India's Power Demand Hits Record High As Heat Drives Coal Use

Halliburton Sees First Signs Of Life In America's Oil Patch: "We Are In Early Innings" An emerging theme we are focusing on is the early stage of a major capex upcycle in America's oil patch, with even Goldman now moving in that direction and forecasting a boom that could echo the industry's expansion cycle of the early 2000s. Continental Resources CEO Doug Lawler was the first of the major oil patch players to mention in early April that "Continental is increasing our capital budget, which will increase production." Now, another giant...

After a month of relentless bombing, the US can only confirm that a third of Iran’s stockpile of ballistic missiles has been destroyed.  Five people familiar with intelligence assessments told Reuters that the US can only confirm with certainty that a third of Iranian missiles have been destroyed. Tehran’s ballistic missiles are the backbone of […]

Separate Peace? Saudi Arabia Floats Regional Non-Aggression Pact With Iran Are regional Gulf countries seeking to forge there own separate peace deals with Iran, apart from the United States? That's what fresh Thursday reporting in the Financial Times suggests. The report says Saudi Arabia is supposedly considering a non-aggression pact between the Middle East states and Iran after the military conflict between the United States and Iran ends, the FT indicates. via Express Tribune Citing diplomatic sources, it describes that Riyadh is assessing a model of the Helsinki Process, which helped reduce tensions...