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In 2007, Alexei Miller, head of Russia’s state-gas behemoth Gazprom famously boasted he would raise the company’s market value to US$ 1 trillion; up from US$ 360 billion at the time. Today, much of that dream has vaporised. After years of hard-nosed tactics in Central and Eastern Europe and several high-profile gas supply interruptions, Gazprom’s […]
Als Iran en de permanente leden van de VN-Veiligheidsraad plus Duitsland het dinsdag eens worden over een principe-akkoord over het nucleaire programma van Iran, heeft dat grote gevolgen voor de wereldoliemarkt. ‘Dan kan de prijs van Brent weer gemakkelijk terug onder de $50 per vat schieten’. Of nog verder. Het Financieele Dagblad sprak over de […]
The world’s fourth-biggest maritime oil corridor, through which 3.8 million barrels of crude transit every day, is under risk from the crisis in Yemen, which may bring up oil prices if it escalates. Anadolu News Agency from Turkey spoke about the consequences with Sijbren de Jong. The full interview can be read here.
Saudi Arabia began military operations against its neighbor Yemen late Wednesday, as the kingdom has support from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which include Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The crisis in Yemen is about more than just putting a halt to the rebellion that has been raging in the country. […]
Moet dat onwillige Griekenland niet uit de euro en de Europese Unie? Gezien het gedrag van Griekenland is het antwoord gevoelsmatig ‘ja’. Directeur Christine Lagarde constateerde dat het gedrag van Griekenland in het hele bestaan van het Internationaal Monetaire Fonds geen precedent had. Het is inderdaad ongehoord dat afspraken met de instituties ‘formely known as […]
Saudi Arabia’s military operations to its neighbor Yemen raised fears that oil prices would rise again. However, how likely is it that the spike in the price of oil witnessed in the past few days is going to last? Anadolu News Agency from Turkey spoke about it with Sijbren de Jong. The full interview can […]
Oil companies raised a combined $63 billion of debt worldwide in January and February, said a report by Morgan Stanley last Friday. The U.S. multinational investment banking firm highlighted that this was higher than the $52 billion that they raised in the third quarter of 2014, and almost as high as the $64 billion of […]
Oil prices rose sharply on Thursday, before falling back, as Saudi Arabia conducts a military operation to its neighbor Yemen. The price of the global benchmark Brent crude oil rose nearly 6 percent Thursday. Brent is currently up 4.4 percent at $58.96 a barrel from its closing price of $56.77 Wednesday. The American benchmark West […]
Staren beleidsmakers en analisten zich blind op risico’s bij leveringszekerheid van primaire grondstoffen? Marjolein de Ridder denkt van wel. Zij pleit voor meer oog voor de gehele grondstoffenketen: de secundaire productie is vaak ook sterk geconcentreerd. Lees meer hierover in haar column in het Magazine Deal! Deze is hier te downloaden.
Op de Future Force Conference werd gesproken over de toekomst van de krijgsmacht. Belangrijkste vraag: hoe spelen we in op nieuwe dreigingen, zoals de conflicten in Oekraine en het Midden Oosten? Rob de Wijk, aanwezig op de conferentie in Soest, gaf een toelichting bij Radio 1. Het fragment is hier terug te luisteren.
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