sales by 2030

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‘Electric Cars in the United States: A New Model with Forecasts to 2030′ is authored by Thomas Becker, a Berkeley economist who specializes in international and environmental economics. million barrels per day, equivalent to the amount currently imported daily from the Persian Gulf region and Venezuela.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. Click to enlarge. The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7 billion in 2035.

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