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Moderating an energy session with Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil.
A panel discussion on recent global energy trends with the vice president of BP, Dev Sanyal.
Selected TV & Radio
Skepticism Behind the Scope of China's Carbon Neutrality Pledge by 2060 (in Spanish)
Oil Price Turmoil: How Saudi Arabia's $100 Bln Gambit Could Backfire
Covid-19 Menaces the Oil Market
Iran Hit Hardest As Oil Price War, Coronavirus Cripples Nation
Supertanker State: How Qatar is Gambling its Future on Global Gas Dominance
Expiring Qatari Contracts Puts Japanese Buyers in Control
Attack on Oil Facilities Exposed Critical Gaps in Saudi Expensive Military Defence Umbrella
Halliburton Offshore Contract Raises Hopes for Kuwaiti Oil Sector Activity
ISIS Militants Likely to Target More Syria Gas Pipelines as They Lose Ground
Gazprom to Appeal Arbitration Award
Nord Stream 2 and the Dynamics of EU Energy Security
The Impact of Shifting Geopolitics on MENA Energy
Russian and EU Gas Trade
The OPAL Case and EU Energy Security
The Munich Attack and New Terrorism Scare
Battle For Mosul: A Do or Die Test for Iraq
President Obama and American Energy Policy
Libya: Welcome to Arms
OPEC Policy and Oil Production
Sinking Barrel: Who Will Pay for Cheap Oil?
Sputnik News: The Oil Price Collapse and the GCC
Guessing Game On the Price of Oil
Harvard University: The Arab Spring and the MENA Energy Sector
Vienna Talks: Taming the Iranian Atom
Implications of Dallas Event
OPEC to Maintain Production in Low Price Environment
Black Monday: The Decline of the Oil Price
Sputnik News: Vienna Talks, Taming the Iranian Atom
The Political Economy of Subsidy Reform in MENA
Sputnik News: EU Energy Union
New York Times: Algeria's Liberation, Terrorism and Arabization
Energy and Economic Challenges for Egypt's New Leadership
The Next Arab Energy Revolution?
NPR: Egyptians Fear Power Outages Could Fuel More Unrest
Emirates 24/7 Interview: The Shale Revolution and MENA
German Foreign Office: The Geopolitics of Shale Gas
New York Times: Opec's Firm Action
AME Info: Geopolitics and the MENA Energy Sector
Financial Times: MENA Energy Dialogue
Russian National TV: Shale Gas and the EU (in Russian)
Al-Jazeera: Tepco and the Japanese Energy Sector
Dubai One: New Steps in the UAE Energy Sector
Dubai One: The Gulf Turns Eastward
Dubai Eye: Nuclear Energy in the UAE
Al Jazeera: The Impact of Fukushima on the Global EnergY Sector
Russia Today: MENA Protests and the Position of the West (in Arabic)
Interview with Dubai One about Gulf energy issues.
Selected Article Quotes
Expiring Qatari Contracts Put Japanese Buyers in Control
Three Obstacles to Trump's Oil Plan in Syria (Turkish)
Qatar to Diversify Export Base With Increased Exports
Crude Rallies On Iranian Tanker Attack But Global Oil Stocks "Offer Insurance"
Exxon Becomes First Foreign Company to Pull Staff from Iraq After Security Warning
Opec Ministers Meet in Jeddah Amid Iran Tensions
Austrian Government has Taken a Pragmatic Stance Towards Nord Stream 2
Yemen's Hopes of Restarting LNG Exports Faces Major Security and Political Tests
Sanctions Coming? EU Gas Giants Weigh Nord Stream 2 Risks and Benefits
Sun Setting on UAE Imports as Gas Loses Ground to Solar
Jordan LNG Imports Slump As Egypt Resumes Pipeline Flows
Saudi Arabia's Influence in the Oil Markets
Iran: Sanctions Cast a Long Shadow
Qatar LNG Expansion Further Blow to Future U.S. Exports
Russian Energy Trade and the EU
Iran Seeks Energy Allies as Sanctions Bite
Rising Prices and Lack of Services Drive Protests in the Middle East
Nuclear Energy Development in Africa and Future Trends
Stockholm Ruling Against Gazprom and its Impact
Qatar Gas Transport
Future Trends for the National Iranian Tanker Company
In the Spotlight: National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia
Sharjah to Launch Exploration Tender this Summer
Abu Dhabi's First Licensing Round Draws IOC interest
ADNOC Eyes Asia-Pacific Markets With Downstream Expansion
Hamstrung by U.S Sanctions, Iran Tilts East for Trade Opportunities
Nuclear Energy Potential in Africa
Nord Stream 2 and EU Energy Security
U.S. Could Become the World's Top Oil Producer
UK LNG Imports on the Rise Amid Geopolitical Tension
Russian Gas Exports to the EU Increasing
Rosatom and Congo Sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Nuclear Expertise
The Growth of Nuclear Energy In Africa (French)
Los Megaproyectos de Energías Renovables Que Están en Marcha en el Mundo (Spanish)
Turkey "Cannot Risk Fallout" From Halting ExxonMobil Drilling Offshore Cyprus
A New Flashpoint for East Med. Energy Production?
Russian Gas Exports to the UK
Shafiq's Election Withdrawal Deprives El-Sisi of Only Serious Rival
Kuwait to Tender Offshore Exploration Contracts
Adnoc Distribution IPO to Spur More Listings in the Energy Sector
Nuclear Power Challenges in Europe
Russia Finances Egypt's First Nuclear Plant (in German)
Kuwaiti Gas Production Issues
Notice Signed for Nuclear Power Plants at El-Dabaa
Egypt-Russia Expected to Finalize Nuclear Deal
North Sinai Development Plan to Combat Terrorism
Egypt's El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant: Delivery Scheduled for 2029 (in French)
Oil Prices are to Hold on to Gains As OPEC Mulls Output Cut Extension
Rosatom and its Egyptian Partners Sign Nuclear Deal (in French)
Mabrouk Gas Field has Khazzan-Scale Potential
Changes from Above in Saudi Arabia
Oman to Increase LNG Exports in 2018
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Not Immune from IPO
U.S. Iran Tensions, OPEC Decision to Impact Oil Prices
ISIS Still Stealing, Spilling and Smuggling Oil Throughout Iraq
India to Import More Oil From the U.S. As Energy Ties Grow
Uproar in Egypt Over Hike in Mobile Recharging Cards
OPAL Case Resolved: European and Russian Cooperation
Does the Bible Say There is Oil in Israel?
Two Years of Egypt's 8.2 Billion Gift to the World
Arab Gulf Firms Set Their Sites on the Region's Growing Appetite for Solar Power
ADNOC Looks Overseas for Partners and Investors
Middle Eastern NOCs on a Modernization Drive
The "Pipelineistan" Conspiracy: The War in Syria has Never Been About Gas
The Emerging Trump-Sisi Relationship
Oil Storage Deal to Boost India's Energy Security
Fuel and Fury: Mexico's Energy Price Reform
Arab Gulf Firms Set Sights on Growing Market for Solar Power
Trump's Secretary of State: A Boon or Blow for US-GCC Relations?
A New Wind for OPEC?
Barzan Delay Challenges Qatari Ambitions
The Upstream Movement: Oil Producers Must Invest to Avoid Another Crisis
Chinese Oil Firm Likely to Hold Stake in Adco Concession, Experts Say
Egypt's Poor Suffer the Plauge of Inflation
Shell to Supply 1 MTPA to Egypt
Tillerson's Experience in Oil to Come in Handy with Mideast Dealings
US Needs Erdogan as Ally to Put Pressure on Russia
Bahraini LNG Enters the Debt Market
Should the US Extradite Gulen?
Solar Ousting Gas in the UAE
Groningen Cap Overshadowed by Brexit
OPEC Ends with No Changes in Oil Production
Smaller Producers Have Little Say at OPEC Meeting
Crude Stocks Fall, Oil Cuts Losses
Kuwait Digs Deep to Raise Energy Stake
Key Issues OPEC Must Wrestle With at June Meeting
Why Saudi Arabia Can Really Get to 9 GW Renewables Now
OPEC Differences Seen As Persisting in Next OPEC Meeting in Vienna
Shell and Apache to Start Fracking in Egypt This Month
Saudi Arabia and Shift in Gas Strategy
Russia Steps Up Economic Investment in MENA
The Gulf's Growing Pains
Saudi Arabia Still Reluctant to Cut Oil Output
Taking Control: Israel and Leviathan Field Development
India's Tie Up With Adnoc on Oil Storage to Give Energy Security
Qatar Hits the Gas to Ride Out Economic Storm
Russia -Egypt Deal Faces Technical , Security Challenges, But Has Political Fair Wind
Guessing Game : Oil May Stay Up Or It May Go Down
Egypt Signs First Batch of Exploration Deals
Radio Free Europe: Crude Reckoning: The Far Reaching Unexpected Effects of Falling Oil Prices
El Mecurio: The Decline in Oil Prices Promotes Renewable Energy in the Gulf (in Spanish)
Have Saudis Left it Too Late to Go Solar?
Egypt Pays USD $2 Billion in Gas Debts
Saudi Arabia Still Reluctant to Cut Oil Output, Fears Losing Market Share
Can Subsidy Cuts Curb the Energy Black Market?
Oman and Downstream Petrochemical Investment
Iran's Gas Industry Faces a Long Road Back
EGAS to Fight Compensation Ruling in Favor of Israel Electric, EMG
International Business Times: Egypt Gas Field Discovery: Finding Could to Set Nation on Path to Energy Independence
Al Arabiya: Why Egypt Has a Different Take on Russian Airstrikes in Syria
MENA LNG Exporters Set to Lose Market Share
Alternative Energy Sources Not to Fully Cover Energy Needs of Japan
Fair Observer: Power and Energy, The Egyptian Presidential Election
Saudi Arabia Unlikely to Cut Oil Production, Aims to Seize Market Share
The Africa Report: Aid Vs. Lower Oil Prices, Egypt's Conundrum
The Fuse: Shale Boom Extends Its Reach to US Diplomacy
Arab Leaders Gather in Cairo And Crown General Sisi as President of Egypt
BP Awarded Two New Egyptian Exploration Licenses
American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt: Fuel Starved Egypt Jumps on Shale Bandwagon
How the Arab Spring Shakes Up Oil Markets
When Too Much is Never Enough
Al Rai: Gas Shortages in the GCC (in Arabic)
Saudi Arabia's Oil Price Gamble to Save OPEC
Egypt Oil and Gas: Egypt's Oil Spill Preparedness
Middle East LNG Imports Takes Root
Sputnik News: Domestic Reforms, Foreign Investment Could Boost Iran Energy Export
The Fuse: Solar Energy to Take Off In the Middle East and North Africa
Sputnik News: What Happens with the Lifting of the US Oil Export Ban?
Wharton Business School: Energy in Saudi Arabia, A kingdom Running on Empty?
Interfax: Pakistan Looks to Secure Diverse Gas Supplies
Natural Gas Daily: Kuwait Retenders Parked Jurassic Project
Renewable Energy World: 1 GW Solar to Sunlight Steam Breakthrough for CSP
Energy World: Egypt Struggles to Meet Burgeoning Energy Demand
Gas Strategies Interview on Trends in the MENA Energy Sector
Supply Chain Risk in a Turbulent World
Global Arab Network: Immediate Need For Alternative Energy in the Gulf Region
Special Report: Carbon Capping in the Gulf
Gulf News: Asian Companies Could Be Part of Oil Concessions as Ties Grow
MEES: Qatar Looks to Adapt Amid Shifting Global LNG Landscape
Gulf News: Energy Experts Rule Out Changes in Saudi Oil Policy
Sputnik International: Politics Secondary Factor in U.S.-Saudi Arabia Oil Game
Middle East Eye: Egypt's Power Outages Continue to Intensify
Trade Arabia: Steam Generation Urged for EOR in the Gulf
Kuwait Times: Kuwait Looks for Way Out of Domestic Gas Conundrum
CSP Today: Solar Plays, Admist Oil Havoc
Gulf News: Iran Oil to Put Pressure on Prices as Nuclear Talks in Critical Stage
Carbon Brief: How Low Oil Prices Affect the UK's Climate and Energy Policy
Gulf News: Oil Price a Key Challenge in 2015
Reuters: Lower Oil Price "Double Edged Sword" for Energy Hungry Egypt
Gulf News: Russia Faces Budget Deficit as Oil Prices Plunge
Times of Oman: Economics of Steam Generation
Time: Why ISIS Can Survive Without Baghdadi
Egypt Oil and Gas: Arab Oil Aid and the Path to Egypt's Upstream Independence
Gulf Times: QLC Forum Debates State of the Region
Time: How to Financially Starve ISIS
Zawya: Qatar Leadership Center State of the Region
World Bulletin: Low Oil Price to Impact Iran More than Sanctions
MEES: Egypt Enjoys Unexpected Bid Round Success
Energy News: International Energy Investors Return to Egypt
Middle East Eye: Egypt's Energy Crisis Tests Sisi's Leadership
CSP Today: Could CSP Power the UAE?
Egypt Oil and Gas: The Implications of Egypt's Energy Price Rises: Prosperity Through Pain?
Egypt Oil and Gas: Will Confidence in Sisi Translate into Oil and Gas Investment?
Gulf States Newsletter: Lots of Talk, But Little Action on GCC Subsidy Reform
The Growing Threats to Security in Egypt's Oil and Gas Sector
SME Advisor:: DSG Lecture Examines Impact of EU's Diversification Strategy on GCC
Emirates 24/7: GCC's GDP Will Rise by 56% by 2020
Al Arabiya: Egypt: No Longer a Gaza Power Broker?
Daily News Egypt: Al-Sisi's Reality Check
CSP Today: Saudi Arabian CSP Vies for a Place in the Sun
Gas Matters: It is Coffee Time for Jordan as it Seeks New Energy Supplies
Natural Gas Daily: Iran's Gas Industry Faces a Long Road Back
Atlantic Council/IMF: The Political Reform of Energy Subsidy Reform in MENA
Oil and Gas Journal: Middle Class Key to Energy Subsidy Reform, Says Experts
Middle East Eye: Militants Sell Oil From Captured Iraqi Regions, As Price Hike Predicted
Reuters: Egypt's ElSewedy Wins State Tender for Wind Farms
Natural Gas Daily: Kuwait Shakes Up the Gulf with LNG Deals
Natural Gas Daily: Oman Tackles Gas Demand as Shortage Looms
Al Arabiya: Egypt on High Alert Ahead of Sisi's Inauguration
Arabian Oil and Gas: Egypt Turns its Back on Natural Gas
Egypt Oil and Gas: Suez Corridor Mega-project to Be Launched Soon
The National: Egypt's Energy Crunch is Next Big Test for Sisi
Egypt Oil and Gas: Egypt's Oil Spill Preparedness
Fair Observer: Power and Energy: The Egyptian Elections (Interview)
Al Arabiya: Egypt Heads to Polls to Pick President
Washington Post: Egypt's Break with Qatar Could Contribute to a Scorching Summer
Reuters: Billions Needed to Upgrade Egypt's Power Grid As Summer Crunch Looms
Morning Edition: Egypt, Power Cuts and Unrest
Arabian Oil and Gas: GCC Natural Gas Prices in Need of Review
Middle East Gas Crunch Bites
Al Arabiya: U.S. to Send Egypt New Apache Helicopters
Egypt Oil and Gas: Overview of Egypt's Energy Efficiency Regulations
Interview: Overview of the Global Energy Sector
Interview: Impact of US Shale Gas Echoes Around the Gulf
Kuwait Consolidates Dependence on Energy Imports
Daily News Egypt: Al Sisi's Reality Check
Reuters: Egypt's Energy Quagmire Could Sink Sisi
AL Arabiya: Reforms Key to Egypt's Future as a Gas Exporter
Reuters: Egypt Army Extends Power by Taking Charge of Gulf Aid
Al Arabiya: Egypt 2.0: Struggling to Create a Post-Revolution Economy
The Middle East is Feeling Effects of Persistent Natural Gas Shortages
Sisi Will Struggle Without a Scapegoat
The Middle East Gulf Countries Are Struggling with Persistent Natural Gas Shortages
The Economist Intelligence Unit: The GCC in 2020: Resources for the Future
Vast Amounts of Oil Shale Hidden in Egypt's Kerogen Rock
Renewable Energy Gaining Hope in the Developing World
Streamlining the Permit Process in Egypt: Lessons from Abu Dhabi and Qatar
Shifting Sands and Changing Markets in the MENA Region
Middle East Economic Digest: Cairo Reviews Free Zone Tax
Al Arabiya: Three Years On, Egypt has Little to Celebrate on Jan. 2
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Egypt Oil and Gas: Egypt's Poor Suffer at the Hands of Butane Crisis
Resilience: Africa Rising
Arabian Business: Gas Shortage Hits Power Plants
The National: Independent Regulator to Monitor UAE Nuclear Power
Natural Gas Daily: Gulf Sour Gas: A Sweeter Prospect for IOCs
Egypt Oil and Gas Newspaper: Uncertainty Amid Egypt's Mounting Debt to IOCs
IHS Fair Play: Iran's Nuclear Option
IHS Fairplay: Petroleum Products Exports Soar
USA Today: Even With Oil Price, Mexico's State-run Oil Company Loses Money
Penza News: Japanese-Russian Energy Collaboration
China Daily: Future Points to Carbon Trading
Interfax: Price could be right as BP targets Oman Tight Gas Deal
Harvard Political Review: Qatar Rising
The National: Oil Majors the Key to Unlocking Potential
Rebel Economy: How the Arab Spring Shook up Oil Oil Markets
The National: Levant Gas Find Adds to Volatility
The Centre of All The Action
Financial Times: Iraqi Factions Wrangle Over Gas Reserves
Dubai School of Government: Carbon Trading the Only Way Forward for the Region
Financial Times: Saudi Arabia Grapples with Gas Conundrum
Natural Gas Daily: Kuwait's Energy Programme Due For Revision
Arab Times: Kuwait in Bid to Boost Oil and Gas Output
MEES: Egypt Enjoys Unexpected Bid Round Success
Energy News: International Energy Investors Return to Egypt
Middle East Eye: Egypt's Energy Crisis Tests Sisi's Leadership
Harvard Gazette" New Fellows Focus on Energy Policy
Egypt Oil and Gas: The Implications of Egypt's Energy Price Rises: Prosperity Through Pain?
Selected Lectures
Harriet Fulbright Institute-American Legion: A National Security and Economic Strategy: From Transatlantic to Asia-Pacific
The Middle East Institute: The Impact of Shifting Geopolitics and MENA Energy
8th Gulf Intelligence UAE Energy Forum 2017
Spectator Energy Conference: Power Struggle: The Geopolitics of Energy 2014
World Bank: MENA KNowledge Sharing and How-to on Subsidy Reform 2014
MENA Shale Gas and Oil Summit 2014
The Economic Policy and Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) Lecture:: Turkey and Gulf Energy Cooperation
Atlantic Council/IMF: The Political Economy of Subsidy Reforms in MENA: Progress and Challenges
Chatham House: Middle East and North Africa Energy 2014
MENA Energy Summit: Interview with Chairman of Exxon-Mobil
Oxford Analytica: MENA Energy in the Wake of Regional Tension
Zayed University: Economical Development of UAE’s Energy Resources towards Sustainability
Middle East Institute: Gulf Carbon Trading: How to Develop it and Why it Makes Sense
Dubai School of Government: The Impact of the EU"s Diversification Strategy on the GCC
Chatham House:
Carbon Trading: Global Development and Impacts on Fossil Fuels
FT/Shell: Energy Pathways: Achieving a Sustainable MENA Future
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International Gas and Nuclear Energy Forum:
The European Shale Gas Revolution: New Dimensions for European Diversification
Special Arab Roundtable, The Arab World in a New Era: Assessing the key Implications
EIAS: Competition or Cooperation, Energy Strategies in Northeast Asia
European Institute for Asian Studies Briefing Seminar: India's Leading Role as a BRICS Economy - An Energy's Tale
St Gallen Symposium: Facing Risk: Energy: The Price We Have to Pay
Baker & McKenzie: A Game Changer? The Geopolitics of the Unconventional Gas Revolution and Implications for the Global Gas Market
Bridges of Understanding: Third Annual Conference
Harvard University Interview: The Arab Spring
Harvard University Lecture: Resource Nationalism: From Spanish Roots to An Arab Tree
Zayed University: Economical Development of the UAE's Energy Resources
Dubai School of Government: Developing Carbon Trading in the GCC
MENA Natural Gas Conference: The Uncoventional Gas Storm in the Gulf
41st St. Gallen Symposium: The Price We Have to Pay and Energy Security
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