Publications
The results of OIES research is published as working papers, energy comments, presentations and articles as well as commercially published books and monographs.
The views expressed in all OIES publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies or any of its Members.
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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Energy Efficiency – Should We Take It Seriously?
Published: 19th December 2011| By: Malcolm Keay
In this Paper, Malcolm Keay looks at governments’ uncritical reliance on energy efficiency to achieve multiple energy policy objectives. He concludes that most existing programmes are ill-directed, badly monitored and probably ineffective in reducing energy demand and emissions – indeed they may be diverting attention from more effective measures. A more targeted approach is needed [...]
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Oil and International Energy Markets
Published: 7th December 2011| By: OIES
Several members of OIES contributed articles to, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 27, Issue 1, Spring 2011, edited by Christopher Allsopp and Bassam Fattouh. Each issue concentrates on a current theme in economic policy, with a balance between macro- and microeconomics, giving a valuable appraisal of economic policies worldwide. Volume 27, Issue 1, focuses [...]
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BP, Russian billionaires, and the Kremlin: a Power Triangle that never was
Published: 23rd November 2011| By: Shamil Midkhatovich Yenikeyeff
In this Comment, Dr Shamil Yenikeyeff analyses the reasons for the collapse of BP’s Arctic partnership with the Russian state company Rosneft. He argues that the BP–Rosneft deal was inauspicious even before it was signed due to the history of the Kremlin’s reluctance to back BP plc in its often uneasy relations with the AAR [...]
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Domestic Gas Prices in Russia – Towards Export Netback?
Published: 4th November 2011| By: James Henderson
This paper, by James Henderson, concludes that Russian domestic gas prices are not likely to reach European netback levels any time soon, but that the momentum of the past five years towards significantly higher domestic prices will continue, leading to an eventual liberalization of the Russian gas market. Over the next decade, this could create [...]
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Expanding the European dimension in energy policy: the Commission’s latest initiatives
Published: 28th October 2011| By: David Buchan
The European Commission has broken new ground in proposing to streamline national planning approval of vital energy infrastructure, use EU funds to leverage private finance for such networks and to negotiate foreign pipelines on the EU’s behalf. These initiatives coincide awkwardly with the eurozone crisis. But David Buchan broadly endorses Brussels’ attempt to kick-start implementation [...]
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Issue 85, August 2011
Published: 4th October 2011| By: OIES
Nuclear Energy post Fuklushima Malcolm Grimston Gordon Mackerron Malcolm Keay Interconnecting the GCC States Laura El-Katiri Oil and Gas Resources Bassam Fattouh James Henderson Juan Carlos Boue
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