Questions tagged [oil]
Use for questions relating to fuel oil, the fossil fuel and commodity.
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How can persistently high US oil production be reconciled with goals to slow down global warming?
Global warming has accelerated in the last decade and even this year there were already quite some heat waves. For example over a thousand people died this year on the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca ...
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Is the US acknowledging that it's losing some leverage over Ukraine by cutting off aid?
There's this quote from Ukrainian FM Kuleba doing the rounds on social media, essentially talking about a quid-pro-quo: more Patriots in exchange for less attacks on Russian oil infrastructure (which ...
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Why is Europe (at least France and the UK) less dovish than the US administration on Ukraine striking Russian oil refineries?
WaPo writes about the diverging views between Europe and the Biden administration on the conduct of the war by Ukraine, in re the Russian oil refineries:
When Vice President Harris met privately with ...
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Did any Middle Eastern country adopt the SDFI system or similar?
In the early days, foreign companies dominated exploration activities,
and they were responsible for developing the first oil and gas fields.
Norwegian participation gradually increased as Norsk Hydro ...
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Is there any data to inform a view of the US Nationalization of O&G?
I was wondering if there was any polling or data historic or otherwise to support a position on the US perspective of nationalizing oil and gas. The majority of the world's reserves are controlled by ...
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Who officially owns the fuel tanks in Gaza that Israel said (around 26 Oct 2023) have half a million liters of fuel?
CNN wrote on Oct 26:
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday ruled out any fuel being allowed to enter Gaza, saying Hamas would co-opt fuel for its operational infrastructure and to continue its ...
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Is there a link between fuel shortages in Argentina and the presidential election?
If you make a search on the internet with the keyword argentina fuel shortage you will find a lot of articles about a fuel crisis that started around the first round of the presidential election and ...
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Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas?
Which US allies ignored the USA's call for stopping the import of Russian oil and gas and continued importing them till today?
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Did Saudi Arabia cut in half its oil & gas share of GDP from 2020 to 2022?
I'm seeing vastly different numbers reported for Saudi Arabia's oil & gas share in GDP. One Saudi scholar gives
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia owns 17% proven
reserves of the world and constitutes 50% ...
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Did the Iraqi central government explicitly object to (or approve of) any deals by Russian oil & gas companies with the Kurdish Regional Government?
According to al-Jazeera, citing various (alas unnamed Russian and Kurdish diplomats/officials), Russia financially "saved" the KRG at a crucial time, by having its major oil/gas companies ...
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Which countries are affected by Russia's decree banning oil sales to them?
Vladimir Putin bans Russian oil exports to countries that imposed price cap over Ukraine war
President Vladimir Putin has delivered Russia's long-awaited response to a Western price cap, signing off ...
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How did US respond to the accusation of "stealing Syrian oil"?
Claim: US "steals" crude oil from Syria.
Other sources include: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/donald-trumps-boneheaded-plan-to-steal-syrian-oil/
My question: is this action ...
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Objective arguments to support assertions that Saudi Arabia is "siding with Russia" and not simply just exercising sound fiscal policy?
CNN's October 7, 2022 Why Saudi Arabia defied the US over OPEC oil supply cut includes the following quotes:
“What Saudi Arabia did to help Putin continue to wage his despicable, vicious war against ...
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ELI5: Why is Russia's requirement for oil to be paid in Roubles abnormal?
There seem to be various stories of Russia cutting off various neighbouring and other Euro states from its oil over failing to pay for the oil in Roubles (this is independent of the Ukranian war and ...
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Why do Canadians complain more about cost of living than Saudis? [closed]
I do not get it.
Alberta’s recoverable reserves of oil are, still conservatively, the largest on Earth by far, and are larger than those of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela combined.
Canada is rich in water ...
