Oxford Institute for Energy Studies & St Antony's College

OIES Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series

A rapidly changing global energy scene, dominated by volatile oil and gas prices, the emergence of powerful new consumers in the Asia-Pacific region, reserve depletion within the OECD and the instability in the energy producing regions, caused by domestic, regional and international political actions, have contributed to the instability of energy markets. This seminar series, run in association with St. Antony's College, Oxford, will focus on the role played by geopolitics in the energy sector.

Geopolitics refers to the way geography, politics, and economics influence international relations, individual countries, their foreign policies, as well as their economic and political security.

Most of the lectures in this seminar will be given by high-level guest speakers with special expertise and experience in the energy field.

Wednesdays, 5 p.m. Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road

23 April	Dr Valerie Marcel Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme, Chatham House	Oil Titans: National Oil Companies of the Middle East
30 April	Dr Bassam Fattouh Director of the MSc in Management for the Middle East and North Africa, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London	How secure are the Middle East Oil Supplies?
07 May	Timothy Krysiek, Associate, Russian and Caspian Energy, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, United States Dr Shamil Yenikeyeff, Research Fellow, OIES Senior Associate Member, St Antony’s College	THE ARCTIC: A Battle for the Next Energy Frontier?
14 May	NO LECTURE	NO LECTURE
21 May	Dr Ricardo Soares de Oliveira University Lecturer in Comparative Politics (African Politics), University of Oxford	Oil and Politics in Africa
28 May	Dr Juan Carlos Boué Senior Advisor, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, Venezuela	Resource nationalism in Latin America
04 June	Leigh A. Bolton, Principal and Managing Director Holmwood Consulting	Geopolitics of Liquefied Natural Gas
11 June	Dr Marianne Haug Chair, European Commission Advisory Group on Energy	Geopolitics of Renewable Energy

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