The momentum-building global expansion of wind and solar power plant could be stymied for at least year as government restrictions on movement impact construction timeframes and foreign exchanges market contract around the world, according to new forecast by Rystad Energy. The Norwegian analyst group calculates growth in newly commissioned renewables …
Read More »Global Oil Demand Forecast to Fall 4.9% in 2020
Global oil demand is forecast to decline by 4.9% in 2020, compared to the previous year, Norway-based energy research center Rystad Energy said in a statement on Wednesday. Oil demand around the world is estimated to decrease by 4.9 million barrels per day (bpd) to reach 95 million bpd, from …
Read More »Oil Price may Fall to $10 a Barrel as World Runs out of Storage Space
The world may soon run out of space to store its extra oil as Saudi Arabia prepares to increase its fossil fuel production even as global demand for energy continues to fall due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Oil storage levels across the world’s storage facilities have climbed to about three-quarters …
Read More »The Impact of Coronavirus On European Oilfield Services
More than 200 small- and medium-sized oilfield services operators in Europe, or 20 percent of all European oilfield services firm, could go bust as the coronavirus epidemic will hit the market hard and wipe out US$5 billion worth of orders, Rystad Energy said in a new impact analysis. Most of …
Read More »Rystad Energy Revises Global Oil Demand Growth Outlook due to Coronavirus
Chinese oil demand accounted for 13% of the global total in 2019.
Read More »OPEC’s Failure to Deepen Oil Cuts may Drive Oil Price to $40
The challenge for OPEC+ is the strong supply growth elsewhere in the world.
Read More »The US could Drown the World in Oil. despite Climate Change Attempts
The US is set to account for 61 percent of all new oil and gas production over the next decade.
Read More »European Gas Prices at Their Lowest in a Decade
Russia has traditionally been Europe’s main gas supplier.
Read More »Rystad Energy Previews OPEC Meeting
OPEC+ account for nearly 49 million of the 84 million bpd of global crude.
Read More »World’s Largest Oil Exporter Investment in US Shale Gas
This is a signal of Aramco’s intent to become a global gas player and develop a broad LNG portfolio.
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