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Daily (18.03.2024): Gas prices rose sharply on Friday, boosted by LNG supply concerns due to rising Asian demand
Oil prices retreated slightly on Friday as investors took profits after prices hit a four-month high on Thursday. Hence, the Brent crude oil stabilized at $85.34 a barrel, while WTI crude stood at slightly above $81 a barrel.
read more... 18/03/2024
Daily (15.03.2024): Oil prices rose to four-month highs on Thursday amid supply shortage worries
Oil prices increased by about 2% on Thursday, hitting their highest level in four months, boosted by new forecasts from the International Energy Agency (IEA) warning of potential supply shortages until year-end. The EIA report also revealed a notable 5.7-million-barrel decrease in gasoline stocks, the steepest decline since early November. Thus, the Brent crude oil stood at $85.42 a barrel, while WTI crude settled at $81.26 a barrel.
read more... 15/03/2024
Daily (14.03.2024): European carbon prices resumed their decline on Wednesday as investment funds cut short positions less than anticipated
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday, boosted by strikes on Russian refineries and a larger-than-expected drop in US crude and gasoline inventories. As a result, the Brent crude oil stood slightly above $84 a barrel, while WTI crude settled at $79.72 a barrel.
read more... 14/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
Daily (13.03.2024): Oil prices experienced a modest decline on Tuesday due to inflation and OPEC worries
On Tuesday, oil prices saw a slight decrease due to a higher than anticipated US inflation index, coupled with rising concerns over the compliance with OPEC production cap. Brent crude fell by 0.3% at $81.92 a barrel, while WTI crude slipped by 0.4% to $77.56 a barrel.
read more... 13/03/2024