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Texas Freeze Creates Global Plastics Shortage
Texas Freeze Creates Global Plastics Shortage First, it was a demand slump across pretty much every manufacturing industry because of the pandemic. Then a surge in demand for electronics caused a shortage of microchips, which hit the automotive industry particularly hard. Now, the Texas Freeze has caused a global shortage of plastics. The Wall Street Journal reported this […]
Oil Flirts With $70 After The OPEC+ Surprise
Oil Flirts With $70 After The OPEC+ Surprise Brent is now flirting with the $70 mark after OPEC+ shocked markets once again by refusing to bring more oil production online. In this week’s Global Energy Alert, our trading team delves into how an inflationary environment will impact oil stocks. Sign up today to get breaking news, expert […]
Bank Of America Expects Fastest Oil Price Rise In 30 Years
Bank Of America Expects Fastest Oil Price Rise In 30 Years Oil prices are set to rise by the fastest rate since the 1970s over the next three years, Bank of America said in a new report, joining the growing group of analysts forecasting a return of oil to three-digit territory. The average price of […]
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis?
Who’s To Blame For The Texas Power Crisis? Our last report focused on the uniqueness of the Texas wholesale electricity market, ERCOT, and how it was specifically designed to evade federal utility regulation. And as if he were our paid spokesperson, former Texas governor Rick Perry stated publicly that Texans were happy to suffer blackouts […]
Oil Major Total Sees 10 Million Bpd Supply Gap In 2025
Oil Major Total Sees 10 Million Bpd Supply Gap In 2025 France’s supermajor Total is warning that the world could find itself with a shortfall of supply of 10 million barrels per day (bpd) between now and 2025, due to continued underinvestment in the industry, the OPEC+ pact, and cracks in the U.S. shale business […]
Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March
Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March The geopolitically game-changing Goreh-Jask pipeline project saw a major advance last week with the commencement last week of offshore pipe-laying operations. The implementation of this operation markets the first stage of the offshore development of the Jask Oil Terminal and, according to the Pars Oil and Gas […]
The Real Crisis For Oil Is Yet To Come
The Real Crisis For Oil Is Yet To Come Italian energy major, Eni, described 2020 as a “year of war”, regarding the energy crisis experienced in the face of a global pandemic. But it may be too soon to see the issues faced last year as a thing of the past. Eni is committing to lower the […]
Crude Oil Flow From Saudi Arabia To U.S. Falls To Zero
Crude Oil Flow From Saudi Arabia To U.S. Falls To Zero For the first time in 35 years, no oil flowed from Saudi Arabia to the United States last week, according to EIA data, in a show that the United States—at least for now—isn’t as reliant on oil from the Middle East like it used […]
The Most Outrageous 2020 Oil Predictions
The Most Outrageous 2020 Oil Predictions As we approach the close of 2020, we’re reminded of one statistical certainty when it comes to oil price predictions. If you set anything other than a range, you will be proven wrong. And even for the forecasters and predictors that do set a range, the likelihood that the […]
Merger Mania Is Transforming Canada’s Oil Scene
Merger Mania Is Transforming Canada’s Oil Scene Canada’s oil landscape looks encouraging for 2021 as Whitecap Resources Inc. acquires two oil and gas companies in addition to mergers between other energy companies, with anticipated growth through the coming year as demand for energy steadily increases. In November, Whitecap Resources announced a plan to acquire rival company […]
IHS Markit: Oil Demand Won’t Fully Recover Until 2022
IHS Markit: Oil Demand Won’t Fully Recover Until 2022 Global oil demand will likely take another year or so to return to pre-pandemic levels—by late 2021 or early 2022, energy expert and IHS Markit vice chairman Daniel Yergin told Al Arabiya English in a video interview on Monday. Yergin’s expectations for oil demand are roughly […]
The Great Reset: BlackRock Is Fueling A $120 Trillion Transformation On Wall St.
The Great Reset: BlackRock Is Fueling A $120 Trillion Transformation On Wall St. Big money is turning its back on companies that aren’t conforming to one simple idea… Sustainability. And it’s fueling one of the biggest transfers of capital the world has ever seen. In fact, within a year, 77% of institutional investors will stop […]
The Very Real Possibility Of Peak Oil Supply
The Very Real Possibility Of Peak Oil Supply Three months ago, British oil giant BP Plc. (NYSE:BP) sent shockwaves through the oil and gas sector after it declared that Peak Oil demand was already behind us. In the company’s 2020 Energy Outlook, chief executive Bernard Looney pledged that BP would increase its renewables spending twentyfold to $5 billion a […]
China Restricts Electricity Use Amid Coal Shortage
China Restricts Electricity Use Amid Coal Shortage Despite the swift industrial recovery from the pandemic, factories in areas in China are working only part-time, and residents in several provinces are asked to save electricity, while authorities are turning off street lights and billboards, warning of coal shortages this winter. In at least three provinces in […]
The Oil Refinery Crisis Will Worsen This Winter
The Oil Refinery Crisis Will Worsen This Winter It was only to be expected that many of the world’s refiners would be pinched between low demand for finished products and rising inventories as the pandemic lockdowns continue to stifle activity. But the warm December that is expected this year is also threatening finished products demand. And […]
