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Saudi Arabia Archive
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Uncertainties following the Abqaiq attack have shrunk the world’s safe oil reserves by around half (part 1)
Posted on October 16, 2019 | No CommentsThe world has returned to business as usual after the Saudis assured oil markets that production will be back soon and as oil prices have returned to pre-attack levels and […] -
The Attacks on Abqaiq and Peak oil in Ghawar
Posted on October 1, 2019 | No CommentsFig 1: The attackers hit at Fajr prayer time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_IwRPUZOQ When the late Houston based investment banker Matt Simmons wrote his 2005 book “Twilight in the desert, the coming Saudi […] -
Saudi Arabia was supposed to pump almost 14 mb/d in 2018
Posted on July 5, 2018 | No CommentsHere we go again. Another US President asks Saudi Arabia to pump more oil, despite the so-called US shale oil revolution. Fig 1: Is a tweet enough to make Saudi […] -
OPEC’s 2017 production cuts: a confusing numbers game (part 2)
Posted on December 9, 2016 | No CommentsIn this second part we look at OPEC production cuts for January 2017 in the context of historical production using JODI data. OPEC is very fond of JODI, the Joint […] -
Saudi Arabia’s fiscal break-even oil price to be around $US 100 mark for the foreseeable future
Posted on October 18, 2015 | No CommentsThe latest IMF Article IV consultation report on Saudi Arabia was published on 9 September 2015. http://www.imf.org/external/country/sau/ Extract: Government spending has increased substantially in recent years. Consequently, the breakeven oil […] -
World on drip of unconventional oil
Posted on December 11, 2014 | No CommentsCurrently lower oil prices due to a combination of increasing oil supplies and subdued demand come at a high cost to the environment and the climate. Additional oil supplies are […] -
Team Australia to pay billions for new oil-vulnerable infrastructure
Posted on October 29, 2014 | No CommentsOne would think that an increase of oil related taxes would be used to reduce oil dependency and fund public transport infrastructure, especially as the Iraq war has entered yet […] -
Minesweeping exercise near Saudi oil hub
Posted on September 24, 2012 | No CommentsMassive minesweeping exercise begins off Bahrain 21/9/2012 Reporting from the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea (CNN) — More than three dozen nations have converged on the seas around Bahrain […] -
A disunited OPEC can’t control upward trend of oil prices
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsA meeting of oil ministers in Vienna broke up unexpectedly without an agreement to raise production. OPEC’s president said some members wanted three months to consider the issue. Iran, Venezuela […] -
OPEC report: Saudi oil exports to decline
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsSaudi Arabia’s crude oil production will not increase beyond an average level of 8.7 mb/d (average last 20 years: 8.3 mb/d) until 2015. This is what OPEC Governor Majed al […]