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Volcanoes Today, 15 May 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Marapi, Reventador, Poas

Published: 15 May 2025
Categories: Global Volcano Activity

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Volcanoes Today, 15 May 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Popocatépetl, Semeru, Ibu, Dukono, Marapi, Reventador, Poas

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Satellite image of Suwanose-jima volcano on 15 May 2025

Satellite image of Ibu volcano on 15 May 2025

Satellite image of Semeru volcano on 15 May 2025

Satellite image of Marapi volcano on 15 May 2025

The ash-laden plume could be seen rising from the Marapi volcano yesterday (image: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi)

Satellite image of Dukono volcano on 15 May 2025

Sakurajima (Kyushu, Japan): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: EXPLODED AT 20250515/1238Z FL120 EXTD E OBS VA DTG:15/1250Z

Suwanose-jima (Ryukyu Islands): Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: VA IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE IN SATELLITE IMAGERY.

Ibu (Halmahera, Indonesia): Explosive activity continues. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 7000 ft

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EIA forecasts world oil consumption growth to slow amid less economic activity

Published: 15 May 2025
Categories: US Energy Information Administration

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In-brief analysis

May 15, 2025

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), May 2025, and Oxford Economics
Note: Excludes 2020 and 2021 as outlier years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We forecast consumption growth of crude oil and other liquid fuels will slow over the next two years, driven by a slowdown in economic growth, particularly in Asia, in our May Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

The world economy, measured by GDP, increases 2.8% in 2025 and 2026 in our forecast. Excluding the years of global economic contraction in 2020 and 2009, these economic growth rates would be the lowest since 2008. Considerable uncertainty over world trade, manufacturing, and investment points to downside risk in economic growth, which has a direct effect on oil consumption.

Economic activity uses energy. Increases in population,

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