Energy Geopolitics
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage finally catches the spotlight
The recent Green House Gas Technologies Summit (GHGT), the biggest global event on carbon capture, was a good place to reflect on a technology...
Kenya Charts Path to Achieving Universal Access to Electricity
Kenya has achieved substantial progress in economic, social, and human development over the past decade. Significant progress has also been made in the energy...
Why No Questions Asked About Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Project
November 19 saw the completion of the offshore section of the 1,800-kilometer Turkish Stream pipeline to supply Russian natural gas to Turkey. Mentioning the...
Jordan and Palestine: Shaping a New Energy Path for Economic Development
Energy resources can deliver financial benefits, and present new prospects for the economic development of Palestine and Jordan.
The potential for meaningful Palestinian gas resources...
Efficiency should always be the first answer
Authors: Kevin Lane and Armin Mayer*
While the world is becoming more energy efficient, strong global growth is offsetting those gains. As a result, we...
The energy sector should care about wastewater
Today is World Toilet Day, an opportunity to raise awareness about the global sanitation crisis. About 4.5 billion people around the world still lack...
Renewables offer G20 countries the best opportunity to achieve climate goals
The IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C, released in October 2018, was unequivocal: urgent global action at an unprecedented scale...
Crunching the numbers: Are we heading for an oil supply shock?
In the detailed energy model that underpins WEO 2018, new sources of oil supply steadily come online at the right time to meet changes...
Is nuclear energy essential for deep decarbonization?
The world is not on track to meet the target of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 'well below' 2°C. Participants at...
The impact of U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil industry, market in focus
Right from the day Trump withdrew from Iran’s nuclear deal, announcing his plan for cutting Iranian oil exports to zero, the oil scholars and...