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Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Scandal, politics, and looking ahead

October 16, 2015 00:01 UTC

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There are certain times of the year that seem to rush by and October is one of those, as evidenced by this installment of The Oil Big Five coming out a bit later than usual. In some ways, this is an indicator of how much there is to do and keep track of, including for the global oil industry.

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Alaska, Arctic, Arctic oil and gas, Asia, automobiles, crude, crude oil, diesel, drilling, exports, fuel, gasoil, gasoline, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, jet fuel, kerosene, Kurdistan, oil, OPEC, production, Shell, Singapore, subsidies, supply/demand, The Oil Big Five, Transportation, Turkey, US, Volkswagen, weather

Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Taking stock at the end of Q1

April 9, 2015 15:34 UTC

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There are a couple months of the year that seem busier than others, and April is one in the oil industry. The first quarter has ended, and many of the editors here at Platts are readying themselves for the slew of earnings calls and reports that will be coming soon. Those quarterly updates can sometimes signal big changes – announcements about new projects, financial doings, production figures, etc. – and we wanted to assess the global oil industry now, in the calm before the storm.

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Asia, Brent, Canada, China, commodities trading, crude, crude oil, dated Brent, Europe, exports, gasoil, gasoline, Germany, ICE, ICE Brent, IEA, imports, India, Iraq, Kurdistan, margins, markets, oil, prices, refining, Singapore, swaps, The Oil Big Five, Uncategorized, United Kingdom, US

Tamsin Carlisle
Senior Editor

Petrodollars: Fight for Kobani has a key oil aspect to it

November 3, 2014 00:01 UTC

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Oil supplies coming out of Kurdistan could be affected by the outcome of a military standoff surrounding the Syrian town of Kobani. In this week’s Oilgram News column Petrodollars, Tamsin Carlisle looks at the ties between the two issues.

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Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria

Herman Wang
Senior writer, oil news

Kurdish attempts to sell oil are not going to get support from the Obama administration

September 30, 2014 04:47 UTC

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For two months now, the United Kalavrvta tanker holding 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude has idled in international waters off the coast of Galveston, Texas, awaiting a District Court ruling on whether the oil will be allowed to be sold in the US.

But if the Kurdistan Regional Government is hoping that the Obama administration will soften its stance in opposition to Kurdish oil exports, that doesn’t appear likely, even as the US seeks to aid the Kurdish peshmerga in their fight against the Islamic jihadist group IS.

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Iraq, Kurdistan, trading, Washington watch

Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Your comments about Mexico and Iraq

September 9, 2014 17:14 UTC

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This month in The Oil Big Five, we mulled over the fact that the more things change, the more they stay the same. What hasn’t changed for us on The Barrel is we want to feature comments from our readers around the globe, including your thoughts about what’s most important to you about the oil industry. Here are some of the comments we received from our latest entry, and a huge thanks to those who commented, as well as everyone who read the post.

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crude, Iraq, Kurdistan, Mexico, Middle East, oil, Pemex, production, The Oil Big Five, US

Tamsin Carlisle
Senior Editor

Fuel-price protests in Yemen, Iraqi Kurdistan highlight oil-producers’ dilemma

September 9, 2014 00:01 UTC

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In the past two weeks, two Middle East states have experienced significant popular unrest sparked by government moves to cut fuel subsidies.

The circumstances were individual but the similar responses underscore common difficulties faced by all governments in the region that seek to phase out what many of their citizens regard as a birthright.

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Iraq, Kurdistan, Middle East, Yemen

Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Some of the same, some of the new

September 2, 2014 17:52 UTC

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When we began the Oil Big Five posts, we had an idea of featuring brand-new items every single month. But that whole saying about people forgetting history being doomed to repeat it?

It came to mind this month when we were soliciting suggestions from our Platts oil editors and analysts for this month’s listing. Big issues don’t go away quickly, and in an industry as large and complicated as global oil, it’s doubly true.

That said, we do have several new issues on the list this month, as well as some follow-ups to previous topics. Be sure to comment here, on Facebook or on Twitter (use the hashtag #oilbig5), and we look forward to featuring your comments. Tell us what you’re thinking about, and here’s what we’re most focused on at the moment:

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crude oil, Iraq, Kurdistan, Libya, Mexico, Pemex, The Oil Big Five, WTI

Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Unleash the Kalavrvta!

August 4, 2014 16:05 UTC

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It can often feel as though many of the big issues or trends in the oil industry are happening on a level unseen by the general public. July, though, brought some big news stories straight to the mainstream media and a wider audience, and these were developments our oil editors and analysts at Platts were watching closely.

Welcome to the latest iteration of The Oil Big Five, when we ask our Platts oil insiders what they believe are the biggest trends or issues in the global oil industry. These are topics we spent a lot of time researching, writing about and analyzing in July, as well as issues we’re keeping an eye on for August.

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Africa, Canada, China, crude oil, demand, Europe, exports, fuel oil, Gazprom, Iraq, Kurdistan, Libya, refining, Rosneft, Russia, Saudi Aramco, Shell, shipping, South Korea, The Oil Big Five, Ukraine, USA, West Africa

Tamsin Carlisle
Senior Editor

Kurdistan Regional Government pushes independence; what’s the oil angle?

July 17, 2014 00:01 UTC

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Survivors for centuries in one of the Middle East’s roughest neighborhoods, Iraq’s Kurds have learned to keep their options open. However, any lingering doubt that they might be aiming for independence sooner rather than later vanished this month with the sudden appearance of a Kurdish “national anthem” on the Kurdistan Regional Government website.

“Ey Reqib”, or “Hey, Enemy”, was written in 1938 by Yunis Reuf, a Kurdish poet and anti-Ottoman political activist also known as Dildar, who was born 20 years earlier in the town of Koi Sanjaq in what is now the Erbil governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan. Before dying at age 31 of heart problems, Dildar saw his poem adopted as the national anthem of the Kurdistan republic in Mahabad (currently part of Iran), which was founded in 1946 and lasted for only a year.

Now the KRG has proclaimed it the official anthem of South Kurdistan, an alternative name for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It’s a name that tips its hat to the long-held Kurdish ambition of establishing a Greater Kurdistan state encompassing parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran.

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Iraq, Kurdistan

Elizabeth Bassett
Web editor

The Oil Big Five: Is anyone surprised that Iraq tops our list?

July 1, 2014 16:45 UTC

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Welcome to The Oil Big Five for July 2014, where we list the big issues that are keeping our Platts oil experts busy around the globe. You can find our last posting here, which had the problem of not posting comments for a short time when it first went up. We really appreciate everyone who commented on the blog once it was fixed, though, as well as those who sent us feedback on Twitter. The latest round-up of reader comments can be found here, and be sure to comment again for the follow-up to this post.

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