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This site is about the transformation of energy.
More specifically its about how the world primary energy mix will transform over the next few years, due to a combination of three things:
- developments in global energy policies
- the maturing of key alternative energy technologies: solar, wind and EVs
- the response of incumbent national and global energy companiesI have been in the energy industry for over 32 years with two major European oil and gas companies, and I'll use that background to inform the posts.
The site will be updated weekly and is intended to stimulate debate, reflect on key trends and issues, and maybe set some ideas in motion.
NB - All content and comment is my opinion only, and does not reflect the philosophy or beliefs of any firm I have worked for, or am working with.
I have no financial holding in any energy-based company.
Harry Benham
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- The Oxides of Oil: The Future Price of Oil Will be Determined as Much by Chemistry as Geopolitics
- Tesla’s Children: Tesla EVs are a sustaining technology for the automotive industry – and that changes everything
- Analysis or Advocacy? The IEA’s Global Energy Report Numbers Don’t Add Up
- Top Down: The Five Forces That Will Define the Oil Market – to 2023
- Nine Orders of Magnitude: Wind, Solar and Lithium Will Take It From Here
- Chronicle of A Peak Foretold
- Oslo and Beijing are Transforming the World of Transport – and Global Oil Demand
- Next Up – Why, if Norway is the highest growth EV Market in the world, is it using record amounts of diesel and gasoline ?
- Energy’s Winner of 2017: The World’s Largest Energy Consumer
- 2 + 2 = 4: The Energy Industry is now a battle between Technology and Ideology
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- Tesla’s Children: Tesla EVs are a sustaining technology for the automotive industry – and that changes everything | dollarsperbbl on The One Equation that Describes the EV Revolution – that No-one Uses
- Tesla’s Children: Tesla EVs are a sustaining technology for the automotive industry – and that changes everything | dollarsperbbl on Top Down: The Five Forces That Will Define the Oil Market – to 2023
- Top Down: The Five Forces That Will Define the Oil Market – to 2023 | dollarsperbbl on The One Equation that Describes the EV Revolution – that No-one Uses
- Nine Orders of Magnitude: Wind, Solar and Lithium Will Take It From Here | dollarsperbbl on Scale and Scalability: A One-Chart Guide to the Global Energy Transition
- Chronicle of A Peak Foretold | dollarsperbbl on Oslo and Beijing are Transforming the World of Transport – and Global Oil Demand
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Tag Archives: narratives
Top Down: The Five Forces That Will Define the Oil Market – to 2023
Near-term oil market analyses emphasise decline rates and pessimistic outlooks leading to looming supply gaps. However, a top-down view shows the opposite: the four major supply blocs – OPEC, Russia, US, IOCs – will all likely achieve near-term growth strategies, even as the more … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Technology, Industry Activity, Oil and Gas
Tagged demand, narratives, oil price, OPEC, reductionism
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Oslo and Beijing are Transforming the World of Transport – and Global Oil Demand
Norway’s niche high-growth EV market could be dismissed as a small outlier – were it not for the fact that the world’s largest car market is following its path. Our Friends in the North Norway is the world’s fastest growing … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Technology, Oil and Gas
Tagged demand, electric vehicles, gasoline, mathematics, narratives
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