Negotiations over a production freeze between OPEC and Russia aren’t anything for energy bulls to get excited about.

With plunging oil prices and Western sanctions, Russia is caught in a perfect economic storm. How long can the Putin government weather it?

Western states would prefer to deal with dictatorships to shore up their energy security.

Disagreements within OPEC are thwarting a recovery in global oil prices.

The worst is yet to come for struggling oil producers.

Canada’s energy industry is bracing for another round of belt-tightening in the wake of OPEC’s recent meeting.

In his haste to punish Turkey, Putin may be undermining Russia’s long-term geopolitical position as a key energy supplier.

With no recovery in sight for oil prices, will the “fragile five” governments of Libya, Iraq, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Algeria succumb to their fiscal pressures?

Global oil markets are stuck in bear territory, and it doesn’t look like that will be changing any time soon as a handful of global events conspire to keep prices down.

Last week’s rally in crude prices has proven to be short-lived thanks in large part to OPEC and more bad news from China.