Global Energy Briefing No 180: International Energy Markets in August/September (Deutsch/English)

By |Monday, 16 September 2019|

All you need to know: Our first newsletter after the summer break, Global Energy Briefing No 180 (32pp) covers the latest trends in international oil, gas and coal markets, including the attack on the oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.

We provide a first assessment of the Abqaiq assault and look at the overall oil supply and demand picture. Our second focus is the stubborn weakness of European gas markets and the (related) trends in global LNG markets. Finally, we examine the events in global […]

Global Energy Briefing No 179: International Energy Markets in July (Deutsch/English)

By |Friday, 19 July 2019|

All you need to know: Our second July newsletter Global Energy Briefing No 179 (32pp) covers the latest trends in international oil, gas and coal markets. We focus on recent oil price movements, OPEC and US shale oil outlook; the second focus is on European gas and global LNG markets as well as the recent coal revival in Asia. We conclude

Global Energy Briefing No 178: World Energy Statistics – The Race between Renewable and Fossil Energy

By |Thursday, 11 July 2019|

Our early July newsletter Global Energy Briefing (No.178, 14pp) is based on the results of BP´s recent "Statistical Review of World Energy 2019". The short newsletter presents the most interesting numbers and findings in a limited number of easily comprehensible charts - ideal for presentation or illustration.

Global Energy Briefing No 177: Big Energy Companies – Strategies, Benchmarks, News (deutsch/english)

By |Tuesday, 25 June 2019|

Our June newsletter Global Energy Briefing (No.177, 32pp) focuses on our sample of 100 global big energy companies.
Topics are among others: Downstream strategies of Western oil majors and NOCs....the consolidation of the global wind industry...re-positioning strategies of leading PV cell/module...transition steps of European utilities...
Companies featured in this newsletter:
- Saudi Aramco, OMV, Adnoc, Chevron, Phillips 66, Petrobras, Devon, CNRL, Wintershall DEA, Anadarko, Adani,
- Gazprom, Novatek,
- Xinjiang Goldwind, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, Suzlon, Ming Yang, SEwind (Shanghai Electric), Brookfield,
- LONGi Solar, URE, GCL Poly,
- Enel, Engie, EDF, Statkraft, Eletrobras, EDP, Iberdrola,
- CATL, SK Innovation, Northvolt

Saudi Aramco: Net profits of $111 billion

By |Thursday, 13 June 2019|

Saudi Aramco published its financial numbers for 2018. They dwarf even the largest Western and Chinese oil majors in some respects: Net income 2018: $111.1bn (+46% year on year) Revenues 2018: $355.9bn (+35% year on year)...

Utilities: Power giant Enel exits Russian coal

By |Friday, 7 June 2019|

Italian power giant Enel has announced the sale of Russia´s largest coal plant Reftinskaya (3.8 GW) to leading Siberian power and heat utility Kuzbassenergo, owned by SGC (SUEK), for "at least" RUB21bn (approx. $320m). Enel is the 2nd largest global utility. The company recently...

Strategies of Global Energy Companies: Leaders & Laggards

By |Tuesday, 30 April 2019|

We announced it in our 10-Year-Anniversary newsletter post: Strategies of big energy companies will be our second focus, complementing our analysis of international energy markets.

This happens against the background of two mega-trends in the energy sector:
(1) the global energy transition towards low-carbon solutions and renewable energy
(2) the melting-away of traditional industry boundaries: new and established players cross industry borders and develop new business models.

In our database we will try to cover the rapid changes across the sectors: from the leading […]

10 Jahre Global Energy Briefing

By |Wednesday, 17 April 2019|

Zehn Jahre Global Energy Briefing. Der Newsletter ist jetzt im 11. Jahrgang und gehört damit schon zu den “dienstältesten” deutschsprachigen Newsletter im Bereich Energiemärkte.

Seine Alleinstellungsmerkmale sind der explizit internationale Fokus von China über Europa bis zu den USA, sowie die breite Abdeckung der Energiewelt vom Öl bis zur Photovoltaik.

Ab diesem Jahrgang gibt es zwei Veränderungen:

(1) Neben die Marktanalysen treten jetzt Strategieanalysen der führenden Energiekonzerne der Welt, insbesondere unter dem Blickwinkel der globalen Energy Transition.

(2) Schon seit Jahresbeginn erscheint der Newsletter […]

Global Energy Briefing No 174: International Energy Markets & Company Strategies (DEU/ENG)

By |Wednesday, 17 April 2019|

German + English Edition Available!

Our April newsletter Global Energy Briefing (No.174, 53pp) covers two topics:

A. Prices and market balance in the oil, gas and hard coal markets worldwide.

B. Company strategies and market trends in fossil and renewable energy markets (including EV and batteries).

Some focus topics of this issue are:
(a) Price divergence between fuels has further deepened: Oil, carbon up, gas, coal down; price outlook Brent
(b) the changing character of the US gas market; gas flaring in the Permian

c) Global oil […]

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