Environment, North America and Oil Prices

IHS Markit: conventional oil & gas discoveries at lowest levels in 70 years; major rebound unlikely

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The low levels in discoveries come as a result of a pullback during the past 10 years in the wildcat drilling that targets conventional oil and gas plays—most drastically after oil prices collapsed in 2014. —Keith King, senior advisor at IHS Markit and a lead author of the IHS Markit E&P trends analysis.

Oil

Oil Gas Oil Prices Water

SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

. “While we saw drops in EV battery shipment in the first quarter caused by customers’ battery inventory adjustment, we expect to see improved market environment backed by launches of new EVs in North America,” SK On Chief Financial Officer Kim Kyunghoon said in a post-earnings conference call.

Auto

Auto Batteries Battery South Korea

IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

According to the analysis, the current anti-trust campaign environment could alter the relationships among consumers, dealer and OEMs. The campaign is expected to have a long-lasting effect on premium parts/vehicle prices in China. North America. —Nigel Griffiths, chief automotive economist, IHS Automotive.

2015

2015 Light Market Global

Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

One casualty of the oil price downturn could be the megaproject. For years, as conventional oil reserves depleted and became increasingly hard to find, oil companies ventured into far-flung locales to find new sources of production. The collapse of oil prices, however, could kill off the megaproject.

Oil

Oil Oil-Sands Saudi Arabia Oil Prices

IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2020

For the full year in the region, no more than 387,000 units (excluding bus chassis) will be produced in 2020, as truck makers have planned downtime through mid-April (possibly to be extended), which will account for approximately 13,000 units of lost production in North America this month alone.

2020

2020 Commercial Global Production

IHS Markit identifies 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in short-cycle opportunities outside North America

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2018

New energy research from business information provider IHS Markit has identified more than five billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) in numerous smaller, previously bypassed, or underperforming reservoirs outside North America that offer oil and gas operators a shorter-cycle path to production than new, frontier projects in undeveloped areas.

North America

North America Oil America Oman

Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”. Mr. Immelt’s point is that the spike in oil prices to $147/barrel in 2008 is not enough on its own to get automakers to make electric vehicles.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles Los Angeles Canada

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2010

Nor does this estimate include the use of transportation fuels in vehicles, which occurs throughout North America (NA); approximately two-thirds of oil sands products end up in the US. All told, they wrote, the well-to-wheel (WTW) emissions of oil sands products constitute roughly 2% of total emissions in Canada and the US.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Coal

IHS Markit: global oil production now expected to be cut by as much as 17 MMb/d in Q2 2020; the Great Shut-In

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2020

IHS Markit expects oil demand in the second quarter of 2020 to be 22 MMb/d less than a year ago. This collapse in demand combined with low oil prices, storage constraints and government ordered cuts are driving what is an extraordinary level of liquids production cuts and shut-ins around the world. There is no fixed equation.

Oil

Oil 2020 Global Oil Prices

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Furthermore, the Bio-BDO fermentation process operates near ambient pressure and temperature, thus providing a safer working environment. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 per million Btu.

Green

Green Market 2011 2020

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

High oil prices, persistent differences in gas and electricity prices between regions and rising energy import bills in many countries focus attention on the relationship between energy and the broader economy. Oil consumption is concentrated in just two sectors by 2035: transport and petrochemicals.

Oil

Oil 2013 Energy Emissions

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market’s swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor of existing ($100+ per barrel) prices. Prices rebounded to $60 for a few months, before falling once again below $50.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Oil Iraq Iran

The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

On the desalination front, Netherlands-based Salttech has developed breakthrough technology called Salttech DyVaR, for which STW has the exclusive license in North America. Blue’ technologies have also until now not been ‘green’ enough to make sense for the environment. But there is no turning back now. Everyone benefits.

Water

Water Oil Texas Gas

EV Driven

IHS Markit: conventional oil & gas discoveries at lowest levels in 70 years; major rebound unlikely

SK Innovation Q2 profit tops forecast, battery unit eyes EV demand recovery – ET Auto

IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

IHS Markit identifies 5 billion barrels of oil equivalent in short-cycle opportunities outside North America

Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

IHS Markit: global oil production now expected to be cut by as much as 17 MMb/d in Q2 2020; the Great Shut-In

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

The Game-Changing Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weiner

Stay Connected