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#235. The affordability crisis
#235. The affordability crisis WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING What might be called the ‘consensus narrative of the moment’ is that our near-term economic prospects depend on the ability of central banks to tame inflation without tipping the economy into a severe recession. There are numerous complications, of course, but this is the gist of the story. What these […]
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia doubles second-quarter Russian fuel oil imports for power generation
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia doubles second-quarter Russian fuel oil imports for power generation People walk near power plant number 10 at Saudi Electricity Company’s Central Operation Area, south of Riyadh, April 27, 2012./File Photo Summary This includes content produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine. Kingdom burns Russian fuel […]
Energy consultancy keeps lowering worldwide recoverable oil resources
Energy consultancy keeps lowering worldwide recoverable oil resources It’s hard to say that three years makes a trend. But one of the world’s major energy consulting firms has lowered its estimate of world oil reserves for three years in a row now. Rystad Energy provides a publicly available analysis of world oil reserves each year. In […]
As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday
As Fuel Prices Poised to TRIPLE, EU Mulls Rationing Gas Across Bloc Monday The European Union (EU) is going down in flames as its fuel taps from Russia run dry. Issues related to the war in Ukraine have resulted in no more gas flowing through the Nord Stream 1 (NS1) pipeline and soon-to-be tripled gas prices across Europe. To avoid what […]
Refinery Shuts Down Due To Lack Of Crude
Refinery Shuts Down Due To Lack Of Crude A South African refinery has shut down operations and declared force majeure on the supply of petroleum products due to a delay in the shipment of crude, which highlights the fact that the physical market for crude is tight these days despite a slump in paper-traded oil […]
Germany’s Energy Crisis About To Get Even Worse As Rhine Water Levels Plummet
Germany’s Energy Crisis About To Get Even Worse As Rhine Water Levels Plummet What has already been a year from hell for Germany, which is suffering energy hyperinflation as a result of Europe’s sanctions on Russia, and which is “facing the biggest crisis the country has every had” according to the president of the German […]
Gazprom Reportedly Declares Force Majeure, Will Halt Gas Flows To Germany Indefinitely
Gazprom Reportedly Declares Force Majeure, Will Halt Gas Flows To Germany Indefinitely Already days before the July 22 European “Doomsday” when the scheduled Russian 10-day maintenance of the crucial Nord Stream pipeline to Germany is slated to end – but which was thrown into deep doubt given Gazprom recently said it can no longer guarantee its “good […]
California went big on rooftop solar. Now that’s a problem for landfills
California went big on rooftop solar. Now that’s a problem for landfills Solar panels purchased for home use under incentive programs many years ago are nearing the end of their life cycle. Many are already winding up in landfills. (Jim Cooke / Los Angeles Times) California has been a pioneer in pushing for rooftop solar power, […]
After Biden Rehabs MbS’ Image, Saudis Announce Increase In Oil Production Capacity
After Biden Rehabs MbS’ Image, Saudis Announce Increase In Oil Production Capacity After Joe Biden’s red carpet fist bump with the “pariah” it appears Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman got what he wanted – namely the necessary optics of being deemed “back in” with Washington and having his blood stained reputation rehabilitated on a global stage, signaling […]
How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction
How much oil remains for the world to produce? Comparing assessment methods, and separating fact from fiction Abstract This paper assesses how much oil remains to be produced, and whether this poses a significant constraint to global development. We describe the different categories of oil and related liquid fuels, and show that public-domain by-country and global […]
German Energy Giant Warns Of Insolvency “Within Days”, Starts Draining Gas From Storage
German Energy Giant Warns Of Insolvency “Within Days”, Starts Draining Gas From Storage Dear Biden administration: for an example of a real emergency that justifies draining a commodity reserve – and not just midterm elections which Democrats will lose in a historic rout – read on. German energy giant and distressed nat gas utility Uniper, […]
Bigger than you can imagine
Bigger than you can imagine One of the problems with claims that our situation is “just like the 1970s,” is that very few adults of the period are still around to share the memory. Those of us who were children at the time have only memories distorted through the lens of childhood innocence. I, for […]
Deutsche Bank Now Modeling German Households Chopping Wood To Keep Warm This Winter
Deutsche Bank Now Modeling German Households Chopping Wood To Keep Warm This Winter Yesterday we reported that just in case the world didn’t have enough things to worry about, it is now also petrified about Europe’s potential “doomsday” on July 22 when Putin will decide the fate of the continent: if he resumes gas flows along the […]
Motorway speed limit reduction and Sunday driving ban to tackle reliance on oil suggested
Motorway speed limit reduction and Sunday driving ban to tackle reliance on oil suggested Included in the plan is a ban on driving cars in cities every Sunday, as well as a suggestion to cut speed limits on motorways by 6mph (PA) Reducing the speed limit on motorways and banning Sunday driving are ideas suggested to cut Britain’s […]
A potential ‘black swan’ for US oil prices is being overlooked: unreliable electricity grids
A potential ‘black swan’ for US oil prices is being overlooked: unreliable electricity grids Failing power grids and electricity shortages across the US could throw the oil market into chaos. Photo by: Planet One Images/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Failing US power grids could be the next vulnerability in the supply chain for oil, energy […]
