Tag: Oil
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Why the West Keeps Misreading Iran – On Purpose: A Resilient Tech Power, Not Another Iraq, Syria or Lybia, nor Lebanon
Defence Technology, Geopolitics, International Relations, Iran, Military Analysis, Oil, The Middle East, WealthWill Iran be the US’s last stand? Their second, penultimate Vietnam? Yes it will. Here’s why. The Islamic Republic of Iran has consistently been underestimated in Western strategic thinking because its internal structure and capabilities make it far more resilient than examples like Iraq, Syria, or Libya. Whilst Western politicians still sell their publics a…
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Kuwait Chronicles: Engineering Success and Social Bonds
Time in the sand builds trust stronger than stone. Kuwait: Projects, People, and Paradise With the 2008 financial crisis looming, I repositioned myself to the Middle East—Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—moving between each of them. The crash was obvious, and by April 2008, I was in the region with my fixed assets already…
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The End of Oil? Oil Pricing for 2015 and the Rise of Solar Energy
Best Business Practices, Energy, Global Issues Affecting all of Us, Money, Solar Power, Technology, The Middle EastAn Arabic prophesy half way in the making? of a monetary glitch in the status quo? I wrote the article for the Al Jarida newspaper of Kuwait and it was published on Saturday 24 January 2015. It’s a further development of my previous blog on how technology is changing the way the energy market operates…
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Is the US Oil Sector in Denial?
The ponzi of fracking and how it keeps the petrodollar alive. I came across an interesting article in my email the other morning about how higher energy taxes threaten US shale boom, and I was intrigued not really by the message, but by how the message was being delivered. Being close to the oil sector myself…
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