Global Energy Forum probes role of oil in net-zero world
Friday, 01 April 2022
The urgency needed to start implementing the principles of the net-zero goal came up for debate between regional and global experts at a session during the Global Energy Forum. The forum took ‘The Geopolitics of Energy Transition’ as the theme to explore the challenges of ‘Oil and Gas in a Net Zero World’ and to
Annual Oil and Gas Contracts Activity Rises
Friday, 25 March 2022
Annual oil and gas contracts activity rose 51 percent in disclosed contract value and nine percent in the number of contracts in 2021, GlobalData has revealed. According to a new GlobalData report, the disclosed contract value increased from $115.42 billion in 2020 to $174.21 billion in 2021 and the number of contracts rose from 5,750
The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Kemp: diesel fuel stocks in Europe are at their lowest since 2008. A further rise in diesel prices is expected as production still has to catch up. A crude oil shortage is invariably bad news for those that consume oil products. But when it comes to these products, a diesel shortage has the potential to
Global CO2 emissions rebound to all-time high in 2021: IEA
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded from the pandemic and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. The increase in global CO2 emissions of over 2 billion tonnes was the largest
U.S. December Oil Demand Hits Highest Since Before Pandemic -EIA
Wednesday, 02 March 2022
U.S. oil demand rose in December to its highest level since before the coronavirus pandemic began, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Monday, with product supplied nearing 21 million barrels per day (bpd). Overall fuel demand was up 10% year-on-year in December at 20.8 million bpd, its highest since August 2019. Product supplied
Most Oil Companies Unprofitable or Breaking Even
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
62 percent of oil and gas companies are currently either unprofitable or just breaking even. That’s according to the 2022 BDO Energy CFO Outlook Survey, which noted that 2020 represented the costliest year in Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings for oil and gas, surpassing $100 billion of debt from more than 100 companies. The survey found
Interest in low carbon hydrogen growing
Thursday, 17 February 2022
With global leaders in search of energy solutions that help achieve decarbonisation and enhance energy security, the global hydrogen energy transition market seems to be on track to becoming a major global energy source in its own right with the fuels use gathering momentum. Interest in low carbon hydrogen as a way to accelerate the
Oil Market Shows No Signs Of Cooling
Thursday, 20 January 2022
The crude oil market has been running hot lately and is showing no signs of cooling, based on the latest trading insight from Bloomberg. Traders seem to have largely brushed off any adverse effects the Omicron wave might have on demand for crude and with a good reason: demand on the physical market has remained
U.S. Oil Market Braces for a $4.6 Billion Wave of Selling
Thursday, 06 January 2022
U.S. oil futures are trading above $75 but the yearly reshuffling of billions of dollars of commodity investments are about to trigger a sharp bout of selling. Every January, the world’s two biggest commodities indexes — the GSCI Index and the Bloomberg Commodities Index — reset, spurring a raft of inflows and outflows across commodity
A Look At Big Oil’s Spending Plans For 2022
Wednesday, 29 December 2021
Mounting uncertainty about the energy transition keeps oil and gas companies from spending more Strategic choices in investment in clean energy solutions, responding to the pressure to decarbonize, and portfolio repositioning will be next year’s key themes for all oil and gas companies WoodMackenzie: Companies will allocate more capital to upstream decarbonisation The global upstream