The new expansive U.S. sanctions on the Russian oil industry and exports could affect global oil flows, complicating trade logistics for producers using shadow fleets such as Russia, Iran, and Venezuela, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. Despite the prospect of declining supply from Russia and Iran, with …
Read More »Shale Oil Prospects Threaten Nigeria’s Revenue Target
As Donald Trump prepares to become America’s 47th president on January 20, the potential resurgence of United States’ shale oil industry will reopen the 2014 scars for Nigeria and some of the biggest oil producers in the world as they seek to support prices and reduce oversupply. The resurging shale …
Read More »Green Hydrogen Costs Set to Stay Too High for Too Long
Green hydrogen will struggle to compete at price level with gray hydrogen made from natural gas at least until 2050—much longer than previously anticipated, according to new estimates by research firm BloombergNEF. BNEF’s new report on hydrogen prices finds that green hydrogen, the one produced via electrolysis using renewable energy, …
Read More »Massive LNG Expansion Expected Worldwide despite Green Transition
Since 2022, several countries worldwide have announced plans to expand their natural gas production capacity over the next decade, with multiple new large-scale projects coming online over the last three years. This was largely driven by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Russian energy, which led …
Read More »IEA: Fracking could Play a Crucial Role in Advancing Geothermal Energy
Fracking techniques perfected in the U.S. shale patch could help drill for deeper and hotter geothermal energy resources and slash geothermal costs to make this low-carbon energy source competitive to other clean energy solutions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, …
Read More »IEA: The World is not on Track to Triple Renewable Capacity by 2030
Despite the surge in renewable energy additions, the world is not yet on track to reach the goal of tripling renewables capacity by 2030, according to the Renewables 2024 report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday. Global renewable capacity is expected to grow by 2.7 times by …
Read More »IEA Warns of Complicated Global Gas Supply as Winter Approaches
The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that rising global gas consumption and geopolitical tensions may complicate supply as countries approach winter, the German news agency dpa reported. According to the agency’s latest report, industrial demand, particularly from Asia, is driving a significant increase in gas usage. The agency projected global …
Read More »IEA: Global Natural Gas Demand to Increase by 2.5% in 2024
Global gas demand is projected to rise by more than 2.5 per cent in 2024, with a similar growth expected in 2025, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency (IEA’s) annual Global Gas Security Review. Natural gas reserves in Africa totaled over 17.89 trillion standard cubic meters …
Read More »OPEC and IEA Oil Demand Views are a World Apart
The OPEC oil cartel and the IEA, the International Energy Agency created in response to the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, have grown so far apart in their forecasts of global oil demand and energy system needs that their nearest-term and long-term demand projections are a world apart. OPEC …
Read More »IEA Roadmap Guides New Methane Reduction Funding Scheme
A group of 50 organizations including the International Energy Agency and the Climate Bonds Initiative has set up a scheme to fund oil and gas companies committing to methane emission reduction, Bloomberg reported, noting the funding will take the form of so-called transition bonds. The group will release its recommendations …
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