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Investigating the Impact of Geopolitical Tensions on Oil and Gas Prices: Strategies For Mitigating Their Effects Cover

Investigating the Impact of Geopolitical Tensions on Oil and Gas Prices: Strategies For Mitigating Their Effects

By: Usman Bashir  
Open Access
|Nov 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Trends in Oil Prices (1990–2023)
Trends in Oil Prices (1990–2023)

Regression summary Model 1 – Gas Prices

StatisticValue
Number of Observations33
F(4, 28)5.77
Prob > F0.0016
R-squared0.45
Adjusted R-squared0.37
Root MSE1.24

Regression summary Model 2 – Oil Prices

StatisticValue
Number of Observations14
F(5, 8)12.07
Prob > F0.0015
R-squared0.88
Adjusted R-squared0.81
Root MSE8.35

Regression summary Model – Oil Prices

StatisticValue
Number of Observations33
F(4, 28)13.74
Prob > F0.0000
R-squared0.66
Adjusted R-squared0.61
Root MSE9.33

Correlation Matrix Table

oil_price_avggas_price_avggprdxy_avggdp_growthinflation_rate
oil_price_avg1.000.52-0.06-0.460.12-0.24
gas_price_avg0.521.000.15-0.250.27-0.07
Gpr-0.060.151.000.36-0.070.06
dxy_avg-0.46-0.250.361.00-0.01-0.20
gdp_growth0.120.27-0.07-0.011.000.00
inflation_rate-0.24-0.070.06-0.200.001.00

Descriptive Statistics of Model-1

VariableObsMeanStd. Dev.MinMax
oil_price_avg3450.5428.7214.5398.58
gas_price_avg343.792.041.539.16
Gpr34101.1730.6050.91176.30
dxy_avg3491.909.7876.14115.51
gdp_growth342.921.62-2.936.26
inflation_rate344.682.491.4410.25

Regression Summary Model 2 – Gas Prices

Value
Number of Observations14
F(5, 8)7.85
Prob > F0.0060
R-squared0.8307
Adjusted R-squared0.7249
Root MSE.78866

Regression Results Model 2 – Gas Prices

VariableCoef.Std. Err.tP>|t|
Gpr-0.030.01-2.230.06
d_DXY_AVG0.050.051.080.34
gdp_growth-0.230.17-1.360.21
d_Inflation1.110.195.870.00
Ovx-0.060.03-2.080.07
_cons (constant)5.602.072.700.02

Regression Results Model 2 – Oil Prices

VariableCoef.Std. Err.TP>|t|
Gpr-0.060.15-0.410.69
d_DXY_AVG-1.560.54-2.900.02
gdp_growth1.791.771.010.34
d_Inflation9.832.004.920.00
Ovx-0.450.31-1.430.19
_cons (constant)18.9921.960.860.41

Regression results Model 1 – Oil Prices

VariableCoef.Std. Err.TP>|t|
Gpr-0.070.06-1.250.22
d_DXY_AVG-0.690.29-2.410.02
gdp_growth3.611.083.350.00
d_Inflation4.190.964.380.00
_cons (constant)-1.117.30-0.150.88

Regression Results Model 1 – Gas Prices

VariableCoef.Std. Err.tP>|t|
Gpr-0.000.01-0.630.53
d_DXY_AVG-0.020.04-0.480.64
gdp_growth0.200.141.380.18
d_Inflation0.480.133.730.00
_cons(constant)-0.030.97-0.030.98

Results of Multicollinearity test

VariableVIF1/VIF
d_Inflation1.230.815524
Gpr1.160.860945
gdp_growth1.160.863686
d_DXY_AVG1.070.93644
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acpro-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 3044-7259 | Journal ISSN: 1691-6077
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 36
Published on: Nov 10, 2025
Published by: Turiba University Ltd
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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