Coal, Energy, Oil and Saudi Arabia

Aramco, Shandong Energy to collaborate on downstream projects in China; cooperation across H2, renewables and carbon capture technologies

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco), one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Shandong Energy Group, are exploring collaboration on integrated refining and petrochemical opportunities in China.

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Baker Institute team says fossil fuel subsidies need global reform

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. 5 consumer of oil,” Krane said. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3%

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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JUNE 13, 2012

World primary energy consumption grew by 2.5% Oil remains the world’s leading fuel, but its 33.1% Coal’s market share of 30.3% Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% seen in 2010, according to the newly released BP Statistical Review of World Energy, 2012. Global energy consumption grew by 2.5% Source: BP.

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BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

The collapse in world oil prices in the second half of 2014 will have only a moderate impact on the fast-developing low-carbon transition in the world electricity system, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Earlier Bloomberg New Energy Finance analysis showed that, with gasoline at $2.09

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IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The IEA said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades.

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BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

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JANUARY 19, 2011

In both the base-case and a scenario with more aggressive environmental policies, CO 2 emissions from energy use remain well above the IEA 450 scenario. Non-OECD countries are seen to rapidly increase their share of overall energy demand from just over half currently to two-thirds. Click to enlarge.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

As the world population increases by the estimated 30% from 2010 to 2040, ExxonMobil sees global GDP rising by about 140%, but energy demand by only about 35% due to greater efficiency. Even as demand increases, the world will continue to become more efficient in its energy use, according to the 2015 Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040.

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Energy Global 2010 Oil-Sands

The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

Cars That Think

AUGUST 29, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought a stream of reports about the country’s energy exports. The EU bought about 85 percent of the natural gas that Russia shipped out (via pipelines from Western Siberia) and nearly 55 percent of the crude oil and refined oil products that Russia exported (via pipelines and tankers).

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Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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JULY 20, 2012

Weak economic conditions, a mild winter, and energy. savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy markets shift to the East. Related: Should Europe Be Concerned About Russia’s Growing Energy Relationship with Asia? ).

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

That report, authored by group co-chairs, Agriculture and Energy Secretaries Vilsack and Chu, and EPA Administrator Jackson, lays out a strategy to advance the development and commercialization of a sustainable biofuels industry to meet or exceed the nation’s biofuels targets. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. One is that the road to new energy realities in Europe will be long, rough, and twisty. Russia’s energy resources are enormous and Europe’s dependence on them is deep and pervasive.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. At a high level, the report notes that there are few signs that the urgently needed change in direction in global energy trends is underway. Click to enlarge. While there is still time to act, the window of opportunity is closing.

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Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

Energizing America

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FEBRUARY 3, 2006

He can do so by setting forth a program for energy security that will play against type for a man from the "Oil Patch," by charting a course for setting America free of its dependence on oil. On the one hand, since we consume far more oil than is available here at home, we are obliged to import most of what we need from abroad.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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MAY 6, 2019

In an opinion piece in the journal Nature , a team from the US and Europe suggests that the transition to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers, and that it is therefore necessary to put geopolitics at the heart of debates about the energy transition. Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

The International Energy Agency, for example, now considers 4°C and 6°C scenarios as well as 2°C in their latest analysis. The challenge now is to implement gigatonne scale reductions across the economy, in power generation, energy efficiency, transport and industry, as well as REDD+ in forested nations. —PwC report.

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Aramco, Shandong Energy to collaborate on downstream projects in China; cooperation across H2, renewables and carbon capture technologies

Baker Institute team says fossil fuel subsidies need global reform

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

The War in Ukraine Disrupts Trade in Both Food and Fuel

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Energizing America

Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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