-The free market is working. -Eni says this is the most complex moment in 70 years. A do-nothing approach to the oil economy is impacting supply dynamics in a way that no artificial mechanism can. After cutting production earlier this month, Bakken producer Continental Resources is halting drilling operations in North Dakota. Italian major Eni … More The Daily Dose
-Geopolitical risk mounts a comeback. -US “reopen” movements exposes risk of politicizing crises. Politicizing a crisis is indicative of a lack of genuine leadership and it often results in unintended blowback. This is true in the case of the coronavirus and the oil markets. Right-leaning leaders that represent oil-producing states in the US spent much … More The Daily Dose
-The times they are a’changin’. -US may need an all-options-approach to save shale. Sweeping demand destruction that followed a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia was the systemic shock that changes the things in ways that usually only general wars can. If economic and manufacturing performance are tantamount to national strength, the international dynamics … More The Daily Dose
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