Booms and bust cycles are very much a part of investing in the fossil fuel sector. In previous energy downturns, prices frequently experienced serious slumps, but oil and gas companies mostly kept faith in their biggest asset: Oil and gas reserves buried deep in the ground. But things are markedly different this time around. The Oil Age has powered the world for well over a century. There have been two general thought about how it will ultimately end

1. IS THIS END OF CRUDE
OIL INDUSTRY?
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2. “Booms and bust cycles are very much a part of investing in the fossil
fuel sector. In previous energy downturns, prices frequently
experienced serious slumps, but oil and gas companies mostly kept
faith in their biggest asset: Oil and gas reserves buried deep in the
ground. But things are markedly different this time around.
The Oil Age has powered the world for well over a century. There have
been two general thought about how it will ultimately end.
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3. IMPACT OF FALLING
OIL PRICES:
▪ Temporary phenomenon
▪ Will increase the oil consumption
▪ Low price will make unconventional oil
exploration absolute.
▪ Will make market difficult for the EVs
▪ Will make market for competitive and free
▪ With free market the oil consumption will
increase.
▪ Will no cartel price will fall which makes oil an
attractive option.
▪ Will improve technology and help in increasing
production
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FUNCTIONING OF OIL
CARTEL:
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4. INCREASES IN EVS
ANDRIDE-SHARING
Fast forward a few years, and a new version of the end of oil began to take hold. In
this version, exponential increases in electric vehicles (EVs) and ride-sharing are
predicted to be two key factors that will make oil obsolete.
In this version, oil prices plunge as demand starts to fall. This is the exact opposite
of the peak oil argument, where oil prices surge as supply starts to fall.
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5. ARE WE THERE
YET?
I don’t think so, but it is hard to say what the lingering
impact on oil demand will be from the coronavirus
pandemic. When oil demand dropped during the
2008-2009 financial crisis, it bounced back strongly in
2010. I am not so sure that’s going to happen this time.
This pandemic seems destined to change our world in a
number of ways, and some of those ways involve lower
oil demand.
The Paris Climate Agreement set to limit global warming
to no more than below 2 degrees by the turn of the
century if our planet is to avoid catastrophic and
irreversible climate change. But here's the alarming news:
Our current trajectory shows that we are heading for a
3.2 degrees temperature rise by 2100, which gives us a
tiny 10-year window to severely curtail our greenhouse
gas emissions or forever face the consequences of our
folly.
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6. ARJUN REGHU20191005
MBA E&I, SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT
PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
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