Browse for:
Search for:
The Oil and the Middle East Research Programme of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies was established in 2009. It is dedicated to the advanced study of contemporary oil markets, production, consumption and policy. With a historical focus on the resource-rich economies of the Middle East, research on the Programme...
The Natural Gas Research Programme, launched in 2003, has become one of the foremost sources of independent academic research on natural gas. The programme focuses on natural gas within the disciplines of the Institute: economics, politics and sociology, international relations of gas-producing, consuming and transit countries, as well as the...
The OIES Electricity Research Programme was established in 2015. The Programme seeks to inform public and private sector decision-making by improving understanding of the electricity supply chain. The Programme studies the role of public policy, regulation, and markets to support the energy transition, along with implications for end-users, companies and...
Launched in 2019 the OIES China Energy Research Programme, is a center of analytical excellence offering insights into the factors that inform China’s energy policies and choices and their pivotal role in global energy markets. China is the world’s second largest economy, biggest importer of crude oil, the fastest growing...
For renewable energy projects, financing is a major bottleneck to accelerate the transition towards a decarbonized energy mix. Multilateral international institutions are developing new financing instruments to address the barriers and risks that hold back private investment in renewable energy technologies, while minimizing the possibility of crowding out the private sector. Within this context, our study explores the drivers of...
MENA oil exporting countries have been hit by a double shock: Covid-19 and the oil price collapse. Their short-term strategy to offset the impact of these shocks will focus simultaneously on fiscal adjustment and coordinating on oil supply cuts with other producers to support oil prices and revenues. While the degree of fiscal adjustment is constrained by its social, political...
This Comment gives the results of the Author's analysis of the European traded gas hubs in 2019, according to his 5 Key Elements and also introduces a global churn comparison between Henry Hub, TTF, NBP and JKM. Previous publications by this Author have shown how the once dominant NBP has started to lose its crown, only to be superseded by...
The contraction in oil demand due to the spread of COVID-2019 and dissolution of the OPEC+ agreement in March have combined to generate shockwaves through the energy and financial markets. As governments all over the world grapple with one of the most severe economic crisis since the Global Financial Crisis and as the oil and gas industry is focusing on...
In this OIES podcast James Henderson discusses the availability of Ukrainian gas storage for the European market with Simon Pirani and Jack Sharples, the joint authors of a new OIES paper on this important topic. With European storage capacity likely to hit its ceiling during the summer, the option to move gas into Ukraine’s huge storage reservoirs is becoming a...
The large contraction in oil demand due to the spread of COVID-19 and the dissolution of the OPEC+ agreement has combined to generate large shockwaves through oil and financial markets. The impact on prices and balances has been severe with Brent and WTI falling by more than 50% over two weeks in March 2020. Daily Brent tumbled to $24.9/b on March 18 from...
This book provides an update the development of natural gas in the Gulf countries nearly ten years after the publication of the OIES Gas Programme book on Natural Gas Markets in the Middle East and North Africa. The book comprises in-depth studies of a smaller set of countries, but those of critical regional and international importance to the future of gas: Qatar, Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq and Bahrain. Over the past decade, Gulf gas production and demand have expanded rapidly, and the next decade is likely to see further major expansions. The only substantial increase in LNG exports in the 2010s was from Qatar and a smaller, but still very significant, increase is planned for the 2020s. This book finds that the Gulf will play a substantial role in the expansion of global gas supply and demand at least until 2030, and probably beyond, and will therefore remain an extremely important region for gas and energy researchers over the next decade.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Qatar: LNG expansion following the ending of the North Field moratorium
2. Iran: an inward-looking gas giant
3. Natural Gas in Oman: change and stability
4. The Future of Gas in Saudi Arabia’s Transition
5. Appetite and Innovation: natural gas in the UAE
6. Present and Future Role of Natural Gas in Kuwait
7. Rising from the Ashes: natural gas in Iraq
8. Bahrain: gas sector prospects
Henderson quoted on how coronavirus is giving Russia-China gas pipeline plan a burst of energy: Building Power of S… https://t.co/WXlrmVGDId
Oxford Energy Podcast – European gas storage: backhaul helps open Ukrainian safety valve https://t.co/uf2SqBxl7w
New OIES study quoted in FT on rise of retail investor and WTI behaviour: it is very unlikely that any of us could… https://t.co/Rqg51N49L0
Michal Meidan discusses China’s energy security, environmental policy, US-China tensions, oil, gas and coal markets… https://t.co/KGodUswvr4
Natural Gas Research Programme 
Oil and the Middle East Research Programme 
Electricity Research Programme 
China Energy Research Programme