List of Oil Production articles
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After hosting the Eurovision in 2012 and the European Games in 2015 Baku acts as a picture postcard of the country's newfound prosperity, but also of its contrasts. The country is home to known energy reserves of around a billion barrels of oil and 1.3 trillion cubic meters of natural gas. But if until now Azerbaijan did not have to worry much about paying the bills ? they do now. The slump in global oil prices has put a crimp in the country?s budget. A patient feet in a crude oil bath treatment. Patients comes here to receive crude oil treatment here among other medical treatment. Naftalan, Azerbaijan Aperture: Exit the King
Oil has been a boon in Azerbaijan’s economic growth. But will black gold also cause the country's demise?
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GettyImages-520663088 crop This Is Not the Time for an Independent Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurds have enough problems. Breaking away from Baghdad would just make things worse.
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DEREK, SYRIA - NOVEMBER 14: A truck prepares to dump the dregs of oil refined into diesel fuel on November 14, 2015 near Derek, in Rojava, Syria. The predominantly Kurdish autonomous Rojava region of northern Syria had previously been supplied with pretroleum from refineries in areas now under Daesh control, so Rojavans have begun crudely processing their own reserves into diesel for domestic fuel and heating needs. The Islamic State, however, continues to pump and export millions of barrels of oil, generating vast revenues for its regional war machinery and international terrorist activities. (Photo by ) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Islamic State
An accidental tour into the heart of the caliphate’s oil smuggling economy.
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PutinYukos Dutch Treat: Russia Dodges a Bullet in the $50 Billion Yukos Case — For Now
The decade-long battle to get compensation for the illegal seizure of Yukos will continue well into the future after an unexpected — and legally questionable — court ruling in the Netherlands.
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Flames and heavy black smoke rise from an oil pipe that was hit in a blast near an oil facility in the town of Ras Lanuf on March 9, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) Africa’s Petrostates Are Imploding
And that’s setting off a dramatic shift in the economic balance of power on the continent.
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Ahmed Mater 1 One Saudi’s Protest, Through The Viewfinder
A photography exhibit in Washington by a Saudi doctor-turned-artist casts a critical eye on Riyadh’s relationship with big oil and Mecca.
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GettyImages-506937204 This Chart Shows the U.S. Economy Might Be In Better Shape Than Voters Think
U.S. stocks have roared back after a horrible start to the year, but voters haven't noticed.
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FLINT Clinton Tries to Stake Out New Turf on Energy Policy
The Democratic front-runner has morphed her well-worn positions, like boosting natural gas production, in her race against Bernie Sanders. But energy-market realities mean it may not matter.
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FP 2_SW_V1 These 25 Companies Are More Powerful Than Many Countries
Going stateless to maximize profits, multinational companies are vying with governments for global power. Who is winning?
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Ali Bin Ibrahim al-Naimi, Saudi Arabia's petroleum and mineral resources minister, arrives ahead of the 168th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015. Oil headed for its fourth decline in five weeks as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries looked set to leave its production ceiling unchanged at a meeting in Vienna on Friday. Photographer: Lisi Niesner/Bloomberg via Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s Destructive Oil Freeze
Riyadh has positioned global oil markets for a never-ending series of boom-and-bust cycles.
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Tehran, Iran: Two chador clad women watch jewelery displayed in a shop window in a central Tehran street near the main bazaar. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) The Irrational Exuberance About the Iranian Economy
The nuclear deal was supposed to spark a new era of prosperity for Iranians. But Iranian politics — and American politics — still stand in the way.
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GettyImages-508041632 What The Heck Are Cocos and Why Is Everyone Freaking Out About Them?
Worries about an obscure European investment instrument called cocos are spilling into the United States.
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A pro-Biafra supporter waves a flag as people march in Aba, southeastern Nigeria, to call for the release of a key activist on November 18, 2015. The protesters support the creation of a breakaway state of Biafra in the southeast and want the release of Nnamdi Kanu, who is believed to be a major sponsor of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and director of the pirate radio station Radio Biafra. AFP PHOTO / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images) Nigeria Is Coming Apart at the Seams
At best, a revitalized Biafran secessionist movement will lead to mass bloodshed. At worst, it will trigger the country's unraveling.
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GettyImages-508605034 This Is What Happens When Good News Is Bad For U.S. Stocks
Here's why Wall Street is treating more jobs as bad news.
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h_52481626 Davos Q&A: Cheap Oil ‘Another Straw on the Camel’s Back’ for Struggling Emerging Markets
PwC's chairman on why CEOs fear the Islamic State and how cheap oil will transform the Middle East.
