Javier Blas

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  • ZHANGYE, CHINA – JUNE 24: Farmers operate drones and field sprayers to spray pesticide in a corn field on June 24, 2021 in Zhangye, Gansu Province of China. (Photo by Cheng Xuelei/VCG)Finance

    Traders and hedge funds reap billions in commodity boom as prices rise for everyone else

    By Javier Blas and Bloomberg
  • The attack on the Saudi refinery is the most serious since 2019

    Attack on Saudi refinery sends oil prices soaring to 14-month high

    By Anthony Di Paola, Vivian Nereim, and others
  • Saudi energy minister bets against frackersFinance

    In a bold taunt, Saudis warn America’s frackers: ‘Drill, baby, drill is gone forever’

    By Bloomberg, Javier Blas, and others
  • A gas tanker drives past an oil storage tank at the Volodarskaya line operation dispatcher station (LODS), operated by Transneft PJSC, in Konstantinovo village, near Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The worlds largest oil producers moved closer to an unprecedented deal to ratchet back production and rescue crude markets from a pandemic-driven collapse, after Russia signaled its ready to make cuts. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Trump’s oil deal: The inside story of how the Saudi-Russia price war ended

    By Javier Blas and Bloomberg
  • Fuel pumps stand outside a Casey’s General Stores Inc. gas station in Princeton, Ill. on, April 1, 2020.International

    Saudi-Russia oil price war ends with OPEC+ deal to slash output, but prices stay near lows

    By Javier Blas, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • A gas tanker drives past oil storage tanks at the Volodarskaya line operation dispatcher station (LODS), operated by Transneft PJSC, in Konstantinovo village, near Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The worlds largest oil producers moved closer to an unprecedented deal to ratchet back production and rescue crude markets from a pandemic-driven collapse, after Russia signaled its ready to make cuts. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Oil prices plunge as Mexico ditches Saudi-Russia production cut plans

    By Javier Blas, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • This picture taken on December 11, 2019, shows a Saudi security boat patrolling by an oil tanker at the port of Ras al-Khair, about 185 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)International

    Saudi Arabia-Russia oil price war escalates as Aramco announces 25% output hike

    By Javier Blas, Matthew Martin, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg delivers brief remarks surrounded by other student environmental advocates during a strike to demand action be taken on climate change outside the White House on September 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. The strike is part of Thunberg's six day visit to Washington ahead of the Global Climate Strike scheduled for September 20. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)International

    ‘Nothing has been done:’ Greta Thunberg slams Davos on climate change

    By Javier Blas, Laura Millan Lombrana, and others
  • A Saudi man monitors stock prices at Tadawul Saudi bourse in Riyadh.Finance

    Saudi Aramco Seeks Up to $1.7 Trillion Valuation in IPO, Undershooting the Crown Prince’s Target

    By Matthew Martin, Javier Blas, and others
  • TOPSHOT - A picture taken on September 15, 2019 shows an Aramco oil facility near al-Khurj area, just south of the Saudi capital Riyadh. - Saudi Arabia raced today to restart operations at oil plants hit by drone attacks which slashed its production by half, as Iran dismissed US claims it was behind the assault.

    Saudi Arabia Has Few Options to Replace the Massive Drop in Oil Output From Its Attacked Plant

    By Anthony DiPaola, Javier Blas, and others
  • Aramco Oil Refinery, Saudi ArabiaInternational

    The Redeeming Properties of Saudi Aramco’s Blockbuster Bond Sale

    By Javier Blas, Archana Narayanan, and others