In this tenth episode of the Salary Guide series, I will look at how the trends in global mobility are impacting
on the global oil and gas workforce.
IEA statement
on global oil market conditions The IEA stands ready to act if necessary to ensure markets remain well supplied 9 May 2018
In the longer term, future oil prices will depend less on OPEC behaviour than
on global oil demand.
U.S. dependence
on the global oil market raises national security concerns because oil price volatility has an impact on the economy.
Just as diversity through electricity was the key to America's industrial sector being able to increase productivity without increasing oil consumption, so too is it one of two keys (the other being diversity through biofuel) to fueling the growing number of vehicles expected on global highways without adding to the strain
on global oil supplies and without everyone choking on their own exhaust.
U.S. production growth, the main factor counterbalancing the supply disruptions
on the global oil market, has contributed to a decrease in crude oil price volatility since 2011.
«The Conference Board analysis hinges
on global oil prices and demand rising steadily to 2035,» reads the memo, dated Oct. 26, 2012 and signed by Dupont.
The future of hybrid vehicles depends on fuel saving economics, which depends on fuel prices, which depends
on global oil supply and demand.
• «Driving to the End of the World» (2004), five works created as a commentary
on the global oil crisis made from an old truck that Dial found deserted in the woods, comprise the only series of work Dial ever completed.
Herman Wang catches up with analyst Yasser Elguindi on the recent OPEC meeting's results and their impact
on the global oil balances and Ben Van Heuvelen, editor in chief of the Iraq Oil Report.
Yet, those with the lack of vision failed to realize that power and now I think we have gone to a level of overconfidence in writing the epitaph
on global oil demand.
When this «golden moment» arrives, the effects
on global oil trade — and U.S. continued supremacy in this arena — will be profound.
Not exact matches
NEW YORK, April 30 -
Oil prices rose
on Monday after Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran had lied about pursuing nuclear weapons after signing a 2015 deal with
global powers, while U.S. stocks fell with declines in healthcare shares.
Fresh sanctions
on Iran could result in a reduction of the country's
oil exports, which would strain
global supplies even more, especially given the discipline of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their partners in sticking to an agreement to limit output.
NEW YORK, April 23 -
Global benchmark Brent crude turned positive
on Monday, after dropping earlier after Iran's
oil minister said OPEC would not extend its production cap pact if high crude
oil prices continued.
The teaser for the panel
on energy markets that I am speaking
on at the Milken Institute
Global Conference, highlights relentless U.S. production offsetting OPEC reductions, renewables disrupting traditional energy markets, and the geopolitical implications of U.S. production growth displacing Russia as the world's largest
oil producer.
«Thus, the risks of potential «trade wars» and the potential negative impact
on the
global economy and
on oil demand if these risks do materialise should constitute a serious concern for OPEC,» the authors argue.
On the demand side,
oil at $ 80 could hurt
global oil demand growth, which was the tailwind last year to help OPEC significantly reduce the oversupply.
The
oil and gas giant announced that it was unloading its
oil - sands assets, for $ 7.25 billion, so that it could double down
on businesses «where we have
global scale and a competitive advantage.»
Yet with
global growth declining,
oil inventory at record levels, and momentum
on the side of increasingly cost - competitive renewable energy technologies, there remains a high possibility the energy sector will face another existential crisis in the near future.
Unlike Grantham, Shilling believes that low
global growth will continue to keep pressure
on the price of
oil, especially when Saudi Arabia, the world's most influential producer, can continue to pump up
oil for less than $ 10 a barrel.
He said the journals,
Global Witness and Fatal Transactions, had highlighted that violent rebel forces were, in many cases, financed by profits from diamonds,
oil and agricultural products and had accused the diamond industry of inaction
on the issue.
Oil prices dipped during afternoon trade
on Monday, erasing gains supported by a political rift in the Middle East, before investor concerns over a
global supply overhang returned.
Global oil supply rose in June as compliance with an OPEC - led deal to freeze production showed signs that it was stalling, the International Energy Agency (IEA) noted in its latest market report
on Thursday.
While the
global water industry is diversified and, in terms of committed capital, ranks
on par with the
oil, gas and electricity industries, it's attracted little private investment.
Selling environmental, health and safety (EHS) software to large
global corporations, Medgate focuses
on the
oil and gas, mining, chemical, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors.
If Iran and the United States finalize an agreement
on the latter's nuclear enrichment program and lift an embargo against Iranian
oil, we would see another increase in
global supply.
Saudi Arabia wants to turn hundreds of kilometers of its Red Sea coastline into a
global tourism destination governed by laws «
on par with international standards» as part of its plan to transform the economy and reduce its reliance
on oil.
NEW YORK, April 13 -
Oil prices extended recent gains and a gauge of
global stocks eased
on Friday as concern over a broader conflict in Syria left investors nervous, while U.S. bank shares led Wall Street lower.
A number of funds bet heavily
on an
oil rally early in the year, boosting long futures positions to a record in late February, before
oil went into a prolonged slump as
global supply remained elevated despite cuts from OPEC.
With
oil trading below $ 50 a barrel, economists are scrambling to determine the fallout of declining energy prices
on the U.S. and
global economies.
Russia independently or in conjunction with allies Iran and Syria could flood
global markets, thus dropping prices for not only themselves, but for those
on the other side of the Syrian conflict, predominantly impacting Saudi Arabia and the US — the number two and three world
oil producers, respectively.
Between rising
oil prices and ongoing concerns over climate change, there is growing pressure
on the
global shipping industry to cut its fuel consumption.
The
global economy has recovered strongly in recent months, but rising
oil prices not only put the squeeze
on fragile consumers, they also raise the spectre of inflation and fan the flames of political unrest.
Global oil prices topped $ 50 (US) per barrel
on May 26 for the first time in six months.
Oil prices slipped away from 2018 highs
on Thursday, with
global benchmark Brent trading at $ 71.15 in early afternoon deals, down 0.8 percent, and WTI trading at $ 66.38, around 0.6 percent lower.
The United States will overtake Russia as the world's biggest
oil producer by 2019 at the latest, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
on Tuesday, as the country's shale
oil boom continues to upend
global markets.
In a closely - watched monthly report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA)
on Tuesday, the Paris - based organization said a rise in
global oil production — led by the U.S. — was
on track to outpace growth in demand this year.
OSLO, April 18 - Offshore
oil driller Seadrill aims to expand relations with Schlumberger, the world's largest
oil services firm, and other suppliers to the
global oil and gas industry, its chief executive told Reuters
on Wednesday.
The usual proxies for
global growth —
oil and other commodities, emerging market currencies, energy and mining stocks — are almost all sharply lower as investors bail out of any kind of trade predicated
on growth in China and the rest of the emerging world, which accounts for 85 % of the world's population.
On Thursday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
global oil supply increased in February by 700,000 barrels per day (bpd) from a year ago to 97.9 million barrels per day.
Oil prices continued their months - long decline Monday, with the price of crude briefly falling below $ 50 per barrel for the first time in more than five years earlier in the session
on account of
global oversupply.
He is a Fellow at Columbia University's Center
on Global Energy Policy and the author of the forthcoming book «Missing OPEC: The History and Future of Boom - Bust
Oil Prices,» from Columbia University Press, 2016.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports
on the trading action in crude, as
oil prices slide
on global growth worries over demand.
OPEC
oil output rose slightly in October, keeping the
global market well supplied, as additional exports from Iraq, Angola and Libya offset disruptions in Nigeria and a further decline in Iran to its lowest in two decades, a Reuters survey found
on Wednesday.
CNBC's Jackie Deangelis reports
on third - quarter earnings for
oil giants Exxon Mobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips and what they mean for the
global oil market.
fell by 75 cents to $ 96.75 a tonne, while Brent crude slipped below $ 111 a barrel
on Monday morning
on concern that a fragile
global economy could curb
oil demand.
A
global glut in
oil could put more downward pressure
on crude prices, reports CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis.
«As you have uncertainty about China and the
oil market, and about
global recovery, money flows into the U.S.,» Clarida told CNBC's «Worldwide Exchange»
on Wednesday.
Whether or not that happens — and frankly, it's an extreme example of the worst - case scenario for US shale producers — a glut of
global oil inventories is already weighing
on oil prices.