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The Oil and the Middle East 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 has...
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...
OIES is proud to launch the China Energy Programme, a centre of analytical excellence offering insights into China’s energy policies and their pivotal role in global energy markets. China is the world’s second largest economy, the biggest importer of crude oil and the fastest growing consumer of natural gas. China...
LNG spot prices in Asia have defied expectations over the past few years. During 2016 and 2017, LNG markets were widely expected to enter a period of overcapacity, resulting in a long period of low LNG spot prices in Asia. Instead, Asian LNG spot prices increased quickly due to surging demand, particularly in China, and delays in bringing new LNG...
In February 2019, the EU reached a political agreement to amend the Gas Directive to extend its scope to apply to pipelines from third countries to the EU. The proposal is aimed primarily at Nord Stream 2 – a pipeline which would bring Russian gas to Germany and has been under construction across the Baltic Sea since August 2018. This...
China's gas demand looks set to remain relatively strong over the next several years, driven largely by government environmental policies. Over the last decade, China's gas demand has risen more than three-fold as its economy has grown and as the government has focused on increased gas use as a route to a cleaner environment in China. While the national oil...
All is not well on Africa's oil and gas scene. Falling global oil prices in recent years have handicapped efforts to turnaround stagnating output in major producers as well as slowed new producers from entering the market. This issue of the Oxford Energy Forum brings together contributors from industry, academia, and civil society to offer multiple views of the bright-spots...
Trilateral talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on gas transit through Ukraine after the expiry of the current transit contract on 1st January 2020 are due to resume in late May. Gazprom’s transit diversification projects, Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream, will not be operating at full capacity by that time and arrangements must be made. But there is...
The LNG business is in a period of considerable change as it moves from a structured to a traded market. The entry of new players has resulted in a more flexible value chain model, where the bilateral linkages between suppliers and buyers are no longer 'fixed'. The increase in spot purchases and short-term trading has resulted in a market that...
In May 2019 we held holding our annual Brainstorming event.
Amongst other topics the issues discussed at the meeting covered:
• Storm Clouds Brewing for the Global Economy?
• Geo-Politics of Energy: Chaos theory tests oil’s resilience
• Oil Market Dynamics: Back to Square one?
• Crude oil pricing systems in flux
• Dynamics of Gas Markets
• Climate Change, Technology and the Electricity Sector
We brought together tforty participants from energy companies, financial institutions, governments and international organisations for a wide-ranging discussion on topical energy issues.
In June 2019 we will be holding our third annual Electricity Day.
This year's theme is 'An Integrated Energy Systems Approach to Decarbonization Policy: Is it the Way Forward?' covered over three sessions:
I. What benefits, if any, can ‘integrated’ or ‘whole energy system’ thinking bring to our approach to particular energy issues, such as the decarbonization of difficult sectors such as heat?
II. What roles do different modes of storage and different technologies play in realising an integrated, whole system approach to decarbonization?
III. What are the key policy and commercial challenges of an integrated energy systems approach?
In November 2019 we will be holding our annual Oil Day.
This year's theme is Oil Markets in Flux: Chinese demand jitters, US shale new phase, OPEC dilemmas, and IMO 2020?' covered over four sessions:
1. A Deep Dive into China’s Oil: Policy, Demand Prospects and Outlook for the Refining Sector
2. A Deep Dive into US shale 3.0: Supply Potential, Productivity, and Financial Viability
3. A Deep Dive into Iraq’s Oil: Infrastructure Constraints, Supply Prospects, and Dynamics within OPEC
4. How Disruptive IMO 2020 will be?
OIES study quoted in Reuters on how China appears to be diversifying gas supply, potentially importing more from so… https://t.co/3LEdHC9nqC
Anouk Honore on the pace of gas storage injections in Europe: There are some signs already that injection rates sho… https://t.co/xyhbo3bncY
LNG Spot Price Forecasting and the Futures Curve https://t.co/h7xNezk5V7
China: Growing import volumes of LNG highlight China’s energy import dependency https://t.co/AXwgZABcVV