According to Mike Muller, Vice President of Crude Trading & Supply at Shell Trading, the soaring diesel fuel demand and the buying of crude oil to fill strategic reserves have been the key drivers of this year's
higher oil demand growth.
Not exact matches
Should world GDP grow anywhere close to the IMF's medium term forecast in the
high 3 percent range,
oil demand growth will rise by closer to 2 million b / d than 1 million b / d by our reckoning.
Global
oil demand has not yet risen to offset
higher supply, but we expect sustained above - trend economic
growth globally to support
oil demand from here.
Demand destruction followed periods of high oil prices from 1979 - 1981 (Iran - Iraq War) and from 2007 - 2008 (demand growth from C
Demand destruction followed periods of
high oil prices from 1979 - 1981 (Iran - Iraq War) and from 2007 - 2008 (
demand growth from C
demand growth from China).
The recent surge in
growth in North American non-conventional
oil production, whether it's light
oil from North Dakota or the heavy stuff that comes out of Alberta's
oil sands, is made possible by
high oil prices, which are in turn linked to world
demand remaining robust.
If the flow of capital continues, then the production surplus and lower
oil prices will also continue, assuming that OPEC is able to maintain
higher production levels and that
demand growth remains relatively low.
If economic
growth is leading to an increase in the
demand for
oil and bidding up its price, then the
higher price means things are going well.
Boosted by the bullish supply -
demand reports,
oil prices rallied on Monday, with Brent hitting a more than two - year
high on strong
oil demand growth and the threat to Kurdish
oil exports over the referendum on independence.
China's addiction for
growth (in building mega-cities, bridges, roads, etc...) helped push
demand for commodities
higher (like iron ore, steel, and
oil).
2014.12.12 Canada's economy to benefit from broader export
demand in 2015: RBC Economics Canada's economy is expected to see
higher export
growth in 2015, despite the recent decline in
oil prices, according to the latest Economic and Financial Market Outlook issued today by RBC Economics...
Expectations of sustained
demand growth in emerging markets justified
higher oil prices, which in turn supported the debt - financed buildout of additional energy resources.
While careers in the
oil and gas industry appear to be booming,
demand for environmental scientists, hydrologists, and mining and geological engineers isn't nearly as
high, and in those fields, salary
growth lags behind the national average for all professions.
Paired with continued
growth in
demand from places like the U.S. and China, that's a recipe for much
higher oil prices.
Expectations of sustained
demand growth in emerging markets justified
higher oil prices, which in turn supported the debt - financed buildout of additional energy resources.
While we have no idea where
oil prices will settle in the short run, it remains our view that
oil prices can not stay down at today's depressed prices for too long, largely due to what we believe to be the relatively modest current level of excess capacity, our expectations of continued
growth in
demand over time, and the
high marginal costs for finding and developing new sources of supply.
However, in the spirit of Chairman Smith's request, this report analyzes the Clean Power Plan in the context of the AEO2015
High Economic
Growth and High Oil and Gas Resource cases as well as the Reference case in order to examine indicators of the proposed rule's impacts on energy markets under varying assumptions regarding economic growth, electricity demand, and fuel p
Growth and
High Oil and Gas Resource cases as well as the Reference case in order to examine indicators of the proposed rule's impacts on energy markets under varying assumptions regarding economic
growth, electricity demand, and fuel p
growth, electricity
demand, and fuel prices.
The IEA predicted in its draft report, due to be published next month, that
demand would be damped, «reflecting the impact of much
higher oil prices and slightly slower economic
growth».
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As
demand decreased in response to
higher prices,
growth in
oil production ceased from 1973 to 1985.
«Electric vehicles (EVs) are in the fast lane as a result of government support and declining battery costs but it is far too early to write the obituary of
oil, as
growth for trucks, petrochemicals, shipping and aviation keep pushing
demand higher.