Venezuela Boosts Oil Sales to China
Venezuela has increased oil sales to China to 640,000 barrels a day, the Andean nation's energy minister said. "Before, we never sold a single barrel of petroleum to China and now we sell them 640,000 (bpd) ... More...
Oil, Natural Gas and the Political Economy of East Africa
Oil, Natural Gas and the Political Economy of East Africa U.S. militarism is rooted in oil discoveries and resource control By Abayomi Azikiwe Editor, Pan African News Wire Transnational oil corporations and the More...
Real cowards go to Tehran
By Pepe Escobar Imagine the classic United States neo-conservative wet dream; staring at Iran on a map and salivating about the crossroads between Europe and Asia, between the Arab world and the Indian subcontinent, More...
Nigerias Economic Problem; Fuel Subsidies or Corruption ?
By Hilary Uguru Nigeria is one of the richest African nations with an annual GDP growth of 6.9% In spite of it´s wealth, Nigeria is ranking among the poorest on the UN Human Development Scale, and the average More...
Geo-political stakes in Nigeria
Frederick William Engdahl - The Herald - Zimbabwe Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation and its largest oil producer, is from all evidence being systematically thrown into chaos and a state of civil war. The recent More...
Gaza tunnel smuggling OK, says confused Britain
By Stuart Littlewood - Radiofreepalestine. Fuel oil for power generation becomes a black market item. The British government gets hot under the collar at the very thought of Gaza smuggling anything in. So much More...
France Lobbies for Embargo on Iran Oil
The global price for resources is determined by demand and availability, there would not be anything wrong with this was it not for the fact that the profits that can be made by producing either perceived or actual More...
Oil Subsidy Saga: A Harbinger of Nigerian Arab Spring ?
Sulaimon Olanrewaju reports on the factors responsible for variations in petroleum products pricing system among Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member countries. It seems that for citizens More...
British P.M. Cameron in Moscow for Talks with Russian President Medvedjev.
British P.M. Cameron went on his first visit to Moscow for talks with Russian President Medvedjev. Camerons visit follows shortly after the implementation of E.U.´s and USA´s increased sanctions on Syria, and More...
Syria Sanctions and E.U.`s hunger for Oil.
The recently elected Secretary General of the 22 Nations Arab League, Nabil Al Arabi, visited Syria on Wednesday for discussions about "the troubles" in Syria. The visit follows new E.U. sanctions against Syria. More...
