From the archive: The oil ratchet
October 1973: As war ravages the Middle East, John Maddox analyses how the Arab oil embargo will affect the global…
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Britain is dangerously exposed to the whims of despots
An attack on Iranian oil infrastructure could produce a price shock comparable to 2022.
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Will Iran inflict oil inflation on the West?
The country has little to lose by restricting shipping and triggering an energy price shock.
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Britain’s gift to Putin
British companies continue to play a significant part in Russia’s economy of oil and gas.
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Could North Sea oil unlock a US trade deal?
Embracing “drill, baby, drill” in rhetoric if not in practice could win the President round.
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Anas Sarwar: “Energy security is national security”
The leader of Scottish Labour is diverging from his party in Westminster when it comes to fossil fuels.
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Will the government stop Rosebank?
Net zero and economic growth are not always compatible aspirations.
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Will Netanyahu upend the global economy?
A prolonged conflict could cause recessions in the West, decide the US election and strengthen Putin’s hand in Ukraine.
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The SNP’s U-turn on oil and gas is a challenge to Labour
Keir Starmer’s party may look like it has failed to choose Scotland’s side in the energy debate.
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Chris Stark: New oil and gas licences are a “total waste of time”
The former chief executive of the Climate Change Committee on the political will for net zero, setting ambitious targets, and…
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The ugly truth about Russia’s missing money
Western democracies are giving Vladimir Putin so much cash that he’s having to hide it.
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The Parliament Brief: are new oil and gas licences really a “good idea”?
The energy minister Graham Stuart was questioned on the government’s approach to fossil fuels and whether flying 3,500 miles to…
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Revealed: how the City of London keeps Putin’s oil flowing
The Russian war machine is being helped by British companies.
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“No one’s talking to them”: how offshore workers are being let down by net zero
Caught between uncaring employers and ineffective politicians, a generation of workers risks being left behind.
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When oil and gas infrastructure becomes obsolete
Stranded fossil fuel assets pose a risk for the economy.
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Asset managers won’t fix the climate crisis
Institutional investors won’t finance the green transition on their own, when the rewards from fossil fuels are still so great.
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“On the outside looking in”: Labour’s shadow Cop
With an election looming, can Labour use Cop28 to its advantage?
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New oil and gas licences will do “little for energy security and nothing to lower bills”
Energy and environment experts respond to the government’s net zero interventions in the King’s Speech.
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Why new oil and gas licences have nothing to do with energy security
In the run-up to Cop28, the government has the opportunity to show climate leadership. Instead we’ve had political pantomime.
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New oil fields are bad news for North Sea workers
Rishi Sunak’s plan to “max out” UK oil and gas is out of sync with the reality of soon-to-peak fossil…
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