Since its publication in February 2016, investors have used the ARC Method to understand how their crude oil assets compare to others on a carbon intensity basis and to quantify the cost of future policy on their investment returns. In the absence of a method for measuring greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions, investors in crude oil […]
This week’s ARC SnapChart plots the comeback of OPEC’s crude oil production. After hitting record high output last November at 33.4 MMB/d, OPEC and Russia agreed to production cuts. As a result, OPEC’s production dropped at the start of this year. However since then, the group’s output has been increasing. The biggest cause of the […]
Hurricane Harvey is looking like it could be just as devastating as Katrina was in 2005. The following ARC SnapChart looks back on Katrina’s impact on oil and gas markets in 2005, helping to frame the potential consequences that can result from tragic storms in the energy-rich US Gulf Coast. Katrina landed in the United […]
The political crisis in Venezuela continues to escalate. With this past Sunday’s controversial election behind him, President Nicolás Maduro is expected to implement sweeping changes to the country’s political system to give him greater powers and erode democracy. Venezuelan oil production has already been declining as a consequence of the escalating political and economic crisis […]
