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Twin peaks: Whether it’s supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time
Twin peaks: Whether it’s supply or demand, oil era heads for crunch time A worker collects a crude oil sample at an oil well operated by Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA in Morichal, Venezuela, July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins Oct 25 (Reuters) – Energy transition and peak demand predictions have spooked investors in oil, […]
White House Putting Pressure on OPEC to Increase Oil Production Amid ‘Supply Issues,’ Rising Energy Prices
An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on July 21, 2014. (Todd Korol/Reuters) EXECUTIVE BRANCH White House Putting Pressure on OPEC to Increase Oil Production Amid ‘Supply Issues,’ Rising Energy Prices The White House on Tuesday promised to put pressure on members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) […]
Oil Prices Will Remain High For Years To Come
Oil Prices Will Remain High For Years To Come A growing number of major investment banks are turning bullish on oil in the medium to long term. A lack of investment is leading to supply deficits as demand rebounds to pre-COVID levels. Rebounding consumption and tight supply could push oil prices even higher. Six years […]
Forget $100, Options Traders Now Betting On Oil Prices Hitting $200
Forget $100, Options Traders Now Betting On Oil Prices Hitting $200 $100 Oil is no longer an ‘outrageous’ bet in the call-options market Some speculative traders are now betting on $200 oil in December 2022 For those betting on $100 oil, the leader of the OPEC+ alliance, Saudi Arabia, has a message: look beyond the […]
Peak Oil Demand Forecasts Turn Sour As Demand Keeps Growing
Peak Oil Demand Forecasts Turn Sour As Demand Keeps Growing Predicting oil—or, apparently, gas—prices is a notoriously uncertain business Over the longer term, predicting oil prices becomes even more challenging But besides crazy bets on high oil prices in the near future, there are other signs that the demise of fossil fuels has been greatly […]
One Bank Crunches The Numbers On Oil Supply/Demand Dynamics, Reaches A Shocking Conclusion
One Bank Crunches The Numbers On Oil Supply/Demand Dynamics, Reaches A Shocking Conclusion With oil prices surging amid a broader global energy crisis, many are hoping that this particular price spike is truly transitory as incremental supply – whether from OPEC+ or shale – kicks in and resets the market lower. But maybe not so […]
Brace For Shock At The Pump: WTI Surges Above $75 As OPEC+ Raises Output Less Than Expected
Brace For Shock At The Pump: WTI Surges Above $75 As OPEC+ Raises Output Less Than Expected Brace for shock at the pump. WTI crude prices surged by over $2, rising more than 3% to $75.8/bbl… … the highest since 2018… … amid reports that ahead of the conclusion of today’s OPEC, JMMC and OPEC+ […]
Decade Of Chaos Could Send Oil To $130 Per Barrel
Decade Of Chaos Could Send Oil To $130 Per Barrel From $35 per barrel to $130 per barrel—this is the range for oil prices in the next few years that we could see, according to a commodity trading group. And it will all depend on what peaks first: demand or investment in new production. “You could […]
It’s Too Late To Avoid A Major Oil Supply Crisis
It’s Too Late To Avoid A Major Oil Supply Crisis There are a number of observable trends in oil supplies and by extension prices, presently. I am going to discuss one of them in this article. A lack of capital investment in finding new supplies of oil and gas. A favorite analogy of mine comes […]
Saudi Arabia And Russia Warn Of Major Oil Supply Crunch
Saudi Arabia And Russia Warn Of Major Oil Supply Crunch The debate about emissions reduction and the path forward for oil companies moved to a whole new level since the International Energy Agency (IEA) dropped last month the bombshell report suggesting no new investment in oil and gas would be needed if the world is to reach […]
Peak demand? More like a supply crisis propelling oil to US$100
Peak demand? More like a supply crisis propelling oil to US$100 The world stands on the cusp of an oil supply crisis. Years of insufficient investment in offshore mega-projects combined with the end of U.S. shale hyper growth and a recent shift by global supermajors to preferentially invest in alternative energy over traditional hydrocarbons have […]
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 […]
Oil Tanker Owners Pay to Move Crude in Wake of Supply Cuts
Oil Tanker Owners Pay to Move Crude in Wake of Supply Cuts (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia’s oil production cuts have hit the tanker market so hard that owners of the biggest vessels are effectively subsidizing cargo deliveries on the industry’s main trade route. Supertankers delivering 2-million-barrel shipments of the kingdom’s oil to China are losing […]
Peak Oil? Drivers—and Voters—Could Delay It for Years
Peak Oil? Drivers—and Voters—Could Delay It for Years Investors and politicians have made their views clear about oil’s uncertain future. Consumers, not so much. Drivers traverse the 405 freeway at night in California. The fate of the oil industry depends as much, or more, on consumers as it does on politicians and policymakers. PHOTO: PATRICK T. […]



