India’s relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, all the while leaving the Indian Treasury fretting about how to pay for its oil imports, given tightening sanctions on fiscal dealings with Iran. On 7 June the US State…
The days of the American Frontier were interesting times in history, particularly in terms of money and banking. There was no Federal Reserve, ECB, BOJ, or IMF. Money was mainly coinage that contained small amounts of gold and silver that gave it value. Banks were…
Chris Faulkner is the CEO of Breitling Energy Companies. Interview by James Stafford. — James Stafford: How important are Bakken and Three Forks to US energy in the big picture? Chris Faulkner: The Bakken Shale has been the biggest driver in America’s reversal of decades of decline in…
If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as…
The U.S. currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars. According to a United…
The US intelligence community is in a state of disarray—most recently illustrated by the Boston Marathon Bombings—and the idea of a more structured cooperation with Russian intelligence as a direct…
Twenty-plus years on, the collapse of the USSR in 1991 threatened massive Western defense budgets, bereft of a major enemy like the “Evil Empire.” Western militaries conveniently found a new…
While most would think that the risks junior oil and gas companies are taking in exploring new frontiers as far away as the remote reaches of Africa are related to…
LAHORE, PAKISTAN – The passing of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with a formidable flurry of responses from those who admired him and those hated him. Much like our own…
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