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TopicSaudi oil shock

Topic: Saudi oil shock

India’s purchases of Saudi oil surge to 6-year high as Russian imports fall

Saudi Arabia shipments may hit over 1.1 million barrels a day, the highest since Nov 2019, nearing Russia levels as India closes the supply gap, Kpler says.

Saudi Arabia faces a double crisis and people are waking up to a harsh new reality

With plunging crude prices and coronavirus shutdowns, the non-oil economy in Saudi Arabia is expected to contract for the first time in over 30 years.

Saudi oil shock will probably not matter as much to the world as it could to India

The global energy market has diversified and the loss of 5.7 million barrels of oil in an $84.8 trillion global economy is less likely to qualify as major crisis.

Saudi oil shock could unite India, China amidst tensions in Middle East

China, India, Japan and South Korea are dependent on Saudi exports and would not want the geopolitical crisis to escalate.

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How the US is rapidly reaching the limits of imperial over-reach

Beyond the immediate protection of Israel and its borders, which the USA could reasonably commit itself to, it did not need to get into every war in the Muslim world.

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.