Publications

Joint Oil Stockpiling between Middle East Exporters and Northeast Asian Importers: A Winning Formula?

When oil owned and commercially traded by an exporting country is stored in an importing country in exchange for first drawing rights by the host country in times of emergency, that process is known as ‘joint oil stockpiling’. It can…

A Measurement Device for Estimating Local Firm Capabilities in New Oil Producing Countries: The Case of Uganda

In this paper we present an overview of KAPSARC’s local content project, its methodological approach and objective. We describe a measurement device (questionnaire) used to quantify different features of local firms surveyed in Uganda. The data collected in these questionnaires…

A Conceptual Framework for Measuring Local Firm Capabilities in New Producing Countries: The Case of Uganda

Policymakers in new resource-rich Eastern African countries are eager to promote industrialization and economic development by encouraging international oil and gas companies (IOCs) to use local suppliers. However, policymakers usually lack information on the local firms’ abilities and typically depend…

Human Geography of Energy: Combining Remote Sensing and Social Science Approaches

Human Geography of Energy describes a methodology that utilizes remote sensing and social science methods to answer research questions about energy use and energy development. To explore the potential of this approach, KAPSARC organized workshops in London and Boulder, Colorado…

Gasoline Demand, Pricing Policy and Social Welfare in Saudi Arabia

Anwar Gasim

In the face of low international oil prices, countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council recently implemented fuel price reform across a number of sectors. Saudi Arabia, for example, announced in December 2015 an increase in the gasoline price. We undertook…

Gasim, Anwar

Economic Stability in the GCC Countries

Ziyad Alfawzan

Evidence confirms that there is a positive correlation between the economic growth rate and its volatility/risk in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. In other words, there is a trade-off between the benefits of oil and gas activity and the…

Alfawzan, Ziyad

Reporting LCOE for Solar PV: Apples to Apples Comparisons

Amro Elshurafa

Solar energy is expected to be an integral technology in the creation of a low-carbon future. Hence, as photovoltaics (PV) installations continue to grow at an exponential rate, a better understanding of the generation costs of this relatively young industry…

Elshurafa, Amro

Foreword to the special issue: Renewables and diversification in heavily energy subsidized economies

Energy Journal

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Carlo Andrea Bollino, David Hobbs, Lester C. Hunt, Nora Nezamuddin

KAPSARC vehicle fleet model: Cost of electrification

This paper discusses the model we have developed at KAPSARC for estimating the relative costs of passenger car fleets containing low-emission vehicles of different types, particularly with emphasis on electric vehicles. The main purpose of the model is to enable…

Will Current Electric Vehicle Policy Lead to Cost-Effective Electrification?

Passenger cars are responsible for a large and steadily growing share of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Electric vehicles (EVs) powered by renewable electricity have the potential to provide a substantial contribution to the decarbonization of passenger car transport.…

Third-Party Access to Regasification Terminals: Adapting to the LNG Markets’ Reconfiguration

Substantial changes to global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets, including the move toward the creation of an Asian trading hub, more flexibility through an increase of spot and short-term trade, liberalization in key Asian markets, emergence of new players and…

The unstudied barriers to widespread renewable energy deployment: Fossil fuel price responses

Energy Policy

Renewable energy policy focuses on supporting the deployment of renewable power generators so as to reduce their costs through scale economies and technological learning. It is expected that, once cost parity with fossil fuel generation is achieved, a transition towards…

Edward Foster, Marcello Contestabile, Baltasar Manzano, Mark Workman, Nilay Shah

Analyzing the effects of renewable energy and climate conditions on consumer welfare

Energy Journal

This paper aims to measure the impact of the gradual adoption of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) on the welfare of consumers. To this end, we construct a theoretically founded measure of the true cost of living (TCL) and the equivalence…

Tarek Atalla, Simona Bigerna, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Rolando Fuentes

Energy productivity evaluation of large scale building energy efficiency programs for Oman

Sustainable Cities and Society

This paper outlines the benefits of large scale energy efficiency programs for new and existing buildings in Oman. In particular, an energy productivity analysis for these programs is carried out to encompass their overall impact for Oman’s economy. Over 75%…

Moncef Krarti, Kankana Dubey

Determinants of energy productivity in 39 countries: An empirical investigation

Energy Economics

This paper uses three types of analysis to investigate the drivers of energy productivity changes occurring in 39 countries during 1995–2009. We find that increases in sectoral energy productivity were the primary driver behind economy-wide energy productivity improvements. Structural economic…

Tarek Atalla, Patrick Bean

Coal and Renewables in India: Complementarity, Competition and Challenges

Coal and renewables are seen as the cornerstone of India’s energy strategy to meet its growing electricity demand. These two energy resources are at different stages of legislative, policy, regulatory and institutional reform.

Fossil fuel price shocks and CO2 emissions: The case of Spain

Energy Journal

This paper focuses on the impact of oil, natural gas and coal price shocks on the Spanish business cycle from 1969 to 2013. It uses Bayesian procedures to estimate a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model for a small open…

Jorge Blazquez, Jose Maria Martin-Moreno

Evaluating Uganda’s Oil Sector: Estimation of Upstream Projects

Colin Ward

Uganda and other countries in Eastern Africa are on the cusp of developing many oil and gas resources, and there is reason for local content to be included in the discussion. As part of a larger research effort at KAPSARC…

Ward, Colin

Modeling and forecasting electricity demand in Azerbaijan using cointegration techniques

Energies

Policymakers in developing and transitional economies require sound models to: (i) understand the drivers of rapidly growing energy consumption and (ii) produce forecasts of future energy demand. This paper attempts to model electricity demand in Azerbaijan and provide future forecast…

Fakhri Hasanov, Lester C. Hunt, Jeyhun Mikayilov

Shaking up the LNG Scene

Dramatic changes in the global liquified natural gas (LNG) markets are already visible through market dynamics and stakeholders’ behavior, but many other signs point to much more significant changes to come – a great reconfiguration, which could transform the way…