مستقبل أسواق النفط العالمية Asian Premium or North Atlantic Discount: Does Geographical Diversification in Oil Trade Always Impose Costs? شهد العرينان, فريدريك ميرفي, زياد الفوزان, نادر الكثيري It is popularly believed that importers of oil diversify their suppliers to achieve security of supply and that exporters diversify their customer base to achieve security of demand. However, this diversification comes at a cost, compared with buying from or… شهد العرينان فريدريك ميرفي زياد الفوزان نادر الكثيري
أسواق الطاقة الإقليمية Reforming the Role of State-Owned Enterprise in China’s Energy Sector: An Analysis of Collective Decision-Making Processes Using the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB) براين إفرد, امتنان المبارك, لمى ياسين What are the prospects for reform of the Chinese energy sector? This question is the subject of much debate both inside and outside China. Since coming to power in November 2012, China’s new government has issued a series of statements… براين إفرد امتنان المبارك لمى ياسين
مستقبل أسواق النفط العالمية Crude Oil Markets in 2015: The Battle for Market Share Since the OPEC meeting on November 27, 2014, world attention has focused on the U.S. shale oil producers, their financiers and how quickly they will throttle back their production due to low oil prices. U.S. producers are now considered by…
The Challenges of Developing Eastern Africa’s Natural Resources The discovery of significant oil and gas reserves in Eastern Africa provides a major opportunity for boosting economic development in the region. In developing these reserves, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda have the chance to rapidly transform their economies and…
Economic modelling of energy services: Rectifying misspecified energy demand functions Energy Economics Although it is well known that energy demand is derived, since energy is required not for its own sake but for the energy services it produces – such as heating, lighting, and motive power – energy demand models, both theoretical… لستر هنت
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Efficient Industrial Energy Use: The First Step in Transitioning Saudi Arabia’s Energy Mix وليد مطر, أكسل بيريو, فريدريك ميرفي, ديفيد واجن, برتراند ريو External observers worry about whether Saudi domestic consumption of oil will crowd out exports. This is based on simple extrapolations which suggest that in a little more than 20 years Saudi Arabia may become a net importer of hydrocarbon fuels.… وليد مطر أكسل بيريو فريدريك ميرفي ديفيد واجن برتراند ريو
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Determinants of energy productivity: A comparison of 39 countries Quantifying the determinants of a country’s energy productivity trends answers the fundamental question of whether its economy is becoming more energy productive because of technological and efficiency gains, or whether it is due to structural economic shifts. This paper uses…
An Introduction to the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB) براين إفرد, امتنان المبارك, لمى ياسين The KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB) is freely available, state-of-the-art software that has been designed to enable the rigorous and systematic analysis of collective decision-making processes (CDMPs). KTAB is being designed with three types of users in mind. The… براين إفرد امتنان المبارك لمى ياسين
Models for the economies and energy systems of GCC countries Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) play a key role in the global energy system. Collectively, in 2014 the six countries supplied the global market with over 28 million barrels of oil equivalent per day of oil and natural…
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Global shift: The energy productivity transformation While their consequences are usually obvious, global shifts are not always apparent until after they have occurred. Most shifts have their roots in local political, technological or economic forces and may interact in some way with the energy system. Globalization…
Implications of Local Content Policies in Developing East Africa’s Natural Resources Developing local content policies requires first a definition of what constitutes ‘local’ and ‘content’. The politically workable answers are typically different in Eastern Africa than other parts of the world – local context is important. There is no single template…
Lowering Saudi Arabia’s fuel consumption and energy system costs without increasing end consumer prices Energy Economics Using a multi-sector equilibrium model of the Saudi energy system that handles administered prices in a mixed-complementarity formulation, we present results from a set of policy scenarios that lower oil consumption in the country. Some of these scenarios are the… وليد مطر, فريدريك ميرفي, أكسل بيريو, برتراند ريو
Devising and Optimizing Development Strategies for South Fuwaris Field Using Integrated Reservoir Simulation Models ماجد السويلم The South Fuwaris Field is located in the Partitioned Zone (PZ) between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and is operated jointly by Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC). South Fuwaris produces light crude (240 API) from two… ماجد السويلم
تحولات قطاع الكهرباء A global degree days database for energy-related applications أليساندرو لانزا Weather can have a profound effect on energy consumption, especially extremes of hot and cold temperatures. These variations in particular drive residential and commercial energy demand because space heating and cooling is such an important component. Traditional approaches are customized… أليساندرو لانزا
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Modeling residential electricity consumption and efficiency within an economic framework وليد مطر Many countries have promoted energy efficiency and conservation in the residential sector due to its significant contribution to total demand. This paper discusses some of the wider implications of more efficient households on the overall energy system. Various efficiency options,… وليد مطر
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Embodied energy in trade: What role does specialization play أنور قاسم In global discussions aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions, the national targets set by governments are tied to the energy used or emissions generated within national borders. However, international trade can confuse the accounting. Moving a factory across the border… أنور قاسم
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي How coal fueled global growth and slowed energy productivity gains in the early 21st century هورهي بلازكوز It is common for decision makers and media to conflate the oil price with the price of energy. High crude oil prices are taken as signals of energy scarcity. By contrast, and perhaps misleadingly, low crude oil prices are perceived… هورهي بلازكوز
Coal: Modeling a complex fuel source Coal represented 30% of worldwide primary energy consumption in 2013 and would become the most consumed fuel through 2040, under the International Energy Agency (IEA) Current Policies Scenario. However, even in countries with policies designed to curb its supply and…
تحولات قطاع الكهرباء Energy transitions policy: What matters most KAPSARC’s research into energy transitions asks why transitions take longer and cost more than policymakers anticipate. Our focus is on the dynamics of the supply chains supporting new fuels and technologies as they penetrate sectors previously occupied by fossil fuels.
الإنتاجية والتنويع الاقتصادي Energy productivity: From policy goal to reality Energy productivity, at the national level, has emerged as a valuable indicator for a number of reasons. It accommodates economic growth, linking energy use to gross domestic product. It is more than conceptually tied to energy efficiency; seen by policymakers…
