Hi friends,

I'm an oil analyst who has been in the industry for some years and have been part of many discussions on climate, energy and whatnot. I feel that those discussions have become very politicized (calling out the obvious here) and often lack or ignore any basics of how the energy system, CO2 emissions etc. work – ignorance that in my view is also increasingly posing a threat to notably Europe as it imo has translated into very shortsighted policies.

Either way, I've also not seen much content that delves into the nitty-gritty of energy, oil & climate without being too boring or in my view missing some key elements, so decided to start my own Youtube channel on this. Wanted to share it with you folks if it should be of interest – https://www.youtube.com/@CC.Philip

Feel free to subscribe, new videos on a weekly or biweekly basis (still have to figure that out lmao) – usually a deepdive into specific energy-related topics. First videos are on

(1) Why Shell's role in climate change may be overrated ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqOY_uvK_6c&t=63s )

(2) Deepdive into the UAE oil industry ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3xyYMO098&t=2s )

(3) How Saudi Aramco was created ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60W1Ze0QZJI&t=769s )

(4) Why China's oil demand may be peaking soon and why it matters ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0lS-RpdD90&t=12s )

Apologies for the shameless plug, but thought it would be genuininly of interest to some of you. 🙂

China's oil demand peaking & others
byu/VolumeUnlucky9888 inenergy



by VolumeUnlucky9888

5 comments

  1. Didnt watch all of them, but its going to be a while before China Peeks in oil use. Let alone coal or any other resource. Much like Trump, China also does use whatever energy it can use as well. With that said, there has been a decline in both population and production in recent years that will help curve the need. Yet, they are always trying to become the world factory, so while they might struggle now, they will look into other ways to use the energy as needed.

  3. Fantastic.

    The climate & energy space has really been short of people who are convinced that they alone hold the truth, and that loads of experts are wrong; and their response is to start up their own podcast or youtube channel.

    Weirdly, this is also true of crypto; politics; and, well, pretty much every field that any random man has ever held an opinion in. Which turns out to be all of them.

    /s, obvs.

  4. Question speaking of coal. On the steel making side I have seen a new process China has come up with using iron dust which works with low grade iron ore plus they don’t need coal or really low volumes. Seems crazy if it’s real

  5. In terms of China, not sure if you are getting all the information as an increasingly large portion of the oil trade is happening outside the western/dollar trading systems. Done through bilateral trades with Middle East and Russia using local CcY/RMB? Much of that info is opaque outside of China Mainland so it would be great if someone could pull the pieces together to paint a complete picture.

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