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What Could Push Oil To $100?
What Could Push Oil To $100? If anyone thought the latest oil market outlooks of the EIA and the IEA are upbeat, here’s an even more upbeat one from Energy Aspects: The consultancy expects crude demand this year to grow by 1.7 million bpd, and says Brent could touch above $100 a barrel in 2019. […]
Is An Oil Price Spike Inevitable?
Is An Oil Price Spike Inevitable? The oil glut is over, at least when it comes to U.S. commercial inventories: over the past two months they have been within the average range for the season, thanks to hefty draws. These draws, one analyst argues, are a signal of higher-than-expected demand that is not only an […]
The 5 Most Popular Energy Stories Of 2017
The 5 Most Popular Energy Stories Of 2017 The year in which WTI went from barely above $50 to over $60 a barrel and Brent hit OPEC’s much sought after $65 was full of the usual mix of price forecasts, warnings, and unpredictable events that left readers wondering what will happen next… Here are five […]
Cyberattacks: The Biggest Threat To OPEC
Cyberattacks: The Biggest Threat To OPEC Oil and cybersecurity in one sentence certainly makes for a thrilling read, and there will be an increasing amount of information on the topic as the Internet of Things expands and the global oil industry adopts automation and digital technology. OPEC is no exception in this digitalization drive, but […]
Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown
Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown Events in Saudi Arabia are unfolding at a blinding pace, with a radical shift taking place within the upper echelons of government. Last weekend, King Salman announced the set-up of a special anti-corruption force that wasted no time in rounding up more than a dozen government officials—both former […]
Is A Venezuelan Default Inevitable?
Is A Venezuelan Default Inevitable? Bondholders, creditors, and any company with operations in Venezuela are all agog for news from Caracas after President Nicolas Maduro announced Venezuela will look to restructure its US$89 billion worth of debt to be able to continue servicing it. Forecasts about what will happen next are all pessimistic, and that’s […]
Are Petrocurrencies Heading For Extinction?
Are Petrocurrencies Heading For Extinction? Petrocurrencies are breaking away from their traditional tight link to oil prices, but all it would take for this link to return is for prices to fall bellow their current range. This seems to be the general consensus among bankers interviewed by Bloomberg’s Natasha Doff and Anna Andrianova. The change […]
Norway Unfazed By Peak Oil Concerns
Norway Unfazed By Peak Oil Concerns When crude oil demand will peak is anyone’s guess. Forecasts vary widely. Wood Mackenzie says that peak demand is “very real,” and sees a decline of 4 million bpd between 2020 and 2035. Other majors including BP and Total SA see peak demand as coming between 2025 and 2040, as a result of […]
Gulf Of Mexico Output Falls Nearly 100% After Hurricane Nate
Gulf Of Mexico Output Falls Nearly 100% After Hurricane Nate As of Sunday, 92.61 percent of crude oil production capacity in the Gulf of Mexico was shut in, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said. In barrels, this amounted to 1.62 million per day, with 298 platforms and 14 rigs evacuated, representing 40.43 percent […]
Citi: An Oil Supply Squeeze Is Inevitable
Citi: An Oil Supply Squeeze Is Inevitable It’s somewhat tradition for oil analysts to produce a flurry of new forecasts after every sharp move in prices, and the latest rally in WTI and Brent is no exception. In just the last couple of days we’ve seen one analyst predict prices of $80 per barrel, while […]
The Race For The “Holy Grail” Of Renewables
The Race For The “Holy Grail” Of Renewables In February, AES Energy’s Escondido battery storage facility in California was hailed as the largest one to date, with a capacity of 30 MW/120 MWh. Now, Tesla is building a bigger one—100 MW/129 MWh—in Australia. On the face of it, it’s a race for the bigger battery […]
Hurricane Damage To Trigger Fuel Glut
Hurricane Damage To Trigger Fuel Glut Damage from hurricanes in the Caribbean, which sends a substantial amount of fuel oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast, could lead to a glut of the fuel, S&P Platts reported, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which made landfall in the Caribbean over the […]
Hurricane Irma Prompts Oil Storage, Port Shutdowns
Hurricane Irma Prompts Oil Storage, Port Shutdowns Hurricane Irma has prompted the shutdown of at least two oil storage complexes in the Caribbean, with a combined capacity of 18.6 million barrels, S&P Platts reports. One of these, a 14-million-barrel terminal on the island of St Eustatius operated by NuStar Energy sustained damages to some of […]
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing An open military conflict in Northern Asia would disrupt more than a third of global seaborne crude oil trade, Wood Mackenzie warned last week amid yet another escalation between North Korea, its neighbors, and the U.S. Such a conflict would cripple North Asia’s production and […]
Forget OPEC, China Controls Oil Prices
Forget OPEC, China Controls Oil Prices U.S. shale has taken a lot of headline space recently as the biggest headwind for oil prices and the highest stumbling block for OPEC’s efforts to prop them up by cutting production. Yet, there may be another factor that could bring down oil prices as soon as next year… […]
