This article contributes to the debate about the impact of the U.S. fracking boom on U.S. oil imports, on Arab oil exports, and on the global price of crude oil. First, I investigate the extent to which this oil boom has caused Arab oil exports to the United States to decline since late 2008....

Iraq owns large wealth of crude oil and natural gas, that coming in the international third rank, and it may will be at the first rank in the coming days because of the large quantities of probable reserves that Iraqi crude oil reserves will reach about 500 b.b. But we find the production is in...

Gulf oil monarchies (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates – UAE, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait) are facing big challenges after two major events took place in recent years: oil price plunge and the events derived from the Arab Spring. Combined amplitude of the oil price drop and the aftermath...