Despite the moderate global growth levels, OPEC remained confident
on oil demand growth and stuck to its prediction that oil markets are continuing to rebalance.
Not exact matches
Last year,
oil demand growth surprised a bit
on the upside, helping bloated inventories to draw down significantly.
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.
Environmental advocates have lately been arguing the numbers don't really add up for more pipelines, based
on slower
growth in Asia and worldwide trends bending the curve downward
on oil demand.
He said everything from
oil to metals to lean hog prices are dropping as weaker
growth globally weighs
on demand.
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.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports
on the trading action in crude, as
oil prices slide
on global
growth worries over
demand.
«In recent quarters, weaker foreign
demand has dampened business investment, and low
oil prices have weighed
on energy - related investment, both of which have typically led to slower PDFP
growth.
While analysts waste their time trying to figure out, for example, when EV will ultimately take all market share of new car sales, for example, this series will concentrate
on the first blow: when
oil demand growth falls to zero.
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.
The stronger forecast is notable not just because it puts
oil demand growth at its hottest in a long time, but also because the IEA essentially shrugged off any lingering effects from the storms in the U.S., concluding that the «impact
on global markets is likely to be relatively short - lived.»
The IEA reported that world
oil supply fell by 720,000 bpd in August compared to July, while
on the other hand, the agency revised up its forecast for
oil demand growth this year to 1.6 million bpd from the previous estimate for 1.5 million bpd
growth.
Healthy
demand growth for fuel not only in emerging economies led by China and India, but also in Europe, is helping global inventories to draw down faster now, keeping the
oil market
on the right track towards rebalancing, according to industry executives who spoke at a conference
on Tuesday.
Also, the oversupply is now dropping faster and more consistently
on the back of strong
oil demand growth and the Brent futures flipping to backwardation, which discourages traders from keeping
oil in storage.
«Lower
oil prices strain the fiscal positions of fuel exporters and weigh
on their
growth prospects, while supporting household
demand and lowering business energy costs in importers, especially in advanced economies, where price declines are fully passed
on to end users,» according to the IMF.
Copper fell, extending declines from a four - year low, while aluminum languished near the weakest in seven months
on fears
oil's slump signals a slowdown in economic
growth and weaker commodities
demand.
Nor any
oil pricing / hedging risk — price changes are automatically passed
on to the consumer (
demand's relatively price - inelastic, but consumption is sensitive to economic
growth).]
Powerful impetus from other sectors is enough to keep
oil demand on a rising trajectory to 105 mb / d by 2040:
oil use to produce petrochemicals is the largest source of
growth, closely followed by rising consumption for trucks (fuel - efficiency policies cover 80 % of global car sales today, but only 50 % of global truck sales), for aviation and for shipping.
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.
Along with Energy Transition Advisors, Carbon Tracker has produced a report concluding that «Shell's approach is based
on dismissing potentially weaker
demand for its
oil due to tougher climate policies, technological advances and slower economic
growth.»
I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude
oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due —
on the one hand — to decreased
demand, a function of slow economic
growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and —
on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the
growth of unconventional (tight) U.S.
oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing).
Using the
growth rates from the Assessed 2oC Scenarios and a standard baseline for 2010
demand,
oil demand is estimated to decline
on average from about 95 million barrels per day in 2016 to about 78 million barrels per day in 2040.
IEA releases
Oil Market Report for January As oversupply, mild temperatures and grim economic news check
growth demand, non-OPEC output falls year -
on - year for first time since 2012 19 January 2016
In the longer - term, investment in
oil and gas remain essential to meet
demand and replace declining production, but the
growth in renewables and energy efficiency lessens the call
on oil and gas imports in many countries.
The data that Exxon relies upon are from old models with dated technology cost assumptions and, as demonstrated by a reliance
on significant
growth in bio-energy, many of the models appear limited in their capacity to fully capture potential impact upon
oil demand.
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Reliance
on foreign
oil imports increasingly puts the state's fuel supply at risk, not only because of security and reliability concerns, but also because the marine ports are not expanding to meet expected
growth in
demand.
Sadad al - Husseini, recently retired as head of exploration and production at Aramco, the Saudi national
oil company, notes that new
oil output coming
on - line had to be sufficient to cover both annual
growth in world
demand of at least 2 million barrels a day and the annual decline in production from existing fields of over 4 million barrels a day.
To have a look
on the
demand growth,
oil minister, M. Veerappa Moily is planning for a meeting soon concerning fuel consumption campaign.
Maximising exploration and production
growth potential is also
on the agenda, driving
demand for deepwater and unconventional skills, according to Hays
Oil & Gas Global Salary Guide and our local teams.
The global economic slowdown, which has driven down the price of
oil and negatively impacted the Canadian energy sector, is expected to have a ripple effect
on the
demand for office space in Calgary, resulting in flat to negative
growth in the near future.