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IEA Chief Urges Oil Producers Not To Cut Output
IEA Chief Urges Oil Producers Not To Cut Output While OPEC is considering cutting oil production again, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, called on Monday for ‘common sense’ because fresh cuts could have negative effects on the oil market. “Currently markets are very well supplied but we should not […]
Is An Oil Supply Crunch Inevitable?
Is An Oil Supply Crunch Inevitable? Global oil demand will peak by 2040, according to a new report, although oil supply shortages could emerge before then. The International Energy Agency (IEA) published its highly-anticipated World Energy Outlook 2018 on Tuesday, one of the most important energy forecasting reports published each year. In this year’s Outlook, […]
The Rapid Acceleration Towards Peak Oil Demand
The Rapid Acceleration Towards Peak Oil Demand The drumbeat towards peak oil demand is accelerating, but since much of the acceleration is happening outside of the United States, its cadence is muted. To be clear, the developed world passed peak oil demand a decade ago and has for years been forecast to continue reducing its […]
IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states
IEA: Clean energy transition makes reforms ‘inescapable’ for oil states A changing energy system is posing “critical questions” for many of the world’s largest oil and gas producing countries, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. The rise of shale gas and oil in the US, global improvements in energy efficiency, and the response to climate […]
Is The Oil Supply Glut Set To Return?
Is The Oil Supply Glut Set To Return? Is the oil market tightening too much or is a glut on the verge of making a comeback? There were a series of mixed messages from both OPEC and the IEA in recent days, offering a muddy outlook for the oil market. First was the TASS interview […]
Petro-States Face Extinction
Petro-States Face Extinction Petro-states urgently need to begin diversifying their economies, shifting away from oil production, or else they face financial risks in the years ahead. That conclusion comes from the IEA’s new report, “Outlook for Producer Economies,” which warns that a changing energy system threatens the economies of oil-producing countries. The threat comes in […]
BP CEO: $80 Oil Is Unhealthy For The World
BP CEO: $80 Oil Is Unhealthy For The World Oil prices at $80 a barrel are too high and unhealthy for the world today, Bob Dudley, the chief executive of UK supermajor BP, said on the sidelines of an event on Friday. “There’s a healthy price for oil and energy and I believe that balances […]
The Oil Markets Are At A Confusing Crossroads
The Oil Markets Are At A Confusing Crossroads The oil market is “adequately supplied for now,” but the supply losses from Venezuela and Iran leave the market suffering from “strain,” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The IEA noted that global oil production increased by 1.4 million barrels per day […]
IEA: Expensive Energy Is Threatening Economic Growth
IEA: Expensive Energy Is Threatening Economic Growth Expensive energy is back and it is threatening global economic growth, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Oil Market Report on Friday, joining other organizations like the International Monetary (IMF) and OPEC that also expressed this week concerns about mounting challenges to economic and oil demand […]
IEA: Renewables Set For Explosive Growth
IEA: Renewables Set For Explosive Growth Renewable energy is growing at a blistering rate, but clean energy is also nowhere near what is needed to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change, according to a series of new monumental reports on the global energy system. Renewable energy accounted for half of the increase […]
US Demands For More Oil Could Backfire
US Demands For More Oil Could Backfire This week the State Department accused OPEC of hiding spare capacity exceeding 1.4 million barrels daily. It urged the cartel to use it to stop the oil price rally that has continued uncomfortably close to midterm elections. The request—or demand, depending on your interpretation—is unprecedented and it might […]
IEA: Plastics Will Replace Fuels As Key Oil Demand Driver
IEA: Plastics Will Replace Fuels As Key Oil Demand Driver Plastics will displace fuels as the main driver for crude oil demand, the International Energy Agency said today, adding that petrochemicals will come to account for more than 33 percent of oil demand growth globally in the period to 2030. By 2050, they will drive […]
IEA Asks Majors Oil Producers To Boost Production
IEA Asks Majors Oil Producers To Boost Production Rising oil prices are hurting consumers, Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), says, calling on major all producers to do the best they can to further boost production and ease persistent supply concerns that pushed Brent Crude to above $86 a barrel […]
Spare Capacity: The Biggest Mystery In Oil Markets
Spare Capacity: The Biggest Mystery In Oil Markets With around 2.5 million barrels per day (mb/d) of Iranian supply targeted by the Trump administration, how will the oil market cope with the losses? Is there enough supply capacity to make up for the shortfall? There is a great deal of debate about the true extent […]
Why OPEC+ Needed To Add More Oil
Why OPEC+ Needed To Add More Oil The OPEC+ group has decided to increase output by aiming to return compliance back to 100 percent, rather than the “over compliance” the group has posted to date. Although it remains to be seen how that translates into tangible production increases, because the number most kicked around was […]
