2026 Projections
Projections coming soon!
For months, pundits have focused on rising production, mostly from US shales, sluggish demand, primarily from European stagnation and disappointing Chinese activity, aided by conspiratorial Saudi/OPEC intentions. And there is no doubt that some of this is true…last year, today, and probably over the near term. The underlying oil (physical) picture stands, roughly, at 91 …
Progress – and Challenges After some critical commentary about the program‘s progress, numerous reports have issued in recent days, proclaiming and analyzing the dramatic success of the first “commercial” gas development from China’s potentially huge shale reserves (estimated to be the world’s largest). In brief, Sinopoc (CNPC) has been producing from 21 “demonstration” wells …