Soaring natural gas prices, demand destruction in the industrial sector, and energy-saving measures are set to reduce gas consumption in Europe’s developed economies by 10% this year, the biggest drop in European demand in history, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its quarterly Gas Market Report on Monday. The forecast of a 10% decline in natural gas demand in OECD Europe reflects the expectation of higher gas prices and the EU’s ambition to reduce gas consumption
Some investors have started to see oil and gas stocks as income investment stocks rather than boom-and-bust cyclical stocks, as many others still believe. Record cash flows and profits of the past two quarters have prompted many oil and gas firms to boost dividends or pay special variable dividends, as is the case with U.S. shale producers. Many more expanded and increased their share buyback programs. The record profits and the cash flow bonanza could lay the foundations
Panel Discussion part of South Africa Energy Day – only at Africa Oil Week Africa Oil Week (https://Africa-OilWeek.com) is excited to present the panel discussion “What can Oil and Gas offer the South African Economy?” as part of its South Africa Energy Day, at Africa Oil Week. The panel – held at the leading Oil and Gas event in heart of Cape Town – will be moderated by Howie Frylinck, National Sales Manager, Pentagon Freight Services.
The North American company Exxonmobil uses, until 2027, a part of its investment portfolio estimated at US$15 billion, in the implementation, in Angola, of projects in the areas of capture and storage of carbon dioxide, production of hydrogen and biofuels, within the scope of the United Nations 2030 agenda, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The information was provided by Exxonmobil’s Director of Public and Government Relations for Angola, Armando Afonso, during a presentation
The Government maintains the commitment to take Angola to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, enhancing the energy transition program underway, while projecting the permanence of oil and gas drivers of economic development, declared the Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum. and Gas. Diamantino Azevedo, who was speaking on Wednesday at the 2nd Economy and Market Conference (E&M), devoted to the environment and development, reaffirmed the Government’s conviction that the energy transition is an unavoidable process for
As the European Union introduces an extensive windfall tax, the region is putting pressure on other parts of the world to do the same. The U.K. may have already taxed oil and gas companies to subsidize rising consumer energy bills, but the E.U. is going one step further by planning a total overhaul of the energy market. Yet, other world powers, such as the U.S., have avoided taxing energy companies, instead turning to the oil
After finishing the week as the worst performing sector amid growing recession fears, the energy sector has been paring back losses with WTI crude up 1.7% to $79.79/barrel while Brent has added 1.3% to trade at $87.42/barrel in Wednesday’s intraday session. Risk averse sentiment also hit U.S. natural gas futures, with the front-month October contract falling nearly 10% over the past week to trade at $6.54/MMBtu. Oil prices are a long way off their mid-June peak, when Brent
n more ways than one, the IPO market isn’t quite what it used to be a decade or two ago. The proportion of U.S. companies that choose to go public has been on a steady decline for more than two decades now, with startups often opting to sell out to bigger firms or remain private. Many observers have laid the blame for this unfortunate trend squarely on increasing red tape including rising regulatory and disclosure
BP has restarted production at its offshore Na Kika and Thunder Horse oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico after redeploying previously evacuated staff, BP PLC said on Thursday. BP halted production on the two platforms on Monday ahead of Hurricane Ian that made landfall in Florida on Wednesday. Chevron had also evacuated personnel and shut its production at its Petronius and Blind Faith platforms in the Gulf ahead of the storm. As of Thursday, 11 total
While traders and investors in the paper oil market are focused on looming recessions and interest rate hikes, those on the ground – executives at oil producers and commodity traders – warn of oil price spikes in the future as years of underinvestment have depleted capacity and the potential of new oil production to fill the growing supply gap. Recession Fears Drag Oil $40 A Barrel Down From Spring Peak Growing fears of imminent recessions
