Two oil tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman last week. Global oil markets reacted with relative calm which saw oil prices dip for the day and then bounce back.   Historically, geopolitical tensions impacted oil prices. What remains confusing is how this current geopolitical tension failed to cause oil prices to skyrocket.   Since the US declared, in April, that it will not renew sanc...

According to a recent blueprint report on China's oil and gas industry for year 2018-19, the nation's apparent oil consumption reached 648 million tons in 2018, up 6.95 percent compared with the previous year, while China's net imports of crude oil rose 10.9 percent year-on-year to 460 million tons. The report also said that China's dependency on imported crude oil was approaching 70 percent last ...

今年以来，国际油价出现连续性的下跌。以布伦特原油期货价格为例，已从1月初最高的71.8美元/桶，跌至近期的低点54美元/桶，跌幅接近25%。能源价格不仅关乎全球经济，对中东等一些地区的地缘政治局势也有着重大影响。那么，在美国抛出“世纪协议”搅动中东地区的同时，油价的大幅下跌将会带来怎样的冲击？   近期国际油价的下跌可划分为两个阶段：最初主要是对前期油价上涨的回调。2019年下半年，欧佩克(OPEC)国家开始减少原油产...