Category: Report

September 29 2020

China’s Long Road to Carbon Neutrality Will Reshape World Economy

As the world’s largest carbon emitter and energy consumer, China’s yet-unknown pathway to carbon neutrality is certain to disrupt the globe’s energy economy from Dhahran to Queensland to Sand Hill Road and everywhere in between.

September 28 2020

Aveva-OSISoft Merger Creates an Industrial Software Giant

Aveva's acquisition of OSISoft will create a leader in asset data collection, storage and analysis.

September 28 2020

The Outlook for the World’s Largest Biofuels Market

The U.S. is the world’s largest biofuels market. Yet the growth potential of conventional biofuels is limited, and there is a growing need for biofuel producers and policymakers to adapt to changing demand dynamics.

September 22 2020

Schlumberger Extends Digital Leadership With Red Hat Deal

Schlumberger's partnership with IBM's Red Hat is an important step in moving the oil sector to the cloud. In the past year, Schlumberger has put digital products front and center of its strategy.

September 21 2020

Economics Alone Could Drive Greece to a Future Powered by Renewables

Greece can transform its power system away from heavy reliance on fossil fuels to potentially become one of the leaders of the energy transition in Europe by 2030, according to BNEF's Greece Market Outlook.

September 14 2020

The Fundamental Drivers Behind Henry Hub’s Natural Gas Rally

Henry Hub closed August at $2.58/MMBtu - this represents a 40% upswing in the front month contract in 30 days.

September 10 2020

China’s Ganfeng to Be Largest Lithium Hydroxide Producer

Ganfeng Lithium announced an agreement with Jiangxi Special Electric Motor (Jiangte) to take over the operations and management of three lithium chemical converter plants from October 2020 to March 2023.

September 10 2020

Japan Dives to Secure Cobalt and Nickel in the Ocean

Japan Oil, Gas & Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC) confirmed that it has conducted the world’s first successful excavation test of a cobalt-rich crust on the seabed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

September 10 2020

U.S. Driving Season Suffers Hit From Covid-19 Pandemic

Driving activity in the U.S. has recovered somewhat since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, but still rests well below business-as-usual expectations. The recovery is more pronounced in some states than others.

September 3 2020

Vale to Install Brazil’s Largest Battery Storage System

Brazilian mining giant Vale is partnering with Siemens and MicroPower Comerc on a 5MW/10MWh lithium-ion battery system at a large port facility in Rio de Janeiro.