The European Union will propose measures to cap revenues from low-cost electricity generators and force fossil fuel firms to share the profits they make from soaring energy prices, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. European governments have ploughed hundreds of billions of euros into tax cuts, …
Read More »IEA: Russia Earns Less despite Higher August Oil Flows
Russia’s oil-export revenue contracted to $17.7 billion in August, the lowest since at least March, as a decline in crude prices more than offset higher supplies abroad, according to the International Energy Agency. That’s a drop of $1.2 billion from a month earlier, even as Russia’s daily crude and oil …
Read More »Analysts may have Overhyped America’s Largest Oil Basin
Current forecasts of U.S. crude oil production growth may have to be significantly revised as the recent slide in active drilling rigs in the top shale basin, the Permian, suggests that output may disappoint due to supply chain constraints and cost inflation in the double digits. The rig count in …
Read More »Cyberattacks are a Major Risk for the World’s Largest Oil Company
Cyberattacks are among the greatest risks Saudi Aramco faces these days, Amin Nasser, president and chief executive officer at the world’s biggest oil firm, said on Tuesday. “Cyberattacks are one of the top risks we face at Aramco – on a par with natural disasters or physical attacks,” Nasser told …
Read More »Global Coal Market Receives a Boost from India
India’s energy sector will be needing an additional 28GW coal-fired power generation capacity by 2032, advisory body Central Electricity Authority (CEA) stated. These additions will be needed on top of the 25GW in thermal coal projects currently under construction. In its ‘Draft National Electricity Plan (Vol-1 Generation) CEA gives these …
Read More »China and Russia Move to Disrupt the Dollar’s Dominance in Oil Markets
The long-mooted prospect of the end of the U.S. dollar’s hegemony in the global oil and gas markets took another step towards realisation last week with the announcement that Russian and Chinese hydrocarbons giants, Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have agreed to switch payments for gas supplies to …
Read More »In Europe, the Path to Net-Zero Goes through the North Sea
Earlier this month, energy leaders from across the world descended on Stavanger, Norway, for the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference. The focus of this year’s event was clear: how we can accelerate Europe’s transition to a low-carbon future while at the same time ensuring a reliable and affordable energy …
Read More »European Gas Fluctuate as EU Plans Intervention to Ease Crisis
Natural gas fluctuated as the European Union pushed on with its market intervention to ease the worst energy crisis in decades, but the plans are unlikely to include a cap on prices of imported fuel. Benchmark futures gave up most of an earlier decline of as much as 4.9 per …
Read More »OPEC Remains below Production Target despite Boosting Output again
OPEC raised its August oil production by 618,000 bpd, according to the group’s Monthly Oil Market Report published on September 13. According to OPEC’s secondary sources, OPEC raised its production to 29.651 million bpd, with the largest increases coming from Libya and Saudi Arabia. Libya’s oil production has been severely …
Read More »China Demand Pushes Global Wind Turbine Orders to New Quarterly High
Strong activity in China pushed global wind turbine order intake to 43 gigawatts in quarter two of 2022, according to new analysis from Wood Mackenzie. The high number of orders marks a new record, and up 36 percent from year-ago levels. This equates to an estimated $18.1 billion. According to …
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