Russia’s Coal Exports, Production Hit Five-Year High In 2018
Russia’s production and exports of coal hit last year their highest levels since 2013, according to S&P Global Platts estimates of data from Russia’s Energy Ministry. Russian coal exports increased last year by 3.4 percent compared to 2017, to reach 191 million mt—the highest level since S&P Global Platts started collecting data on Russia’s coal industry in […]
America’s Remarkable Dual Achievement In Energy
America’s “Generation Energy” has achieved something that seemed impossible: an increase in energy consumption coupled with a consistent decline in carbon dioxide emissions to the lowest in several decades. That’s what the chief executive of the American Petroleum Institute told a news conference at the annual State of American Energy address. “Every generation has its own […]
There Is Still Room To Run For Oil Prices
“The oil market looks to be broadly balanced in 2019, an improvement on 2018 which turned out oversupplied,” Morgan Stanley analysts Martijn Rats and Amy Sergeant wrote in a note. “This supports a partial oil price recovery.” The investment bank says that the plunge in oil prices has “overshot,” with the selloff having been magnified […]
Why Goldman Just Drastically Slashed Its Oil Price Prediction
Goldman Sachs reduced its outlook for oil prices this year citing abundant supply, Bloomberg reports, quoting a note to clients. The investment bank’s analysts now expect Brent crude to average US$62.50 a barrel this year, down from an earlier projection of US$70 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate, according to Goldman Sachs, will average US$55.50 a barrel, […]
The Natural Gas Crash Isn’t Over
Natural gas prices have fallen sharply after spiking to multi-year highs in late 2018, and prices could fall further still. The U.S. entered the peak winter demand season with gas inventories at a 15-year low, which left the natural gas markets vulnerable to unexpected bouts of cold weather. In November, Henry Hub natural gas prices jumped as […]
