Putin’s successful expansions arches on the control of energy supplies. STEVE AUSTIN | 2014/04/07 The recent Russian takeover of Crimea has grabbed the world’s attention. The Russian government has long held a secret desire to recover the peripheral territories that were split away from the Soviet Union at the collapse of Communism. After decades of […]

A landowner dispute is the latest in a series of hurdles slowing the pipeline’ approval. STEVE AUSTIN | 2014/03/03 A review of news headlines in early 2014 will alert those interested in the US oil industry to a raging controversy and planning row over the construction of the Keystone oil pipeline. This infrastructure project is […]

Petrodollars will decide whether the 40 year old oil export ban will remain in place. STEVE AUSTIN | 2014/02/03 The United States of America, land of entrepreneurship and innovation, is a major campaigner on the world stage for free markets and liberalized economies. So, few Americans would believe that their government actually prevents a US […]