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THE CURSE OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS FOR SAUDI ARABIA & TURKMENISTAN

5/31/2019

Saudi Arabia’s new ‘freedom’ gas
Karen E. Young | Al-Monitor
According to the Department of Energy, US policy will support the export of American energy products such as liquefied natural gas as “molecules of US freedom” to the rest of the world. But energy markets are a little more complicated and less nationalistic.

Turkmenistan https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urdupoint.com/en/amp/business/turkmenistan-hosts-x-international-gas-congre-631340.html
Nord Stream
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/us-sanctions-may-be-too-late-to-stop-nord-stream-2-construction/ Contamination
https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1ST1TX

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GAS APPROACHES $3 GALLON IN US: ALL EYES ON PERSIAN GULF

5/25/2019

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Karen Young in an Al-Monitor op-ed. America’s energy independence attracts competitors, such as Saudi Aramco, as foreign direct investors. And it is unlikely that the American “freedom gas” exported by Aramco will find its way to Saudi Arabia. Find out why here.

Protectionism, the dollar, and US energy ‘dominance’
Benjamin Zycher | The Hill

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TAKING IRAN TO ZERO

5/21/2019

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HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE US ENERGY REVOLUTION

5/8/2019

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The shale revolution isn't just about cheap energy; it's changing geopolitics
Mark J. Perry | Washington Examiner

Want an Energy Revolution? It Won't Come from Renewables
Mark Mills, City Journal

Throughout history, some 60 percent to 90 percent of every nation’s economy has been consumed by food and fuel costs. Hydrocarbons changed the way that humans organize their productive capacity. The coal age, followed by the oil age, and now by the ascendant age of natural gas, has (at least for developed nations) driven the share of GDP devoted to acquiring food and fuel down to around 10 percent. That transformation constitutes one of the great pivots for civilization.
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US PULLS BACK ON IRANIAN SANCTIONS REGIME YET SENDS CARRIER STRIKE GROUP TO PERSIAN GULF

5/8/2019

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IRAN WANTS TO DISRUPT US SANCTIONS REGIME

U.S. renews some nuclear waivers for Iran, breaking from hard line

Iran Faces Difficult Choice After U.S. Narrows Nuclear Sanctions Waivers

U.S. Deploys Carrier Strike Group to Counter Iran

Reports: Iran to adopt countermeasures as US revokes sanctions waivers
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will reportedly announce countermeasures to the US exit from the JCPOA and its reimposition of sanctions.

Iranian Oil Exports Fall in April – But More Work to be Done

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, cut June pricing for all crude grades to the U.S. and raised most pricing to other regions. The kingdom’s pricing appears to be aimed at easing concerns over supplies to the U.S. after the Trump Administration ended waivers for buyers of Iranian oil, while still benefiting from rising demand for its crude in Asia and Europe. – Bloomberg

Iran Gives Europe Sixty Days to Meet Nuclear Demands
by Seth Frantzman
The Jerusalem Post
May 9, 2019
https://www.meforum.org/58442/iran-gives-europe-60-days-to-meet-demands

New Sanctions Hit Iran’s Multi-Billion Dollar Metal Industries
Saeed Ghasseminejad | Senior Iran and Financial Economics AdvisorMatthew Zweig | Senior Fellow

Energy Sector Waivers Would Undermine the Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran
Matthew Zweig | Senior Fellow

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