From “Today in Energy”:
The IEA weighs in on shale… WSJ
The Wall Street Journal reports on today’s release of the IEA’s monthly oil supply/demand report: ”Shale producers “cut costs dramatically” during
The IEA’s Oil Market Report is out…
The summary is here... ”Our demand growth estimate for 2017 remains strong at 1.6 mb/d, reinforced by November data for the US. For 2018, the more
Big batteries as peaking plants… WSJ
This article from today’s Wall Street Journal, by Russell Gold, discusses the use of batteries to store power and release it during peak demand
Trading market volatility… Financial Times
Joe Rennison, Robin Wigglesworth and Miles Johnson describe what happened to vol traders here... Note the increase in “vega” over
Podcast: February 2018 Oil Market Analysis
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