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IP Week Conference 2020

Dr Carole Nakhle, CEO of Crystol Energy, participated at the IP Week Conference 2020 that took place in February 2020 in London, UK.
Dr Nakhle addressed the financial implications of the energy transition on governments with respect to shrinking tax revenues both from production and consumption, as well as how the major oil producers – particularly in the Middle East – are preparing for and ‘embracing’ the energy transition. She also spoke on the repercussions of the energy transition on the industry: international oil companies (IOCs) vs national oil companies (NOCs).

Dr Carole Nakhle speaking at the IP Week 2020 in London, UK.

According to her, it would be very misleading to say that everyone is in the same boat. Major IOCs come from countries whose governments have aggressive climate policies, but what they spend on renewables is ‘peanuts’ compared with oil and gas.
Dr Nakhle also stressed the dilemma of major oil producing countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, whose economies are not diversified. Where is the money for the transition going to come from? The governments? The NOCs?
Arab Gulf countries have commitments to investing in and expanding renewable energies. However, NOCs such as Saudi Aramco and Kuwait Petroleum both spend about $500bn in their capital investment budgets on oil and gas while their spend on green energy is just in the millions, not billions like some OECD majors.
In contrast to the OECD majors, these are companies that have to meet the aspirations of their governments. In these countries budgets are based on oil export revenues. If a government wants to invest in the energy transition, the funding will come from the revenues of the NOC. The NOC, in turn, will have to produce more oil and gas to fund the new transitional investment. The outcome will be politically driven, not commercially.
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Related Analysis
Energy Transition? Not So Fast, One Expert Says”, Lord Howell, Oct 2019
Energy Transition: Aspiration and Reality”, Dr Carole Nakhle, Jul 2019
The Power of Markets in Driving the Energy Transition”, Dr Carole Nakhle, Sep 2018

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