Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has gotten its hands on the remaining stake in a deepwater field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which has been developed as a subsea tie-back to the nearby Ursa production hub. Following the acquisition of the 20% working …
Read More »OPEC+ Cartel’s Grip on Oil Market Loosening
Slowing demand growth and rising US crude production will make it more difficult for OPEC+ to continue to prop up prices, the IEA said on Thursday. The OPEC+ cartel, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, has been restraining production to maintain prices but the latter have recently slumped due to …
Read More »IEA: Oil Demand Growth Shows Signs of Sharper Slowdown
Global oil demand growth is slowing down sharply as economic activity weakens in key countries, the International Energy Agency said as it slashed estimates for this quarter. The IEA sliced nearly 400,000 barrels a day from assessments of consumption growth for the final three months of 2023, and continues to …
Read More »India’s Oil Demand Growth is Set for a Slowdown in 2024
Crude oil demand growth in India is projected to slow down next year as the post-pandemic rebound begins to lose momentum both in China and India. This is according to Rystad Energy, whose head of oil trading Mukesh Sahdev predicts India’s oil demand growth will fall to 150,000 bpd in …
Read More »German Firm Seeks U.S. Watchdog Approval for LNG Project
A German state-owned company has requested from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for the construction of Venture Global’s CP2 LNG project. The entity, called SEFE, or Securing Energy for Europe, comprises the assets previously owned by Gazprom’s German subsidiary. The company was nationalized last year and earlier this …
Read More »The West Moves to Secure Further Emergency LNG Supplies
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the race has been on to secure as much of the world’s regular liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies as possible to compensate for lost energy supplies from the global gas and oil powerhouse. LNG requires much less infrastructure for delivery than …
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 »Vietnam’s Rare Earth Riches become Focus Point for U.S. and China
Vietnam finds itself wooed by two large world powers. However, this time, it is not over any geopolitical consideration, but for a resource that the modern world covets: rare earths. China and the U.S. are locked in a race to court a country that boasts the world’s second-largest rare earth …
Read More »EIA Revises down Brent Oil Price Forecast for Next Year
The Brent crude oil spot price will average $83 per barrel next year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its monthly Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) published on Tuesday. In last month’s STEO, the EIA had forecast 2024 forecast for the Brent crude oil benchmark at $93 per barrel. …
Read More »Gas Pipe that will Connect Poland and Lithuania almost Done
Energa has completed tests of the gas pipeline in Ostrołęka. Eventually, it will be connected to the international GIPL gas pipeline. The investment is expected to be ready for use in 2024. Tests of the gas pipeline supplying the power plant in Ostrołęka have been successful. They were carried out …
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