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• Permian Could See Production Surge As New Permits Reach All-Time High

  Published 14 April 2022 | viewed 10,293 times

  Horizontal drilling permits for new wells in the Permian Basin hit an all-time high in March, with 904 total permit awards, driven by elevated oil…

• Oil And Gas Lead As Global Energy Spending Tops $2 Trillion In 2022

  Published 07 April 2022 | viewed 1,154 times

  Surging oil, gas and power prices together with the European Union (EU)’s goals of becoming less dependent on Russian supplies and post-Covid-19 pandemic inflation will…

• Will Biden’s Oil Release Bring Down Prices At The Pump?

  Published 06 April 2022 | viewed 9,417 times

  The Biden Administration’s decision to go for a “big bang” release of strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) has successfully decreased oil prices, for now. The announced…

• Carbon Capture And Storage Spending To Top $50B Through 2025

  Published 17 March 2022 | viewed 6,385 times

  Service sector spending on carbon capture and storage (CCS) developments is set to skyrocket this decade, quadrupling from 2022 to 2025, with cumulative global expenditure…

• Rooftop Solar Installations To Almost Double By 2025

  Published 14 March 2022 | viewed 7,218 times

  Rooftop solar PV installations are set to surge in the next three years, with total capacity reaching 94.7 gigawatts (GW) by 2025, Rystad Energy analysis…

• Ukraine Crisis Could Send Coal Prices To $500

  Published 10 March 2022 | viewed 20,589 times

  Coal prices are soaring, hitting $462 per tonne today, up from $186 on the 23rd of February and likely to pass $500 this year, Rystad…

• Global Battery Demand To Increase 15-Fold As EV Boom Takes Off

  Published 03 March 2022 | viewed 4,782 times

  As the energy transition quickens and countries and consumers strive to decarbonize, global battery demand could surge exponentially and approach nine terawatt-hours (TWh) annually by…

• Ukraine War Could Wipe Out 1 Million Bpd In Local Oil Demand

  Published 02 March 2022 | viewed 15,381 times

  War in Ukraine could result in as much as 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil demand being removed from the global market, Rystad…

• Africa To See Gas Supply Boom Through 2030

  Published 23 February 2022 | viewed 6,882 times

  Untapped natural gas supplies in Sub-Saharan Africa are set to be unleashed this decade, with output more than doubling from 1.3 million barrels of oil…

• $100 Oil Could Trigger Burst In Shale Oil Production

  Published 14 February 2022 | viewed 25,163 times

  Up to 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) of US tight oil could be unleashed in the event of a supercycle – with oil prices…

• Outlook For Utility-Scale Renewables Sours After Record Year

  Published 10 February 2022 | viewed 5,276 times

  New utility-scale renewables capacity is set to break records in 2022, hitting an all-time high of 220 gigawatts (GW) globally with investments surpassing $300 billion…

• Hydropower Cements Its Place As The World's Most Popular Renewable Energy

  Published 07 February 2022 | viewed 5,762 times

  The hydropower market will continue its upward trajectory in 2022 as global capacity exceeds 1,200 gigawatts (GW) for the first time and investments climb to…

• Permian Average Well Production Is Set To Break Records In 2022

  Published 29 January 2022 | viewed 21,093 times

  The average productivity of new wells in the Permian Basin is set to hit a record high in 2022, breaching past 1,000 barrels of oil…

• Nuclear Energy Investments Are Set To Soar

  Published 20 January 2022 | viewed 5,292 times

  Nuclear power can be a polarizing energy source, but as countries seek greener, low-carbon alternatives to fossil fuels, investments in nuclear are projected to soar…

• Soaring Lithium Prices Become Major Headache For EV Makers

  Published 16 January 2022 | viewed 9,252 times

  Electric vehicle (EV) producers and suppliers could be facing a major cost headache starting this year as prices for battery-grade lithium are poised to skyrocket.…

• A Copper Crisis Threatens The Energy Transition

  Published 15 January 2022 | viewed 21,989 times

  Global demand for copper, an essential component in manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs) and consumer electronics, will outstrip supply by more than six million tonnes by…

• Tighter Wastewater Regulation Becomes Headache For Shale Drillers

  Published 09 January 2022 | viewed 7,010 times

  Dealing with the US shale industry’s produced water is increasingly controversial for operators, a new Rystad Energy report reveals. Even though total produced volumes are…

• Oil Boom In South America Boosts FPSO Demand

  Published 09 January 2022 | viewed 11,390 times

  The market for floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units almost brushed off the pandemic’s effect in 2021 and is likely to continue apace in…

• Southeast Asia’s Oil And Gas Output May Never Recover To Pre-COVID Levels

  Published 25 December 2021 | viewed 7,034 times

  The Covid-19 pandemic has marked the end of an era for Southeast Asia’s combined oil and gas production, pushing the region’s output in 2021 to…

• Colombia May Lose Energy Independence As Crude Production Falls

  Published 21 December 2021 | viewed 2,858 times

  Colombia, Latin America’s third-largest oil producer after Brazil and Mexico, is in danger of losing its energy self-sufficiency and a significant part of its gross…