Energy Investment

Energy powers the world economy, lifts people from poverty, elevates living standards, and allows societies to prosper. Investment in energy technologies, R&D and infrastructure is critical for stable energy markets and for an orderly transition to clean energy

Energy transitions are slow and a decade of poor financial performance by energy companies, coupled with historic low returns for oil and gas companies has resulted in underinvestment in oil and gas supply, contributing to current energy market uncertainties and price volatilities.

IEF Investment Reports

The IEF along with partners have produced reports on the state of investment in the energy sector and future outlooks for investment and the energy market.

Investment Crisis Threatens Energy Security
A report by the International Energy Forum and IHS Markit
Oil and Gas Investment in the New Risk Environment
An International Energy Forum Report with Boston Consulting Group

Deepening Underinvestment in Hydrocarbons Raises Spectre of Continued Price Shocks and Volatility

Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity, and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS Markit.
Investment Crisis Threatens Energy Security

The oil and gas industry faces a significant, double challenge of increasing annual upstream investment to near $525 billion by 2030 and increasing investment in an environment of unprecedented uncertainty and risk
Three Research Priorities As The World Rethinks Global Energy Governance

In the second in a series of articles on the IEF’s research program, Dr Leila R. Benali, Chief Economist at the International Energy Forum, lays out the agenda for the forum’s governance-related work.
Oil and Gas Investment in the New Risk Environment

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest oil and gas demand shock in history, but its repercussions are likely to extend through a future supply shock as oil and gas companies curtail their spending on upstream operations. Download the IEF BCG Investment Report.
New IEF Report Warns Oil and Gas Investment Cuts Will Spur Higher Prices and Volatility

The International Energy Forum (IEF) today released a new joint report with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) that warns weak energy demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent investment cuts by companies will have repercussions through a future supply shock.
ADIPEC Virtual 2020: Reductions in Energy Investments Threaten Economic Recovery

The disruptive force of the coronavirus pandemic has reduced demand for oil and gas worldwide, and is appreciably decreasing total energy investments, likely reducing the available options for a global economic recovery.
Energy Security & Stable Markets After COVID-19

Dialogue and collaboration among producers and consumers were instrumental to absorb the impact of various energy market disruptions in the past and underpins investment in longer-term energy market stability.