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.
Return of the P-word: the Government’s Electricity White Paper
Published: 14th July 2011| By: Malcolm Keay
The Government has published its White Paper on Electricity Market Reform, which reintroduces the concept of central planning for the UK energy system. Malcolm Keay examines the proposals and their implications for electricity markets in this country; this may not be the last word in market reform ….
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Applying belt and braces to EU energy policy
Published: 11th July 2011| By: David Buchan
New proposed rules to save energy are encroaching on the Emissions Trading Scheme. David Buchan examines the growing tension inherent in Europe’s belt and braces approach of trying to combine increasing regulation of energy efficiency and renewables with the market mechanism of the ETS. The simple solution would be to reduce the supply of ETS [...]
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Interlinking the Arab Gulf: Opportunities and Challenges of GCC Electricity Market Cooperation
Published: 5th July 2011| By: Laura El-Katiri
The GCC countries have experienced tremendous economic growth over the past decade as a result of high windfall revenues from their oil and natural gas exports. At the same time, the region’s own energy consumption, including of electricity, has risen fast, leading to various capacity bottlenecks in the short term with recurrent electricity outages along [...]
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Security of Gas Supply in South Eastern Europe: Potential Contribution of Planned Pipelines, LNG and Storage
Published: 5th July 2011| By: Anastasios Giamouridis, Spiros Paleoyannis
Much of the debate on European gas security which followed the Russia-Ukraine crisis of January 2009, neglected the fact that consumers which lost their gas supply were limited to countries in south Eastern Europe. Anastasios Giamouridis and Spiros Paleoyannis have reviewed the security of supply situation in the gas markets of South Eastern Europe by [...]
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Oil Market Dynamics in Turbulent Times
Published: 16th June 2011| By: Bassam Fattouh
This presentation analyses the impact of the recent oil market disruption on oil market dynamics and price behaviour. It makes the following observations. In historical perspective, the current oil market disruption has been small so far. However, the main concern for the market is the geopolitical context in which the disruption has occurred. There are [...]
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Does natural gas need a decarbonisation strategy?: The cases of the Netherlands and the UK
Published: 23rd May 2011| By: Floris van Foreest
A commonly heard view from European gas stakeholders is that low carbon supply sources – renewables, nuclear power and coal with carbon capture and storage – on the scale necessary to achieve carbon reduction targets over the next decade will be unrealistically expensive, and that gas will inevitably become the “default” choice for future power [...]
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Issue 84, May 2011
Published: 18th May 2011| By: OIES
Political Events in the Middle East and their Impact on Energy Robert Mabro, Helima L. Croft and Amrita Sen.Hakim Darbouche. John Hamilton and Emma Murphy WTI and Brent Benchmarks Edward L. Morse, Bob Levin Twenty Years of Producer–Consumer Dialogue Bassam Fattouh and Coby van der Linde
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Natural Gas in India: An Analysis of Policy
Published: 3rd May 2011| By: Anil Jain, Anupama Sen
In 2010, the Indian government increased the price of ‘administered’ gas to more than double its previous level, in a significant policy change. This move, whilst appearing to signal a reduction in distortions on one side of the policy equation (that is, the price paid to gas producers by marketing and retailing companies), highlights distortions [...]
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The Oil Trading Markets, 2003-2010: Analysis of market behaviour and possible policy responses
Published: 11th April 2011| By: Adair Turner, Jon Farrimond, Jonathan Hill
In this working paper, Adair Turner et al. consider price movements in the oil trading markets between 2003 and 2010, and provide an analysis of factors which potentially explain the significant trends in this period. The authors also discuss the impact of different forms of oil price volatility and propose the type that matters most [...]
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Oil Market and OPEC Behaviour: Looking Ahead
Published: 11th April 2011| By: Bassam Fattouh
In this presentation, Dr Fattouh considers six key questions that are important for any analysis of the future evolution of OPEC: In a falling market how tolerant is OPEC or some of its players to a decline in market share? Will OPEC remain passive to oil substitution policies as a result of energy security and [...]
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