Energy

Congress is accusing Saudi Arabia and Russia of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. But companies in the United States, the biggest oil producer in the world, aren’t slowing down yet.

Riyadh and Moscow are both betting they can win a global game of chicken over production.

With markets plunging worldwide, Trump does an about-face and promises "major" efforts to contain the coronavirus and ease economic pain.

Moscow rejects OPEC’s effort to avert a coronavirus-driven price collapse, shutting down an agreement to cut crude output.

Questions remain whether other oil exporters will join the pact to slash output—and if that will be enough to push up crude prices.

Markets might get jittery as bids by Biden, Sanders, and Warren to restrict fossil fuels move a bit closer to reality.

The goals were never realistic, but now Beijing has good reason to back away from its purchase commitments to Washington.

But talks in Washington haven’t yet solved the trickiest questions still looming over the dam’s impact on countries downstream.

Even more than fracking, tapping oceanic methane hydrates could soon upend the global energy landscape.

An energy expert warns that Tehran will find new ways and locations to strike asymmetrically, maybe even in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait.

Oil markets expect escalation in wake of U.S. strike on Iranian general.

Erdogan’s latest bid to reshape the Mediterranean provides military support to Tripoli against Russian-backed rebels.

The regime has survived uprisings in the past. But now it is starting to kill demonstrators in great numbers.

Yes, but the process takes a long time. Final withdrawal will occur one day after the 2020 election—but Washington may still be able to get back in.

With eight bankruptcies in the last year—the latest this week—coal is in deep trouble again, and that could spell trouble for Trump in 2020.

Forget the energy opening: López Obrador works to restore the primacy of Pemex, the state-owned oil giant.

Trump’s reluctance to retaliate against Iran may reflect his belief that an “energy independent” United States no longer needs to protect the region.

But some experts say the move is a weak response to alleged Iranian attacks on Saudi oil.

Tensions in the region spike as U.S. blames Iran.

The departure of Trump’s hawkish national security advisor raised hopes in Washington, but a sudden thaw with Tehran is unlikely.