Business Series

Crude crunch: OPEC expected to resist pressure to increase output

All eyes are on Vienna for this week’s OPEC meeting amid a rift between members of the cartel and other major oil producing countries. The issue is

02/06/2015

Business Series

China and Middle East strengthen ties despite growth dip

Recent data has shown that growth in China has slowed to its lowest rate in the almost 25 years. Despite the slowdown, China is still a steadily

19/05/2015

World News

Arctic oil prospecting imminent as Shell given go-ahead

Arctic riches beckon. Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell has received renewed permission from the US government to prospect in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea

13/05/2015

Business Series

The recovery of oil prices

The significant rise in oil prices at the start of May meant they reached their highest levels so far in 2015. To what extent are they recovering?

12/05/2015

Business Series

Unruly Britannia: pre-election uncertainty unsettles UK investors and sterling

In this edition we look at how the pound has been affected by the election campaign in the UK and discuss the impact on international oil markets of

28/04/2015

Business Series

Iran hopes to reap benefits of nuclear talks breakthrough

A major improvement in Iran’s economic prospects following the nuclear talks breakthrough has been the big business story in the Middle East in

07/04/2015

Business Series

Yemen conflict's impact on Gulf markets

A military operation, “decisive storm”, was launched last week against the Houthis in Yemen. There have been lots of questions and analysis about the

30/03/2015

Business Series

Global gold price setting arrives in the 21st century

A new era of gold pricing and Kuwait’s budgetary concerns are the issues in this edition of Business Middle East. Better late than never, the gold

24/03/2015

Business Series

Industry relief over oil prices - but can it last?

February saw the first monthly increase in oil prices after seven months of steep declines. Is the oil industry out of the woods, or is there more trouble ahead?

10/03/2015

Venezuela

Queues outside Venezuelan supermarkets amid shortages

Restrictions on food shopping in Venezuela, with shortages reported across the country

17/01/2015

World News

Seven unexpected consequences of falling oil prices

The fall in oil prices is having consequences around the world, some more obvious than others

16/01/2015

My Europe Series

Pump fiction: why petrol prices haven't fallen as much as crude oil

The disparity between the declines in crude oil prices and those at the petrol pump is under question in this edition of Utalk. Julie in the French

09/01/2015

World News

Oil prices fall to six-year low

07/01/2015

USA

Markets plunge over Greek uncertainty and oil prices plummet as gloom deepens

Political uncertainty about Greece and will it or won’t it stay in the eurozone following elections later this month, along with plummeting oil

06/01/2015

Libya

Libya calls for help to fight oil terminal fires caused by rocket attack

Libya is calling for overseas help to fight fires burning at one of the country's main oil export terminals

31/12/2014

Libya

Libyan soldiers killed in militant attacks

One of Libya’s largest oil facilities was hit on Thursday by a rocket as armed factions, allied to competing governments, fight for control of the

26/12/2014

Libya

Rocket hits tank at Libyan oil port Es Sider

A rocket hit a storage tank at the eastern Libyan oil port of Es Sider as armed factions loyal to competing governments fought for control of the

25/12/2014

World News

Business Review 2014 Part 4/4: Barrels of trouble from oil price slump

19/12/2014

Business Series

ECB: The QE Suspense Game

Business Middle East looks at the reaction to the European Central Bank’s final meeting of 2014. ECB President Mario Draghi kept everyone in suspense

09/12/2014

My Europe Series

Crude awakening: Romania's Black Sea oil and gas finds fuel Europe's energy hopes

Huge discoveries of oil and gas in the Black Sea off Romania have thrust the country back into the heart of the region’s energy market. In addition

05/12/2014