The U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday cut its 2021 world oil demand growth forecast by 220,000 barrels per day from its previous estimate. In its monthly forecast, U.S. Energy Information Administration says 2022 world oil demand to hit 101.08 million bpd, up 3.31 million bpd from 2021.
Read More »U.S. Tells European Companies They Face Sanctions Risk on Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration prepares a final round of punitive measures against the project, two sources said on Tuesday. “We …
Read More »Saudis Slash Oil Supply to Some Buyers after Pledged OPEC+ Curbs
Saudi Arabia slashed crude oil supplies to at least nine refiners in Asia and Europe after the kingdom volunteered to cut its production by 1 million barrels a day for February and March. Aramco will supply less crude as part of long-term contracts next month, giving some Asian processors as …
Read More »The UAE Warns U.S. Shale Companies against Pumping More Oil
Any attempt by U.S. shale and other oil producers to boost output this year will backfire and lead to lower prices, according to the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates. Oil prices have surged in the past two months with the development of coronavirus vaccines. They jumped again last …
Read More »Total, Engie Seek Aid for France’s Biggest Green Hydrogen Plant
Total SE and Engie SA plan to build France’s largest green hydrogen facility to feed the oil company’s biodiesel plant in the south of the country from 2024, provided they get subsidies to make the project viable. Steelmakers and gasoline and biofuel producers currently make the hydrogen they need from …
Read More »Renewables to Dominate New U.S. Power Capacity In 2021
Renewable energy, mostly solar and wind, are set to account for more than two-thirds of the new electricity generation capacity that the United States will install this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its latest inventory of electricity generators on Monday. A total of 39.7 gigawatts (GW) …
Read More »U.S. Oil Production to Fall to 11.1 Million Barrels a Day in 2021
U.S. crude production won’t bounce back in 2021 from last year’s fall, the Energy Information Administration forecast in its January Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday. The EIA estimated that U.S. output will fall to 11.1 million barrels a day this year. Production dropped to 11.3 million barrels a day in …
Read More »Solar and Wind to Dominate 40GW US Power Plant Build in 2021
Solar and wind will account for 70% of the nearly 40GW of new large-scale US electricity generating capacity that developers plan to bring into commercial operation in 2021, according to a preliminary estimate by the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). Get the market insight you need into the global oil …
Read More »Iran’s Largest Oil Field to be Developed by KAC HQ
General Saeed Mohammad announced that the development project of the Ahvaz oil field as the third-largest oil field in the world and the Reshadat oil field will be carried out by Khatam al-Anbiya construction Headquarters. The development project of Ahvaz oil field as the third-largest oil field in the world …
Read More »IEA to Release Roadmap for Clean Energy Transition
The International Energy Agency (IEA) will later this year publish the world’s first comprehensive roadmap for the energy sector to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. It is among a number of projects for 2021 announced by the IEA yesterday to support efforts to reach global energy and climate goals. The …
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