The looming specter of “peak oil” has been a topic of intense debate for years. While some experts predict a rapid decline in global oil production, others maintain that the world’s energy supply will ...
The key international agency forecasting energy demand now says the current path will have consumption of oil and gas growing through 2050, as electric-vehicle adoption misses earlier estimates.
The idea of peak oil is familiar to most readers. It refers to the point at which global petroleum production reaches its maximum point and begins an irreversible decline. Turning to the United States ...
U.S. oil production may have peaked, signaling the end of the shale boom. Diamondback Energy and other major players report reduced drilling and fracking activity in the Permian Basin. Rising costs, ...
Global demand for oil and natural gas could grow until 2050, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, departing from previous expectations of a speedy transition to cleaner fuels following US ...
How much oil will the world need in future? It depends on when the planet reaches “peak oil”, that moment at which consumption hits a maximum and then starts to gradually tail off. The debate over ...
Leading energy consultancy's contrarian view on sustained oil demand growth gains mainstream acceptance as IEA and several other prominent forecasters revise projections WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2025 ...
Major oil companies anticipate that global oil demand will plateau slowly rather than decline sharply, maintaining the need for continued oil and gas production for decades. Despite initial shifts ...
Global demand for oil will not peak until 2030, according to BP – suggesting it will take longer than expected to switch away from fossil fuels. Its latest annual Energy Outlook pushes back the date ...
Get inspired for the second annual Sustainable Food & Farm Conference with a special screening of “The Power of Community: How Cuba survived peak oil” Jan. 13-20 at The Magic Theatre in Nevada City.
It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives. By Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer Year after ...
Oil and gas demand could continue to grow until the middle of the century, according to a new International Energy Agency scenario that shifts away from previous expectations of so-called peak oil ...