Javier Blas

Expectations for a buyer’s market are liquefying, leaving importing nations squeezed, particularly in Europe.

The first tentative conclusions from the bombing are bearish.

The Kafkaesque interdependence between countries should be acknowledged, because it’s likely to continue.

Electricity consumption is accelerating faster than renewable sources can provide for it. And so the world keeps turning to the dirtiest of fossil fuels.

Arab nations in the Persian Gulf are now whispering neutrality when it comes to Israel and Iran.

Oil traders are taking a “this time is different” approach to war risk. That’s, well, risky.

The price of crude is more likely to decline than increase in the foreseeable future.

A slump in cobalt and lithium prices doesn’t guarantee security of the supply of these elements essential to the energy transition.

The group can’t blame anyone but itself for some members’ noncompliance.

The new path to market for Permian Basin shale gas could foil oil producers’ plan to curb output.