Siemens Large Drives Applications (LDA) has received an order from a Chinese customer to deliver a special machine with dual shaft extension, which will have an efficiency of beyond 98 percent and will be a world-leading 2-pole electric motor. It can be used in motor operation with a power of …
Read More »Blue Hydrogen 20% Worse for Environment than Burning Natural Gas
Blue hydrogen – which could form a key part of the government’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – may be up to 20% worse for the environment than burning natural gas, researchers have claimed. Scientists at Cornell and Stanford Universities found blue hydrogen causes more pollution than burning coal …
Read More »China Advancing Plan for $17 Billion Power Grid Equipment Giant
China XD Group Co.’s listed unit gained on a report authorities are advancing plans to combine electricity transmission and distribution equipment makers to create a 110 billion yuan ($17 billion) behemoth. Units of China XD and State Grid Corp. of China would be merged under the proposal to help drive …
Read More »Global Oil Demand may Exceed 100 mln bpd in 2022
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) maintained its forecast on global oil demand growth for 2021 and 2022, and raised its estimates for the growth of the global economy. Global oil demand is estimated to increase by around 6 million barrels per day (bpd) to average 96.6 million …
Read More »OPEC+ can Resist White House Call for more Oil with US Gasoline Prices Set to Drop
US President Joe Biden’s calls for OPEC+ to pump more oil may be short-lived as political pressure eases along with gasoline prices over the coming months. US gasoline prices rose 2.4 percent in July from the previous month, taking their 12-month advance to 41.8 percent, according to inflation data. The …
Read More »Tesla Is Overcoming the Global Chip Shortage
A global chip shortage is continuing to wreak havoc up and down supply chains in a diverse array of industries across the world. As unprecedented amounts of work, life, shopping, and socializing went digital as the spread of the novel coronavirus drove everyone inside, the demand for electronics, and the …
Read More »Chinese Oil Demand to Crash by 1 Million Bpd on Covid Surge
China’s oil demand is expected to be 1 million barrels per day (bpd) lower in the next two months than previously expected due to the rising number of COVID cases in the world’s top crude importer, Goldman Sachs says. Still, the overall hit to global oil demand will be more …
Read More »US Calls on OPEC and Its Allies to Increase Oil Production
President Joe Biden’s top aides are calling on OPEC and its oil-producing allies to boost production in an effort to combat climbing gasoline prices that they see as a threat to the global economic recovery. Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan criticised the world’s major oil producers for what he …
Read More »China Restarts Coal Mines to Keep Up with Power Demand
Operations at 53 shuttered coal mines in China will once again come to life, as China struggles to keep up with increased power demand, according to a statement by the National Development Reform Commission in China. Last week, China announced it would restart 38 coal mines in Inner Mongolia. Now, …
Read More »API: Oil Inventories Fell by 816,000 Barrels Last Week
U.S. crude stockpiles fell by less than expected last week at time when investors are fraught with worry about the demand outlook as surging Covid-19 cases, particularly in China, have dented travel demand. West Texas Intermediate, the benchmark gained 3% to $68.50 a barrel on the news, after settling up …
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