It is hard to imagine that natural gas was once an unwanted fuel. “What is worse than finding a dry hole? A gas discovery!” – early oil explorers reportedly quipped.
Iraq is a textbook example of the problems of high dependence on a single sector – that is, hydrocarbons. In fact, the Iraqi economy is one of the most oil dependent in the world.
Modern history is peppered with energy shocks, shortages, price spikes and panics.
In its latest climate change assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change – concluded that “human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2000 years.
There is an alternative universe sitting on the northeast shoulder of South America. As the global economy…
A review of Eastern Mediterranean gas – a decade of uncertainty.
Dr Carole Nakhle Drastic changes in oil prices, like the one we are witnessing today, typically push many host governments to renegotiate contracts with private
Kuwait sits on 102 billion barrels of proven oil reserves – an amount equivalent to 6 percent of the world’s total, placing Kuwait seventh in the
Dr Carole Nakhle Around the world, governments are introducing aggressive policies to promote the expansion of green energy in the hope of replacing fossil fuels,
Dr Carole Nakhle In an interview given to Extractives Hub, a joint project between CEPMLP at Dundee University and DFID, Dr Carole Nakhle, CEO of
A few years after the end of the civil war that ravaged the country for 27 years, Angola made world headlines. In the first postwar oil licensing round
In a world that is increasingly planning for the post-hydrocarbon age, the United Arab Emirates is heading in the opposite direction as it prepares