Tag: oil
The Oil Price Shock and Other Dangers – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
Inflation is also a consequence of expectations – and these are currently such that everyone is expecting inflation. How can it be otherwise when the barrel of oil suddenly costs…
Bottlenecks are driving the prices of preliminary products up further
Wood storage, ball mill at Heidelberg Cement, copper Inflationary pressures are increasing due to higher commodity prices. (Photo: Getty Images, Heidelberg Cement, dpa) Zurich, Düsseldorf, Munich The price increases for…
Washington and the Strategic Oil Reserve – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
the persistently high oil price gives the United States the idea of a rare self-defense measure. The Washington government is discussing tapping into the country’s strategic oil reserve. The depots…
Environmental aid is also suing Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea The group is sued by Deutsche Umwelthilfe. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Umwelthilfe has now also filed a “climate action” against the oil and gas company Wintershall Dea after…
Can more oil ease Europe’s energy crisis?
Zurich Europe is groaning under the high energy prices – and no relief is to be expected from the gas markets: natural gas continued to rise in price on Monday.…
Europe’s dependence on OPEC is fatal
Oil tanks in Saudi Arabia The Kingdom tries to present itself as a reliable supplier to the importing countries. (Photo: Reuters) Shortly before the summit of the Opec-plus cartel in…
Heating costs will rise significantly this year
heating costs After years of falling prices, heating is likely to become more expensive again for households in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a forecast, many households in Germany…
For the first time in three years it is over $ 80
Oil production in northern Basra, Iraq Opec is in no hurry to ramp up production. (Photo: Essam Al Sudani) Zurich It’s a turning point. For the first time since 2018,…
US industry wants to curb gas exports
new York Not only in Europe, but also in the USA, there is a fear of rising energy prices in winter. The industry is already calling for the export of…
Ex-manager Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath becomes a board member at BP
Dusseldorf. Three weeks ago, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath surprised everyone by saying goodbye to RWE. After just one and a half years, she resigned from the position of head of the future…
Norway faces a climate choice
Erna Solberg The politician has been Prime Minister in Norway for eight years. (Photo: AP) Stockholm It is an unfamiliar role that Erna Solberg finds herself in these days. The…
More solar, less fracking: Biden relies on solar energy
As part of his agenda against climate change, President Joe Biden for the first time outlined in concrete terms what America’s envisaged energy transition should look like. According to this,…