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The 5 Countries That Could Push Oil Prices Up

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Oil prices appear to be stuck in the $50s per barrel, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t serious supply risks to the market. An unexpected disruption could occur at any moment, as has happened in the past, leading to a sudden and sharp jump in prices. by Nick Cunningham for Oilprice.com. bank Citi said. “The Nigeria.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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A key feature of the 2014 result was the rapid expansion of renewables into new markets in developing countries. billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey. The US was second at $38.3 Third came Japan, at $35.7 billion), India ($7.4

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RAND reports suggest US DoD use less petroleum fuel to deal with high prices, not count on alternatives

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Unless addressed, pipeline security issues will impede investment in Turkey, Bartis suggested. Turkey) or building new partnerships (e.g., In the lead report, Bartis notes that global oil supplies are finite and thus, at some point, oil production must peak. India) with current and prospective allies.

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Syrian oil ministry announces oil shale tender

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(In April 2010, regional partners established an Oil Shale Cooperation Centre in Jordan, the outcome of the workshop organized by the EU-funded Euro-Mediterranean Energy Market Integration Project ( MED-EMIP ). A more vigorous investigation on oil shale began in 1980, but was stopped in 1985 due to the decrease in oil prices.

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Strong Dollar Could Cap Oil Prices

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dollar poses an obstacle to further gains in oil prices. As Reuters points out , in dollar terms the price of Brent oil has climbed 9 percent this year, but in yuan terms oil is now nearly 14 percent more expensive. As capital flees some of these emerging markets and flows into safe haven assets, such as the U.S.