Oil and Gas Industry

Oil And Gas: Private Equity Backs Up The Truck

The International Energy Forum has called on companies to raise investment in oil (USO) and natural gas (UNG) production to $523 billion a year by the end of this decade to prevent a surge in energy prices and economic unrest. They pointed out how spending on oil and gas projects slumped 30% to $309 billion in 2020 and had only recovered slightly in 2021. Now, you may dismiss these by saying that IEF is close to oil giant Saudi Aramco, and that their business interests are aligned in this matter.

Today’s Energy Crisis Is Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before

Back in 2005, the world economy was “humming along.” World growth in energy consumption per capita was rising at 2.3% per year in the 2001 to 2005 period. China had been added to the World Trade Organization in December 2001, ramping up its demand for all kinds of fossil fuels. There was also a bubble in the US housing market, brought on by low interest rates and loose underwriting standards.