Oil outlook – crunch time or gloom mongering?
That the global oil market is set to tighten over the coming years is not in doubt, but whether it’s time to hit the panic button over a future supply crunch is another issue.
That the global oil market is set to tighten over the coming years is not in doubt, but whether it’s time to hit the panic button over a future supply crunch is another issue.
(Mon, 22 May 2017) Residential electricity consumption rises and falls seasonally substantially more than commercial or industrial consumption, largely because of air conditioning use in the summer. According to the most recent data from EIAâs Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), nearly 9 out of 10 U.S. homes are air conditioned by central units, individual (window, wall, or portable) units, or both.
The investment company Blackstone says the Saudi sovereign wealth fund has committed the money to a fund that could spend up to $100 billion on infrastructure.
Steel industry participants gathered at Made in Steel fair in Milan, Italy, ahead of large changes expected in the Italian and wider European steel industry.
(Fri, 19 May 2017) Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned about $433 billion in net oil export revenues in 2016, the lowest since 2004. In real dollar terms, the 2016 revenue represents a 15% decline from the $509 billion earned in 2015, mainly because of the fall in average annual crude oil prices and, to a lesser extent, because of decreases in OPEC net oil exports.
A political clash of egos half a century ago, arising from an effort to keep fares from going up, helps explain current service woes and questions of accountability.
President Xi Jinping is building his way across continents as American influence recedes.
(Thu, 18 May 2017) The most recent Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) collected new information about lighting control technologies and strategies in the United States in 2012.
While rising Libyan oil production is problematic for OPEC as it seeks to reduce output to rebalance the market, on a national level it raises hopes that Libya is slowly recovering from years of war and infighting.
At the risk of stating the obvious, shipowners are in a tight spot.