Disrupted refining capacity along the Gulf Coast, along with the impact on millions of motorists, took a large bite
out of oil demand, leading to temporary losses for WTI.
The little industry that could take a big bite
out of oil demand Shell warns of liquified natural gas shortage
Not exact matches
The American Petroleum Institute puts
out its monthly report on U.S.
oil inventories and
demand on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its own
oil inventory report, while Friday brings Baker Hughes» weekly look at the number
of oil and gas rigs operating in the U.S..
Prices
of commodities like corn,
oil, or gold often plunge when producers pump
out supply to meet
demand, creating inadvertent gluts.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports that
oil prices were affected by weak trade data
out of China and the EIA cutting its world
oil demand forecast.
Once supply and
demand come back into balance, points
out Fadel Gheit, Oppenheimer's senior
oil analyst, prices should gravitate toward the marginal cost
of production
of new barrels.
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.
Of course, supply and
demand will have to balance
out over time, and more Iranian crude will force a larger adjustment from U.S. shale, so U.S.
oil production could see a deeper contraction.
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.
Congress should immediately act to stop all
oil shipments
out of Iran, reinstitute economic sanctions and
demand that our allies do so as well.
The world
oil supply was completely
out of balance with global
demand.
Oil supply has tightened, and
demand is picking up, primarily
out of China and India.
The footage serves as a plausible facsimile
of the war as defined by the Pentagon; it tells viewers nothing about the origins and nature
of an enemy that Republicans and Democrats alike have been ignoring for the last ten years,
out of deference to the
demands of Big
Oil and in the hope that a world
of six billion people might wake up one morning, consider the odds, and start bowing to Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, and the Goddess
of Democracy.
Tropical Traditions also restored traditional methods
of producing coconut
oil by hand, and also worked to provide consumer access to other traditional products that had fallen
out of favor in the U.S. market, but for which there was a
demand from health - conscious consumers interested in sourcing food outside the corporate commodity food supply kept cheap by government subsidies.
Results: With energy
demands increasing around the globe, engineers continually look for ways to squeeze more fuel
out of crude
oil faster and with less waste.
Under the direction
of chief engineer John Mowrey, [2] Chevrolet began developing the Chevette on December 24, 1973, in response to the federal CAFE standards and the 1973
oil crisis and GM's Energy Task Force, arising
out of the crisis and the resultant shift in consumer
demand to smaller, foreign vehicles boasting greater fuel efficiency.
And as Hendricks is quick to point
out, there are experiments in composition and technique in this body
of work — including shaped and multi-part paintings and a new focus on acrylics, after decades
of working in both acrylic and
oil — that also
demand scrutiny.
Similarly, while some fuel - importing nations may see an overall benefit in terms
of their trade deficits, there are plenty
of oil producing countries who will lose
out as
demand falls and
oil prices remain depressed.
The
oil companies will ensure that we never run
out of demand.
For some overarching thoughts on
oil demand now and in coming years I reached
out to Vaclav Smil, the emeritus professor at the University
of Manitoba who has run the numbers on just about every risk and resource question imaginable.
Peak
oil used to be about running
out of supply; now some think that we will run
out of demand.
Do it all, you have a few more million barrels
of oil a day
out of a present
demand of over 80 million barrels per day, i.e., you have 2 - 3 years growth in world
demand.
We won't take the hit to our standard
of living required to wean ourselves off
oil, we won't pay for new sources
of energy, and when we do, we
demand it is as cheap as the current method
of sticking a pipe in the ground to suck dead dinosaurs
out.
Tony's arguements and Ed's figures are very persuasive, and the «peak
oil / running
out of stuff» scare doesn't really wash in the short to medium term when market forces drive discovery and production to meet
demand.
This analysis compares potential future coal,
oil and gas production
out to 2035 by their break - even cost and overlays the level
of demand needed in a 2 °C scenario according to the IEA.
The first, is a major focus on mapping
out the implications
of the energy transition involved for key stakeholders, with a focus on coal,
oil and gas sectors, on capital expenditure by companies and scenario planning around
demand and supply.
If
demand starts to fall, as I am expecting for a variety
of reasons, it will push permanent
oil shortages
out and buys us more time to convert to renewables.
It means
oil demand will begin to be phased
out quickly in an increasing number
of countries as well.
Fossil Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative
of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined
oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates
out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few
of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as
demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken
out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case
of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive
of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion
of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side
of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top
of the stroke kicking what's left
of thecaramelized gasoline mist
out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter
out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat
of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damaged.
The company was banking on synfuels to meet growing
demand for energy in the future, in a world it believed was running
out of conventional
oil.
The initial reaction
of the two California cities that brought the case against five
oil companies,
demanding that they should fork
out billions to fend off sea - level rise, was to use the traditional totalitarian tactic
of attacking our personal reputations.
Global
demand is so high (and expected to double by 2020), and the Indonesian government eagerly hands
out subsidies to growers, that further burning
of the land to clear the rainforest for palm
oil plantations is inevitable.
The price rises are a result
of record
oil prices, US farmers switching
out of cereals to grow biofuel crops, extreme weather and growing
demand from countries India and China, the UN said yesterday.
However, he believes «there is a pent - up
demand» for that to start happening as soon as people are confident the price
of oil has bottomed
out.
A continued drop in
oil prices, or even a tech bubble burst, could easily curb
demand for housing in hot Texas markets, and take some
of the air
out of the sky high prices.