Despite the fact that American shale oil producers have ramped up their hedging activity over the past three months, amid falling oil prices triggered by economic uncertainty and tariff policy by the Trump administration, by recent historic standards, hedging remains low.  According to a Standard

For over two years, OPEC and its partners from Central Asia, led by Russia, tried to push oil prices higher by withholding oil supply. Some did it more successfully than others. Saudi Arabia especially excelled at curbing supply—to no avail. Factors outside OPEC+’s control caused prices to slide

Despite the trade talks breakthrough the United States and China announced earlier this week, Chinese imports of U.S. energy will remain at near zero levels, at least over the summer, while the world’s two biggest economies are negotiating a possible trade deal. The U.S. and China on Monday

US military leaders are increasingly concerned that the United States faces the prospect of global flashpoints turning into prolonged, multi-front confrontations stoked by the United States' main adversaries -- Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. Amid tightening ties between the four countries,

Via Metal Miner The past week or so has seen quite a yo-yo ride for global iron ore prices. Ore futures, including the most-active September contract on China’s Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), dropped by about 2% on May 8. The reasons for this were twofold: the likely consequences of the