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Clean Energy must Double by 2030

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), in its 2022 State of Climate Services report released on Tuesday, says the supply of electricity from clean energy sources must be doubled within the next eight years to limit the global temperature increase. Focusing on energy, the multi-agency report emphasised that “otherwise, there is …

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Industry Warns Looming Gas Shortages could Hamper Exports

Industrialists on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Imran Khan to ensure that the commitment made to the business community for uninterrupted gas supply was fulfilled in letter and spirit. In a joint statement, Chairman Businessmen Group (BMG) Zubair Motiwala and President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) M. Shariq Vohra …

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OPEC+ to address Market Challenges

Amid growing ‘crude’ concerns, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) are preferring to keep their cards to the chest. After their virtual meeting last Thursday, the Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman underlined, ‘OPEC+ would take a pro-active and pre-emptive stance in addressing oil market …

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Covid and the New Crude Normal

Uncertainty continues to rule. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has cut its 2021 demand growth outlook for 2021 to 6.5 million barrels per day (bpd) – 500,000 bpd lower than projected last month. The EIA now expects the Chinese demand to grow only by 1m bpd next year, and …

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