The US oil industry faces a new oil price war if shale production rebounds next year by rising 1 million bpd compared to this year, chief executive at shale giant Pioneer Natural Resources said at BloombergNEF’s annual summit. Last year, the OPEC+ group broke up their production pact in March …
Read More »Is the Cryptocurrency Really as Bad for the Environment as Critics Make It Seem?
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have received a lot of negative attention in recent months and years for their absolutely staggering energy consumption. Bitcoin alone consumes approximately the same amount of energy the Netherlands thanks to the extremely energy-intensive “mining” process in which miners hook up computers–in some cases entire warehouses …
Read More »Will Russia’s Oil Production ever Return to Record Highs?
Prior to the pandemic, Russia was producing 560 million tonnes of oil, a rate of around 11.3 million bpd, hitting record levels in 2019, Polprice anaylsed. However, in 2020, production levels decreased for the 1st time in over a decade as Russia agreed to cut production alongside OPEC+ countries to …
Read More »Biden Plans Big Pledge on U.S. Emissions Cuts
President Joe Biden has assured foreign governments that the United States will make steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, a pledge designed to reassert U.S. leadership on climate change and spur other industrial powers to make similar commitments in the run-up to Biden’s climate summit next …
Read More »Iran’s Petrochemical Output to Reach $40b
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in the inauguration ceremony of several oil-related plans that Iran’s petrochemical output would reach 40 billion dollars in 2027, Trend reports citing IRNA. Zanganeh said that the required feed for the super projects launched as part of Iran’s so-called ‘third surge’ plan to increase …
Read More »India should Address Water Management Challenge in Adding Power Capacity
With India’s power sector development over the next two decades set to take place against a backdrop of increasing water stress, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has advised that water management challenges be addressed while boosting power capacity. The agency has come out with two key priorities to ensure a …
Read More »EU Continues to Rely on Russian Gas as Competition Gains Pace
Driven by political motives, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) competition will continue in the European Union. Russia, as one of the major players, will have to battle for its share of the gas market in Europe against the influx of the U.S.’ LNG and tougher competition in general, according to …
Read More »Higher U.S. Shale Output could Spark an OPEC Price War
U.S. shale producers risk another oil-price war with OPEC and its allies if they resume the breakneck production growth of the last decade, according to Pioneer Natural Resources Co. Shale, and not the pandemic, was responsible for the initial oil-market crash of 2020, CEO Scott Sheffield said at BloombergNEF’s annual …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Restarts Projects to Boost Oil Production Capacity
The world’s largest oil company and biggest oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, has resumed tendering and development work on major offshore oil expansion projects that would give Saudi Arabia another 1.15 million barrels per day (bpd) of production capacity by 2024, Argus reported on Friday, citing a contractor with knowledge of …
Read More »Russia Aims to Boost Oil Exports before Reaching Output Peak in 2027-2029
Russia’s revised oil strategy will focus on maximizing monetization from crude exports before hitting peak production in 2027-2029 and seeing world demand drop, according to a draft document on the development of the sector up to 2035 being reviewed by the State Duma and set to be approved by the …
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