Higher global economic growth and solid activity in China will see robust world oil demand growth of 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, OPEC said on Wednesday in its first outlook into next year’s demand levels. OPEC expects global economic growth at 2.8% in 2025, up from the …
Read More »Iran Reiterates Peaceful Nature of Its Nuclear Program
Kanaani made the remarks in reaction to a joint statement of the US and three European countries on Iran’s nuclear program. It is very ridiculous that the countries responsible for the current condition of Iran’s nuclear program are distorting the reality to change the place of the guilty and the …
Read More »The Remarkable Rise of Qatar as a Diplomatic Powerhouse
Qatar remains by far the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Middle East, and one of the top three in the world, together with the U.S. and Australia. Alongside this, though, since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it has accomplished something of a geopolitical …
Read More »EU might be Standing in the Way of China’s Energy Transition
The EU is pushing forward to protect its clean energy manufacturing from Chinese competition by adopting measures to help its EV, solar, and wind industries. The bloc has been looking for months to address its dependence on imported technologies, especially cheaper products from China, which undermine the market shares of …
Read More »COP28: No Decision was Taken on Energy Transition, Says OPEC Chief
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday there was no “single solution” to the energy transition as pressure grows to agree on phase-out of fossil fuels at the COP28 climate talks. “There is no single solution or path to achieve a sustainable energy future,” OPEC Secretary General, Haitham …
Read More »118 Nations Commit to Triple Renewable Energy by 2030 at COP28
A total of 118 countries pledged Saturday to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030 and double the progress in energy efficiency at the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As part of the initiative announced …
Read More »Macron Urges G-7 Countries to Stop Using Coal by 2030
France’s president encouraged G7 countries on Friday to stop using coal by 2030. Emmanuel Macron enumerated several key points to improve the fight against climate change during an address to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai. The “primary priority” for the most developed countries is to end …
Read More »Pressure between Titans before the OPEC Meeting
Oil prices – both WTI and Brent- are trading higher on Thursday, ahead of today’s meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). “Although yesterday there was talk that Saudi Arabia was pressuring its partners to implement a new cut of 1 million barrels per day in the …
Read More »OPEC+ Rollover Agreement Likely Scenario, Meeting could be Delayed again
Amid a flurry of unrest amid the OPEC+ oil group, a rollover of the prior agreement is the likely scenario, with deeper production cuts being less likely, four OPEC+ sources told Reuters on Tuesday. The next meeting to discuss the plan for 2024 oil production among the group was previously …
Read More »IEA Expects Oil Market Surplus even if OPEC+ Extends Production Cuts
The current oil market deficit will turn into a slight surplus next year even if OPEC+ leaders Saudi Arabia and Russia extend their production and export cuts into 2024, Toril Bosoni, the Head of Oil Industry and Markets Division at the International Energy Agency (IEA), told Reuters on Tuesday. Global …
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