In the monthly report published by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), global oil production increased by 30,000 barrels per day on average in August 2021 compared to the previous month, and became 95.69 million barrels/day, compared... 

For the global energy industry, China’s importance is hard to overstate. It is the world’s largest oil importer and is on course to be the largest gas importer this year. It accounts for about half the world’s coal consumption and almost a third... 

The transition to a lower carbon economy has been long promised but the reality remains elusive. There is no doubt that the costs of renewables — led by solar and onshore wind — are now materially cheaper than they ever have been, having fallen respectively... 

Royal Dutch Shell is heavily investing in research and development of artificial intelligence (AI), which it hopes will provide solutions to some of its most pressing challenges. From meeting the demands of a transitioning energy market, urgently in... 

1) Global coal demand will remain stable World coal consumption has never been higher than it was in 2013-14, but it seems that that level was a plateau rather than a peak. After declining over 2014-16, global coal demand started to pick up in 2017,...