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Oil Demand Growth to Continue, No Peak in sight, OPEC Secretary-General Says

Oil demand growth will remain robust over the next two and a half decades as the world population grows, OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said on Tuesday. The organization expects a 24% increase in the world’s energy needs between now and 2050, with oil demand surpassing 120 million barrels per day over that time …

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OPEC Secretary-General Takes Aim at Net-Zero Targets ‘Detached From Reality’

There’s no peak in global oil demand on the horizon and it will take trillions in investment in the coming decades to meet that need, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said Tuesday. Primary energy demand is forecast to rise by 24 per cent between now and 2050, surpassing 120 million barrels …

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Trump Poised to Repeal Biden Curb on Power-Plant Pollution

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy The Trump administration will propose scrapping Biden-era climate mandates requiring the nation’s power plants to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Environmental Protection Agency is also set to advance a plan for unwinding limits on mercury and …

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Data Centers Prompt US to Boost Power-Usage Forecast by 92%

By Will Wade US data centers are rapidly driving up demand for power, with the official forecast for electricity consumption next year almost doubling in the past month. Total power usage in the US is expected to climb 2.15% in 2026, spurred largely by a 5% spike from commercial users because of the expansion of …

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