‘'Age of electricity' to follow looming fossil fuel peak’’: Analysis or Science Fiction?
18 Oct 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 18 October 2024--In launching its World Energy Outlook 2024 (WEO), the IEA stated that “the future of the global energy system is electric.” This follows its assertion that demand for coal, oil and gas will peak by the end of the decade. Furthermore, the IEA’s Executive Director stated, “In energy history, we’ve witnessed the Age of Coal and the Age of Oil – and we’re now moving at speed into the Age of Electricity, which will define the global energy system.”
Read moreOPEC to hold its 9th International Seminar in Vienna on 9-10 July 2025
03 Jul 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 3 July 2024--The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will host the 9th OPEC International Seminar at the Imperial Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria, on 9-10 July 2025, under the theme “Charting Pathways Together: The Future of Global Energy”.
Read moreOPEC launches its 2024 Annual Statistical Bulletin
02 Jul 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 2 July 2024--The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) today launched the 2024 edition of its Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB).
Read moreOPEC’s Annual Statistical Bulletin 2024 to be launched on 2 July
01 Jul 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 1 July 2024--The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will launch the 2024 edition of its Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB) on Tuesday, 2 July 2024, at 14:00 at the OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. The event will be held in a hybrid format.
Read moreAl Ghais: Peak oil demand not on the horizon
13 Jun 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 13 June 2024--In a recent article published by Energy Aspects, HE Haitham Al Ghais, OPEC Secretary General, emphasized that oil is set to play a key role in human lives for years and decades to come. “Peak oil demand is not on the horizon,” he stated.
Read moreAl Ghais: It’s about reducing emissions, not oil demand
26 Apr 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 26 April 2024--OPEC Secretary General, HE Haitham Al Ghais, wrote an opinion piece for the media platform Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) entitled “It’s about reducing emissions, not oil demand”, in which he challenged recent narratives alluding to “the end of oil”.
Read moreOil Security: vital for all
13 March 2024 | Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria, 13 March 2024--We took note of the International Energy Agency (IEA) reaffirming the significance of oil security to energy transitions in its most recent commentary: ‘A strong focus on oil security will be critical throughout the clean energy transition’.
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