Home » Posts tagged 'international energy agency' (Page 5)
Tag Archives: international energy agency
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 […]
How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables?
How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables? BP and the International Energy Agency (IEA) measure the contribution of renewables to the global energy mix in terms of primary energy consumed while the World Bank estimates it in terms of final energy consumed. All three give different results, with BP estimating a total […]
IEA: Oil Prices Could Rise Further As Shale Can’t Fill The Gap
IEA: Oil Prices Could Rise Further As Shale Can’t Fill The Gap U.S. shale will continue its breakneck growth rate into 2019, despite bottlenecks, but the oil market still faces serious supply risks from the potential losses from Venezuela and Iran, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report. The IEA said that […]
OPEC’s Dilemma: Demand Destruction Or Production Boost
OPEC’s Dilemma: Demand Destruction Or Production Boost The early signs of discontent and demand destruction could be forcing OPEC’s hand, but increasing production carries its own risks. OPEC and Russia are considering raising oil production in a few weeks’ time, and while much of the focus has (rightly) been on the supply outages in Venezuela […]
IEA Cuts 2018 Oil Demand Forecast On Soaring Oil Prices
IEA Cuts 2018 Oil Demand Forecast On Soaring Oil Prices Yesterday, we observed that in logical consequence to sharply higher interest rates, US consumer loan demand had slumped in recent weeks, despite increasingly easy credit conditions: an outcome which for many economists is a harbinger to an upcoming recession, as households hunker down and begin […]
IEA: U.S.-China Trade Row Could Dampen Oil Demand Growth
IEA: U.S.-China Trade Row Could Dampen Oil Demand Growth OPEC is very close to achieving its mission to draw oil inventories down to their five-year average, but the ongoing U.S.-China trade spat is a risk to oil demand growth expectations this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its Oil Market Report on Friday. […]
Are We Sleepwalking Into The Next Oil Crisis?
Are We Sleepwalking Into The Next Oil Crisis? One school of thought is that future oil demand is set to decline because consumers will have better options. Many in this “peak demand” camp believe that the growth of electric vehicles will soon make oil obsolete. That’s a relatively painless view of the future and is […]
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail
Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being […]
The Single Largest Supply Risk In Oil Markets
The Single Largest Supply Risk In Oil Markets Venezuela could be the reason that “tips the market decisively into deficit,” the International Energy Agency said in a new report. Venezuela lost another 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) in February, according to the Paris-based energy agency, and continues to present the largest supply risk to the […]
