Stories by Syed Rashid Husain
When the premier of Canada’s Ontario faced backlash over the purchase of a plane, he reversed his decision.
Updated 28 Sep, 2026 05:29pm
We are faced with the spectre of considerably higher petrol prices in the coming weeks.
Published 14 Sep, 2026 07:05am
EVs displaced 1.4m barrels of oil a day during the first half of 2026 in China, the world’s largest crude oil importer.
Updated 10 Aug, 2026 07:32am
Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimated that seven new pipelines are being considered that could carry about 60pc of the oil that was being shipped through it.
Updated 27 Jul, 2026 08:12am
There has been a structural shift in what Hormuz passage means — commercially, legally and operationally
Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:03am
Despite widespread concern over oil reserves, analysts expect inventories will not reach critically low levels, rather price...
Published 25 May, 2026 09:41am
Once things settle down, an output war may erupt, bringing the global oil prices down.
Updated 04 May, 2026 07:29am
After a slump over the last couple of years, the current crisis has given a fillip to the rush to electric transport
Published 27 Apr, 2026 05:21am
If the world heads towards a political solution, crude oil prices will go down, but not to the levels they were at the onset of the war.
Published 13 Apr, 2026 09:11am
If the Houthis decide to close the Bab al-Mandeb strait, it will compound global energy woes, likely pushing oil prices to $150 a barrel,
Updated 06 Apr, 2026 09:20am
The opening of the Arctic waters has turned the region from a quiet, impassable buffer into a hinge for global power projections
Published 16 Feb, 2026 06:46am
As soon as geopolitics recedes into the background, the reality of a glut-like oil situation will force market prices to go down
Published 09 Feb, 2026 05:47am
As one of the few countries capable of producing sour, heavy crude, the US-forced Venezuelan ‘regime-change’ could help Uncle...
Published 12 Jan, 2026 09:04am
Virtually all of the world’s biggest traders see the oil market in a state of oversupply early next year, with prices poised
Published 29 Dec, 2025 06:20am
Some in the US have been arguing for intervening in Venezuela to avail opportunities to revive America’s oil industry
Published 22 Dec, 2025 07:03am
The IEA backtracking on its earlier stance on highlighting renewables and the speedy adoption of EVs in favour of oil production
Published 24 Nov, 2025 06:48am
The US and India skirt around trade deals and tariff talks as the latter continues its reliance on Russian crude.
Updated 03 Nov, 2025 07:47am
Recently declining crude prices due to a rising production levels across OPEC+ could help ease Pakistan’s ballooning budgetary
Published 20 Oct, 2025 05:11am
New Delhi’s imports of Russian oil have irked President Trump as he pushes Moscow to strike a deal and end the war with Ukraine.
Updated 11 Aug, 2025 09:47am
Security concerns and the requirement of massive inflows have in the past deterred investments in the country’s possible resources.
Updated 04 Aug, 2025 01:17pm
