Item of General Interest
Oct. 23 . A new interview by Chris Martenson is now up. He calls it Why There's No Economically Sustainable Price for Oil Anymore.
Tag Archives: Syria
Oil and Gas Limits Underlie Syria’s Conflict
In my view, oil and gas resource limits are major contributors to the conflict in Syria. This is happening in several ways: 1. Syria is an oil exporter that is in increasingly perilous financial condition because of depleting oil resources. When … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged Egypt, oil depletion, oil exports, Syria, Syria oil
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How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse
Recently, I explained how high oil prices can bring on financial collapse for oil importers. In this post, I’ll discuss the flip side of the situation: how oil exporters reach financial collapse. Unfortunately, we have many examples of countries that … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged Egypt, financial collapse, Former Soviet Union, oil exports, oil price, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen
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