King Abdullah's strategic visit to China, India, Malaysia, and Pakistan at the beginning of the year signaled a possible shift in Saudi economic outlook, especially in the shifting of oil and gas interests from the U.S. and Europe to East Asia.
The shifting sands of oil could be seen when President Obama did not cancel his recent trip to Brazil even as allied air and naval forces went on the attack in Libya.
But the nation made for a time major progress in improving the efficiency of our vehicles, shifting off of oil for electricity, and cutting out some of our wasteful practices.
We should gradually shift our purchases of oil away from Saudi Arabia to other producers, like Russia.
But the daring Pakistan raid that killed Osama Bin Laden had done little to shift the balance of oil markets on Monday.
Their swings were refined and they knew better how to play off the shifts of the oil on the 60-foot lane's surface to make their balls curve just right.
The problem comes if California shifts its consumption of oil to a more carbon-intensive source.
RIO DE JANEIRO — Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled this city's streets on Monday to protest a bill aimed at shifting big portions of oil royalties from petroleum-rich states along Brazil's coast to regions across the country.
While exports to the United States might rebound this year, in the long run the decline in American demand and the growing importance of China represent a fundamental shift in the geopolitics of oil.
Some volatility is built in, due to shifts in the price of oil, the commodity that generates most of the region's wealth.
