The OPEC+ group will begin adding supply to the market in 2025, for the first time since 2022, Jim Burkhard, vice president of research at S&P Global Commodity Insights, said at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) on Monday. “We think in 2025 for the first time in a couple …
Read More »Morgan Stanley Slashes its Oil Price Forecast again
Just two weeks after lowering its Brent oil price estimate to $80 per barrel for the fourth quarter, Morgan Stanley cut again its forecast, now expecting the international benchmark to average $75 a barrel in the last quarter of the year. Analysts at Morgan Stanley see rising headwinds on the …
Read More »China’s Energy Transition is Slowing its Oil Demand Growth
China’s oil demand growth has been slowing down due to weaker economic performance and a shift to electric vehicles and LNG-fueled trucks, oil industry executives said at the APPEC conference in Singapore on Monday. Right now, Chinese oil demand growth has slowed to about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) each …
Read More »Solving Nuclear Energy’s Biggest Problem
As we go into a new nuclear energy era, there are renewed concerns about what to do with the waste generated from nuclear plants. Nuclear waste is toxic and can remain radioactive for around 10,000 years, meaning that it needs to be disposed of appropriately to ensure people and the …
Read More »Oil Majors and Traders Vye for Shell’s South African Assets
Oil trading giants and the national oil companies of some of the Middle East’s biggest oil producers are in the race to buy Shell’s South African service stations as they look to expand their access to downstream assets. The world’s largest oil firm and oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, the national …
Read More »Hydropower is on the Rise around the World
In addition to the most popular renewable energy sources – solar and wind power – several countries are investing in the development of their hydropower capacity as they look to diversify their energy mix in pursuit of greater energy security. The hydropower market is valued at an estimated $251.58 billion …
Read More »Germany Says China’s Emission Reductions are Crucial for Global Goals
The pace at which China will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions will be critical to reaching the global targets to fight climate change, Germany’s climate envoy has said. “What China decides to do in its NDC is probably the most important thing to keeping that 1.5-degree target in sight,” Jennifer …
Read More »EU’s Gas Supplies could still have Russian Gas Mixed in
The European Union will receive natural gas supplies that may have Russian gas mixed in, Czech energy minister Jozef Sikela told Bloomberg. Sikela has been tapped by the Czech government to be its member of the European Commission, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been said to …
Read More »Toyota Slashes EV Production Goal amid Global Slowdown
Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation has drastically cut its electric vehicle production target by 30% compared to previous plans, on the back of the slower EV uptake globally, Nikkei reported on Friday. Toyota, one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers, now aims at rolling out 1 million EVs in 2026, down …
Read More »Sanctioned Tanker to Arrive at Russia’s Arctic LNG Facility
A sanctioned LNG carrier is enroute to the Arctic LNG 2 facility to load what would be the fourth cargo of liquefied gas from the newest LNG facility in Russia. Bloomberg cited ship-tracking data as showing Everest Energy moving to the facility on the Gydan Peninsula in Siberia. The vessel …
Read More »
Iran Energy News Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Energy Field Specialized Channel