Rising global crude stockpiles and weak demand could prompt Saudi Arabia to lower the price of Arab Light, its flagship crude, for Asian customers for January for the first time in seven months, a Reuters survey showed on Friday. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest crude oil exporter, could lower the …
Read More »Oil Prices Retreat as OPEC+ Cuts another 684KBPD, Brazil Joins OPEC+
Oil prices began to retreat on Thursday afternoon as it became clear that OPEC+ members were agreeing to voluntary cuts beginning in the new year, and that those cuts would be announced only by each member country instead of by the group as a whole. OPEC+ announced during the full …
Read More »OPEC+ Agrees Preliminary Oil Cut Deal of over 1mn bpd, Sources Say
OPEC+ oil producers are likely to agree output cuts of at least 1 million barrels per day (bpd) for early next year led by Saudi Arabia rolling over its voluntary additional cut and smaller curbs by others, two delegates told Reuters ahead of a virtual OPEC+ meeting on Thursday. Saudi …
Read More »The Concerning Energy Cost of Artificial Intelligence
As the world welcomes innovative technologies, they could spur a sharp spike in energy consumption if not regulated appropriately. A wide range of industries, including the energy sector, is looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to modernize operations. However, many are not considering the potential energy costs of adopting AI and …
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 »China’s Largest Offshore Crude Oil Base Posts Record-High Daily Output
China’s largest offshore crude oil producer, Bohai Oilfield, has seen its daily oil and gas output reach more than 100,000 tonnes of oil equivalent, a record high over the past five decades, said China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s Tianjin branch on Thursday. Since the construction of the base in 1965, …
Read More »Crude Prices March Upwards on OPEC Anticipation
Brent crude oil continued to rise on Wednesday, gaining 1.6% as the market focuses squarely on the OPEC+ meeting scheduled for Thursday, with analysts increasingly anticipating additional output restrictions on some level from the cartel. On Wednesday at 2:39 p.m. ET, Brent crude was trading at $82.99, up 1.60% for …
Read More »Sweden Doubles down on Nuclear Energy with Parliamentary Approval
The Parliament of Sweden has approved a new energy bill paving the way for the construction of additional nuclear reactors beyond the 10 originally approved to boost energy security and reduce carbon emissions, Reuters reports. Sweden’s current fleet of six nuclear reactors is all that remains from 12 reactors after …
Read More »OPEC+ Talks Continue, No Meeting Delay Currently Expected
OPEC+ is continuing to hold talks on 2024 oil policy, with no delay to a meeting scheduled for Thursday currently expected, two sources from the producer group said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, sources had said a further delay to the meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and …
Read More »Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Startup Secures Funding
Aircraft developer Zeroavia has secured the backing of the UK infrastructure bank in its latest fundraising round, as it looks to build hydrogen-electric engines for low-carbon flying. The firm, which has bases in London, Kemble and California, said it had raised a total of $116m (£91.9m) in Series C funding …
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