Oil Price: What Goes Up …
Low inventories, recovering demand and a muted supply response are behind surging energy prices and rising stock values of producers. Today’s picture looks similar to late 2018, when Brent spiked to ~$85/bbl and prompted bullish calls for $100/bbl oil. But that year, a wave of OPEC and U.S. supply growth hit and U.S./China trade tensions […]
Exploring the CCUS Opportunity Set
Over the past few quarters, interest has surged in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology. Policy enhancements are providing a pathway to viable carbon capture business models and have spurred a string of announced projects across the value chain. As companies begin screening for the most compelling opportunities for carbon capture, offtake and storage […]
Data Gathering — Effectively Improving Enverus’ Log Coverage
Geologists have used wireline logs as a tool for nearly 100 years to measure rock properties down a borehole — a fundamental need in analyzing the subsurface. Originally, these logs were printed on long sheets of paper and interpreted by hand with pencil crayons. This process was time-consuming for large-scale interpretation and often limited the […]
Project Tracking Review: Top 10 US Renewable Developers
Ambitions to electrify transportation, a rise in supportive federal incentives and continued participation of oil and gas companies in the electricity value chain have spurred a transformative shift in the energy industry. What might surprise some is the rapid pace of the change. Five years ago, clean power was viewed as a tumultuous and fragmented […]
Project Tracking Review: Top 10 US Solar Developers
Solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption is pushing boundaries in the U.S., despite recent headwinds and growth slowdowns caused by supply chain disruptions and economic challenges associated with COVID-19. Approximately 11.86 gigawatts (GW) of new solar PV became operational in 2020 — a record to date — and around a 68% increase from 2019 additions, according to […]
Vaca Muerta — Nothing Dead About These EURs
Over the last five years, oil production from the Vaca Muerta has increased a staggering 600%, all while total Argentine oil output has decreased by 5%. Ramping investments in the shale play — from not only YPF and supermajors, but also SMID and private operators — have nearly been able to stymie historical conventional declines. […]
Introducing Weekly Power & Renewables Price and Congestion Analysis
Enverus power market publications serve a large swath of power traders and utility professionals. From our granular twice-daily ISO updates to our bimonthly 90-day price forecasts, we are constantly innovating to bring our customers improved market insights. Understanding the macro fundamentals behind power market price movement and congestion is essential for many of our customers, […]
Breaking Down Enverus’ ESG Methodology
A company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) profile is notoriously difficult to define. The three categories are broad and can potentially include hundreds or even thousands of datapoints that make it difficult to decipher a company’s rating. This creates a challenge for investors and management teams to effectively engage on what initiatives will produce the […]
How Population Decline Could Impact the Energy Industry
In 1992, novelist P.D. James published “The Children of Men.” It is a brutal novel, set in 2021, about a world without births, where mankind is on the brink of extinction, the British government is unrecognizable, and hope for the future of an aging population has crumbled into a decaying spiral of suicides, crime and […]
Project Tracking Wind Power in Texas — Pick the Winners
Where are these Texas wind turbines everyone is talking about that keep the ERCOT power grid going? Who owns these wind farms in Texas? How much power is generated by these assets in the state of Texas today? We can answer all these questions and more in Enverus Power & Renewables’ latest tool for renewable […]