Tag Archives: outlook

How fast LNG will conquer the marine fuel market

Over the past week, here at DNV, we have done another market analysis to assess how fast LNG will win into the marine fuel market. I am not at liberty to share the results, but it got me thinking about … Continue reading

Forecast marine fuel prices

The single most important input to any economic comparison of future fuel options is the price of these fuels. For a ship, the fuel can represent between 50% and 70% of the total costs of owning and operating that ship. … Continue reading

Energy and the world economy

OK, that heading indicates some pretty big and fluffy thinking for today’s blog post. But I just can’t help but wonder how it all connects when so much is happening. Last week I talked about the consequences of dirt cheap … Continue reading

The role of natural gas in the future energy mix

For a long time, a big theme of the energy industry has been a swing towards natural gas, it’s even being branded The Natural Gas Revolution. This cleanest of the fossil fuels has grown faster than other energy sources, first … Continue reading

Outlook season in the energy industry

As usual, the oil and gas companies are now publishing their own forecasts for the energy industry. I mentioned this when I discussed IEA’s World Energy Outlook some weeks ago, and I said the rest of the analysts will now … Continue reading

2013 Outlook: Hopefully some surprises in the natural gas industry

I like to start the new year trying to make sense of what will happen in the year ahead, not that I will get it right, but at least the exercise of thinking about it is valuable. So here we … Continue reading

The LNG fuelled fleet will double every second year

Clearly, the fleet of LNG fuelled ships is not growing as fast as we have predicted earlier. I believe the main reason is that shipping markets in general are pretty slow these days – not many ships are being ordered. … Continue reading

What the World Energy Outlook is missing

I just can’t leave this topic of the World Energy Outlook until I have made my usual “don’t listen to the analysts” warning. As expected, in the days following IEA’s publication there have been a lot of reporting of their … Continue reading

World Energy Outlook – Natural gas stands out from fossil fuels

Day 2 of reporting on IEA’s World Energy Outlook: Natural gas is the only fossil fuel to continue growing through the entire period 2012 to 2035. Growth is driven by non-OECD, with China, of course, taking the lead. Chinese demand is projected … Continue reading

World Energy Outlook – Fossil fuels will prevail

The International Energy Agency (IEA) have published their yearly World Energy Outlook, and today I have skimmed through the 690-page report. There is a lot to talk about, so I will break this into two blog posts. Today, we take … Continue reading