OPEC

  • Jun 9, 2016
  • 1 min read

Demographics will underpin global productivity trends

An ageing global population will constrain potential GDP growth due to lower labour supply

International
  • Jun 8, 2016
  • 2 min read

Saudi oil policy will hold firm to market-led approach

The kingdom's failure to intervene in global oil markets has raised questions over the future of OPEC

Saudi Arabia
  • Jun 3, 2016
  • 2 min read

OPEC will struggle to agree production cuts

The Vienna meeting closed yesterday with no agreement on production cuts or freezes

International
  • Apr 21, 2016
  • 2 min read

Global oil production is unlikely to be frozen soon

The Saudi-Iran rivalry will dominate any freeze talk, despite other countries' efforts to push up prices

International
  • Apr 18, 2016
  • 2 min read

Doha disagreement delineates Saudi-Iranian rivalry

The Kuwaiti oil-workers strike could blur market reaction, but the global oil surplus is set to persist

International
  • Apr 1, 2016
  • 2 min read

Global energy M&A will be limited in 2016

High debt and uncertain energy prices are weakening oil and gas companies' balance sheets

International
  • Feb 16, 2016
  • 2 min read

Output freeze will have scant effect on oil prices

Oil prices rebound following a four-nation production-freeze agreement

International
  • Feb 12, 2016
  • 2 min read

Oil price will stay subdued globally in 2016

Oil prices will stay low amid declining demand and slowing, but resilient, US production

International