Most GCC equity markets ended September in green despite concerns of economic recovery amid threat of second wave of Covid-19 and fall in oil prices, said the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) in its Monthly Markets Review report. The S&P GCC composite index gained 2.5%, with all markets except Abu Dhabi …
Read More »IEA: Solar to Top Europe’s Power Generation Charts by 2025
Solar PV is to become Europe’s leading source of power within the next five years, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol has said. Speaking at SolarPower Europe’s SolarPower Summit, held virtually this year, Birol, executive director at the IEA, teased new details to be released in this year’s World …
Read More »IEA: The World Needs to Build on Growing Carbon Capture Momentum
A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report, launched at an event opened by Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, shows carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) can play vital roles of both reducing emissions and removing carbon from the atmosphere. After years of slow progress, technologies to capture carbon emissions and …
Read More »The Netherlands Is well Prepared to Reduce CO2 Emissions
The Netherlands is taking a well-balanced approach to its plans for a rapid transition to a carbon-neutral economy that will support strong growth and energy security, according to a new energy policy review by the International Energy Agency. To drive this ambitious shift, the Netherlands has focused its energy and …
Read More »IEA, OPEC Foresee Deeper Drop in Global Oil Demand
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has trimmed its 2020 oil demand forecast on Tuesday, citing caution about the pace of economic recovery from the pandemic. Oil prices slumped further below $40 per barrel on Monday, close to their lowest in over 2 months, as some oil firms like British Petroleum …
Read More »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 …
Read More »G20 must Seize Covid-19 ‘Unique’ Chance to Supercharge Global Energy Transition
The B20 – which represents the global business community within the Group of 20 (G20) countries – and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have called on political and industry leaders in the global forum to seize the “unique opportunity” presented by the coronavirus pandemic to put in place policies that …
Read More »Oil Market more Fragile as Virus Hurts Demand
The outlook for global oil markets has grown “even more fragile” as a resurgent pandemic derails the recovery in demand, the International Energy Agency said. The IEA, which advises major economies, trimmed forecasts for fuel consumption for the rest of the year and predicted that oil inventories – which rebounded …
Read More »IEA: Except for China, Oil Demand Recovery Slow for Rest of 2020
The International Energy Agency (IEA) trimmed its 2020 oil demand forecast on Sept. 15, citing caution about the pace of economic recovery from the pandemic. The Paris-based IEA cut its 2020 outlook by 200,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) to 91.7 million bbl/d in its second downgrade in as many months. …
Read More »Global Oil Demand may have Peaked as Pandemic Fallout Hits Fossil Fuels
Global oil demand may have already peaked, according to BP’s latest long-term energy outlook, as the COVID-19 pandemic kicks the world economy onto a weaker growth trajectory and accelerates the shift to cleaner fuels. Demand for oil will be the biggest casualty over lower energy demand in the coming three …
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