U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told a crowd of energy executives on Wednesday that even as the Biden administration targets a nationwide, carbon-neutral country by 2050, oil and natural gas is going to remain a part of the energy mix for years to come.
Reports of the shine going off the oil and natural gas sector with investors have been greatly exaggerated.
Pointing to key Biden administration policies to mitigate climate change, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm promised Wednesday that the United States would lead global energy transition.
Fears of a slowdown in the U.S. economy have pressured crude oil prices, setting them for what could end up being their worst weekly performance in five weeks.
OPEC is once again the most influential force in global oil supply – and will be so for the foreseeable future – now that U.S. shale production growth is slowing, American industry executives say.
Oil prices are trading flat on Thursday after two consecutive days in decline as a strike in France, a drop in U.S. crude inventories, and a faltering dollar offset fears over the economic impact of rising interest rates.
The leaders of the OPEC+ coalition, Russia and Saudi Arabia, pledged to continue close cooperation in oil policy in the group during a visit of Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister to Moscow on Thursday.
Crude oil prices moved up today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated an inventory draw of 1.7 million barrels for the week to March 3.
Energy shortages could have a more significant impact on the economy than originally anticipated.
According to the IEA, carbon emissions rose by less than initially anticipated in 2022, a development that the Agency puts down to a large increase in clean energy projects.