On the International Energy Agency’s recent Op-Ed published on 12 September 2023, asserting that fossil fuel demand would peak before 2030, OPEC notes that consistent and data-based forecasts do not support this assertion. It is […]
World oil demand remains on track to grow by 2.2 mb/d in 2023 to 101.8 mb/d, led by resurgent Chinese consumption, jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks. In 2024, naphtha and LPG/ethane, especially in China, will […]
Last week, Brent crude topped $90 per barrel for the first time since last November, and WTI climbed to an 11-month high, too. The reason: Saudi Arabia and Russia said they would extend their oil […]
Piece by piece, China continues to build alternatives to each of the key building blocks of the West’s world order, including – crucially – a new global oil market order, as analysed in full in my […]
Extensions come despite oil rally, fresh blow to Biden Riyadh extends 1 mln bpd cuts to end-2023 Moscow extends 300,000 bpd cuts to year-end Both to review cuts monthly, may deepen or boost DUBAI, Sept […]
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Analysts have raised their 2023 oil price forecasts for the first time in four months with OPEC+ output cuts expected to keep supply tight, offsetting risks to demand from a stalling […]
Oil prices slid on Monday morning, with Brent falling below $86 per barrel and WTI trading at $82.31. China’s economic woes combined with a strong U.S. dollar are weighing on oil prices. OPEC+ production cuts […]
US oil production this year will rise faster than previously expected, providing additional crude supplies to a market that has tightened because of Saudi Arabian output cuts, according to a new government forecast. Higher-than-expected well […]
Wall Street giant BlackRock just added the CEO of Saudi Arabia ’s national oil company, Saudi Aramco, to its board of directors. The New York Times headline announcing the move read, “ BlackRock Forges New Ties With Big Oil ,” giving the impression […]
By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com, China is set to import 40% more crude from Saudi Arabia under term contracts in September despite the unilateral production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of the […]
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