ABU DHABI / WAM The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), has projected an increase in the global demand for oil to 100.98 million barrels per day (mbpd) during 2020, an increase of 1.22 mbpd compared to the average production of 99.77 mbpd for 2019, according to the Organisation’s Monthly Oil Market Report for January. World oil production includes all …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’s begun talks with World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general Roberto Azevedo on changing the structure of the body, which he complained has been unfair to the US. Azevedo will travel to the US for negotiations, Trump said on Wednesday at a news conference to close his visit to the World Economic Forum annual conference in …

Bloomberg Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte and Swedish private equity firm EQT AB have formed a $500 million venture that will invest in solar and wind power generators across India. The O2 Power renewable energy platform, first reported by The Economic Times in November, will draw down on the funds over several years as it finds suitable deals, Temasek and EQT …