Outstanding quotes from SPIEF 2021: Forum participants on energetics

Accenture experts conducted a large-scale study of the prospects for achieving the goals set in the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the role of the energy sector in achieving them.

COVID-19 has created a demand shock in the oil market as social distancing reduces movement and daily travel for more and more of us each day. At present, most of the reporting agencies expect oil demand growth this year to be largely flat, well below the 1.2 million barrels/day (mmb/d) expected just a few months ago. And this demand growth forecast will likely be revised down further as large gatherings are cancelled, schools shut their doors, and companies implement policies to encourage or mandate working from home.

The study prepared by experts of the Analytical Credit Rating Agency (ACRA) analyzed data on consumption and debt dynamics in the Russian wholesale and retail electricity markets in early 2021.

The National Rating Agency presents a study of the gold mining industry in Russia in 2020. The article examines aspects such as investment demand, financial results of Russian gold mining companies, as well as the state of the global gold supply amid restrictions due to measures to counter the spread of COVID-19.