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On Oil Embargos and the Myth of the Iranian Oil Weapon
Published: 10th February 2012
By: Laura El-Katiri, Bassam Fattouh
The exchange of threats between Iran and the West vis-à-vis Iranian oil exports to European and other consumer countries has received wide attention among policy makers and analysts; IMF officials predict that crude oil prices could increase by as much as 30 percent in case of a halt of Iran’s exports to OECD countries, and [...]
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Natural Gas Price Volatility in the UK and North America
Published: 2nd February 2012
By: Sofya Alterman
Lacking a commonly held definition, volatility is an often over-generalised term with different meanings to different constituencies. This does not detract from the importance of the subject. To traders volatility is a source of revenue, to energy intensive industrial end-users it is often perceived as a threat. Midstream utilities actively work to risk-manage volatility in [...]
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Issue 86, November 2011
Published: 31st January 2012
By: OIES
Technological Challenges and Developments by Ivan Sandrea, David Bamford, Petrobras and Boston Consulting Group, Michelle Michot Foss, Trisha Curtis, Samer Ashgar, Robert G. Skinner, Franz B. Ehrhardt, Tara Shirvani and Oliver R. Inderwildi.
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Rosneft – On the Road to Global NOC Status?
Published: 19th January 2012
By: James Henderson
Since the election of Vladimir Putin as president of Russia in 2000 Rosneft has become one of the cornerstones of the strategy for the Russian state to retake control over the ‘commanding heights’ of the economy, and in particular the energy sector. However, having now established itself as a global-scale oil company, Rosneft faces a [...]
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The Impact of a Globalising Market on Future European Gas Supply and Pricing: the Importance of Asian Demand and North American Supply
Published: 9th January 2012
By: Howard Rogers
In contrast to the majority of European gas analysis which has tended to concentrate on security issues narrowly defined as dependence on Russian gas supplies, this study shows how changes in North American gas supply and Asian gas demand over the next 15 years can create fundamentally different outcomes for European supply, demand and pricing. [...]
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The Outlook for U.S. Gas Prices in 2020: Henry Hub at $3 or $10?
Published: 21st December 2011
By: Michelle Michot Foss
In this paper Michelle Foss concludes that Henry Hub gas prices could credibly be as low as $3/MMbtu, or as high as $10/MMbtu in 2020 but that the balance of likelihoods is for a price late this decade which is significantly higher than the current $3-4/MMbtu levels of 2011. Michelle Foss’ study looks at the [...]
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Back to the Future: Electricity Market Reform Update
Published: 20th December 2011
By: Malcolm Keay
The Government has published what is called a “technical update” to its electricity market reform White Paper. This Comment by Malcolm Keay analyses the new proposals and their implications. Many important questions about the new system remain unanswered, but the overall direction is clear – towards a planned electricity system whose function is to deliver [...]
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Peering into the future fog of CO2 – how road maps can help
Published: 20th December 2011
By: David Buchan
The term ‘road map’ is proliferating in energy and climate policy to denote any policy or aspiration projected into the future. Connie Hedegaard, Europe’s environment commissioner, hailed the Durban conference agreement as a ‘road map’ to an eventual global climate deal. This contrasts with the far more detailed road maps that she and her European [...]
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