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By Rhod Mackenzie

The undeclared conflict between OPEC and the autonomous US shale firms that persisted in recent years has ended with the triumph of the oil cartel. Unexpectedly, it was the major oil and gas companies were responsible for OPEC's triumph , as they are currently buying up every sig...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The Asia-Pacific region's (APR) share of global oil and gas condensate imports is set to increase from 64% in 2022 to nearly 72% by 2045, according to OPEC's annual report, World Oil Outlook 2045 (WOO). Accordingly, oil and gas condensate supplies to the region will surge by 9.6...

By Rhod Mackenzie

OPEC disagrees with the forecast of the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, that demand for fossil fuels will peak and decline by 2030, the organisation said.

Earlier in the week, Birol wrote about the future of fossil fuels in a Financial Times column,...