Oil

Renewed U.S. efforts to sanction Iran’s nuclear program could jeopardize Asia energy markets.

As scrutiny over China’s involvement in Iraq’s energy sector grows, India is quietly strengthening its partnership with Baghdad.

The U.S. stands to benefit more than any country except Iraq itself from China’s investment in Baghdad’s oil.

China is expected to become the world’s largest oil importer in 2014 and Russia’s largest oil customer in 2018.

With China’s slowdown, environmental concerns and the cyclical nature of the resource and energy industry, can the boom in the “wild west” endure?

As Beijing begins to overtake the US as the world’s top oil importer, how will geopolitics change?

Despite the rhetoric, Southeast Asian governments have been slow to tap their oil reserves. Fracking could make progress even slower.

Tensions between East Timor and Woodside Petroleum mount over oil fields in the Timor Sea.

This year, the U.S. will likely surpass Russia and Saudi Arabia as the largest liquids fuel producer in the world.

Rare earth metals are quickly becoming the next important strategic resource. For many countries in Asia, the stakes are big.

Even as they cut their imports, China, India, S. Korea, and Japan account for nearly all of Iran’s oil sales.

A senior naval officer this week said that India is prepared to deploy naval vessels to protect its oil interests in the disputed waters.