Despite its limitations, Hubbert Linearization provides a useful tool helping to indicate the likely level of ultimately recoverable resources under the existing trends of technology, economics, and geopolitics. To mitigate this “pessimistic” bias, I use the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)’...
When asked about his outlook for global energy prices this year, the Paris-based agency's executive director said: "Looking at oil and gas, if we don't see any big surprises in geopolitical tensions around the world, looking at the supply and demand fundamentals, we should expect rather mod...
The chapter analyses strategic areas for Europe energy supply (specifically in terms of oil, natural gas and coal) which are crucial for the geopolitics of Europe. The study proposes some synthetic geographical and qualitative representations and scenarios of European energy geopolitics.G. Cotella...
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energy transformation 14 Energy transformation 15 The forces of change 18 Why renewables will transform geopolitics 23 Redrawing the geopolitical map 26 Power shifts 26 New relations between states 45 Energy and conflict 55 Addressing root causes of geopolitical instability 62 Economic and social tensions...
s energy policy in Cairo last month. The argument is simple: the West has turned its back on fossil fuels, planning to phase them out entirely in a decade or so. As producers of oil and gas, their future is to stick together with Mackinder’s World Island and its Inner Crescent. This...
energy prices add to the growing list of inflationary pressures facing the global economy, a list that already includes wage growth, supply shortages, and logistical logjams. Moreover, there’s a risk of inclement winter weather exacerbating energy supply issues, particularly with regard to Europe....
Lucia Rahilly:The war in Ukraine has put a spotlight on geopolitical risk and on the very tangible disruptions it has caused in a wide range of areas: energy, food, supply chain, and so forth. The war has also put globalization under renewed scrutiny, as those same ties that tether...
This paper uses BP’s definition of oil production, which defines “oil” as the sum of crude oil and natural gas liquids. The data are mostly from BP Statistical Review of World Energy, extended to 2013 using EIA’s International Energy Statistics. By this measure, the world’s eleven lar...
He shows how the drama of oil - the struggle for access to it, the battle for control, the insecurity of supply, its impact on the global economy, and the geopolitics that dominate it - will continue to shape our world. And he takes on the toughest questions: will we run out; are ...