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      Saudi Electricity Demand for 2018-2019 based on Saudi Electricity Company Data
      Electricity Sector Transitions

      Saudi Electricity Demand for 2018-2019 based on Saudi Electricity Company Data

      Salaheddine Soummane

      Saudi electricity demand grew by 5% per year between 2010 and 2018. The Saudi government implemented two energy price reforms, in 2016 and 2018, which included significant electricity tariff hikes. The government also implemented a range of efficiency measures to…

      Salaheddine Soummane Soummane, Salaheddine
      21 June 2020
      Saudi Arabia’s Unfolding Power Sector Reform: Features, Challenges and Opportunities for Market Integration
      Electricity Sector Transitions

      Saudi Arabia’s Unfolding Power Sector Reform: Features, Challenges and Opportunities for Market Integration

      Shahid Hasan, Turki Alaqeel, Nawaz Peerbocus

      Today, there is a physical exchange of electricity between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. However, this is not the same as competitive trade in electricity. Numerous studies have shown the efficiency benefits of electricity trade among GCC countries. These studies…

      Shahid Hasan Hasan, Shahid
      Turki Alaqeel Alaqeel, Turki
      Nawaz Peerbocus Peerbocus, Nawaz
      21 June 2020
      Saudi Arabian Cement Companies: Upgrading Through Leveraging Overcapacity
      Regional Energy Markets

      Saudi Arabian Cement Companies: Upgrading Through Leveraging Overcapacity

      Jitendra Roychoudhury

      The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s annual cement production capacity of 72.4 million tonnes is the highest of any Gulf country. From 2001-2005, Saudi cement production grew at a compound annual growth rate of almost 8%. However, its annual production in…

      Jitendra Roychoudhury Roychoudhury, Jitendra
      21 June 2020
      Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Saudi GDP

      Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Saudi GDP

      David Havrlant, Abdulelah Darandary, Abdelrahman Muhsen

      The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted economic and social activity globally at an unprecedented pace. The international movement of goods has been limited to the necessary minimum, often solely for deliveries of protective and healthcare equipment. Many governments have imposed strict…

      David Havrlant Havrlant, David
      Abdulelah Darandary Darandary, Abdulelah
      Abdelrahman Muhsen Muhsen, Abdelrahman
      10 June 2020
      World Oil and Inventory Study: A Global VAR Analysis
      Future of Global Oil Markets

      World Oil and Inventory Study: A Global VAR Analysis

      Jennifer Considine, Abdullah Aldayel, Emre Hatipoglu

      Despite numerous journal articles, forecasting studies, and books, very little is known about the actual quantitative value, or economic cost, of shocks to world oil markets. The potential consequences of a given political or economic disturbance are unclear, and appear…

      Jennifer Considine Considine, Jennifer
      Abdullah Aldayel Aldayel, Abdullah
      Emre Hatipoglu Hatipoglu, Emre
      10 June 2020
      OPEC’s Pursuit of Market Stability

      OPEC’s Pursuit of Market Stability

      IAEE

      We investigate attempts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to stabilize the price of oil during the past fifty years. We first develop a novel decomposition of shifts in global demand and non-OPEC supply. This decomposition provides a…

      Axel Pierru, James L. Smith, Hossa Almutairi

      2020
      Do High Oil Prices Obstruct the Transition to Renewable Energy Consumption?

      Do High Oil Prices Obstruct the Transition to Renewable Energy Consumption?

      MDPI

      The study analyzes the impact of economic growth, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and oil price on renewable energy consumption in Azerbaijan for the data spanning from 1992 to 2015, utilizing structural time series modeling approach. Estimation results reveal that there…

      Jeyhun Mikayilov, Shahriyar Mukhtarov, Vugar Muradov, Sugra Humbatova

      2020
      Why Did Domestic Gasoline Prices Fall in Saudi Arabia?

      Why Did Domestic Gasoline Prices Fall in Saudi Arabia?

      Anwar Gasim, Mohammad Aldubyan

      What is behind the dramatic fall in gasoline prices? On May 11, 2020, Saudi Arabia slashed its domestic gasoline prices. The price of 91-octane gasoline fell from 1.31 to 0.67 Saudi Arabian riyals (SAR) per liter, while the price of…

      Anwar Gasim Gasim, Anwar
      Mohammad Aldubyan Aldubyan, Mohammad
      7 June 2020
      The Role of the Petrochemical Sector in the COVID-19 Pandemic

      The Role of the Petrochemical Sector in the COVID-19 Pandemic

      Malik Selemankhel

      Our super-connected world enabled the COVID-19 virus to quickly evolve into a pandemic, bringing the world to a standstill. Millions of people have been infected by the virus, and billions are impacted by lockdown measures to contain it and the…

      Malik Selemankhel Selemankhel, Malik
      7 June 2020
      Demystifying Policy Support Mechanisms for Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Systems
      Electricity Sector Transitions

      Demystifying Policy Support Mechanisms for Distributed Solar Photovoltaic Systems

      Amro Elshurafa

      Solar photovoltaic (PV) distributed generation (DG) systems are installed for residential, commercial, and industrial use. PV DG systems in the residential sector typically have capacities below 20 kilowatts (kW). However, commercial and industrial PV DG systems can have capacities of…

      Amro Elshurafa Elshurafa, Amro
      3 June 2020
      Industrial Energy Consumption in Saudi Arabia
      Productivity and Economic Diversification

      Industrial Energy Consumption in Saudi Arabia

      Anwar Gasim

      In 2017, Saudi Arabia’s total final energy consumption was 140.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe). Total final energy consumption is defined as energy used by final consumers (or end users). It includes electricity use in residential buildings, gasoline use…

      Anwar Gasim Gasim, Anwar
      31 May 2020
      COVID-19 and Employment in Saudi Arabia: An Initial Assessment

      COVID-19 and Employment in Saudi Arabia: An Initial Assessment

      Cian Mulligan

      In the space of a few short weeks in March, the COVID-19 pandemic took over every aspect of our lives and caused the global economy to grind to a standstill. Health concerns over the spread and mortality rate of the…

      Cian Mulligan Mulligan, Cian
      28 May 2020
      Analyzing the Effects of Saudi Arabia’s Economic Reforms Using a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model
      Models, Data and Tools

      Analyzing the Effects of Saudi Arabia’s Economic Reforms Using a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model

      Jorge Blazquez, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru, Shreekar Pradhan

      Saudi Arabia is the world’s second-largest holder of proved oil reserves and the second-largest producer of petroleum liquids. The country is the largest exporter of crude oil, with a share of 16% of total crude oil exports in 2017. Saudi Arabia’s…

      Jorge Blazquez Blazquez, Jorge
      Marzio Galeotti Galeotti, Marzio
      Baltasar Manzano Manzano, Baltasar
      Axel Pierru Pierru, Axel
      Shreekar Pradhan Pradhan, Shreekar
      21 May 2020
      The Impact of COVID-19 on Transport and Gasoline Demand

      The Impact of COVID-19 on Transport and Gasoline Demand

      Hatem Al Atawi, Nora Nezamuddin, Abdulelah Darandary

      In the last few months, the world has experienced the negative effects of COVID-19. The outbreak, which started as an epidemic concentrated in China, quickly spread to become a global pandemic. As of May 12, 2020, there have been over…

      Hatem Al Atawi Al Atawi, Hatem
      Nora Nezamuddin Nezamuddin, Nora
      Abdulelah Darandary Darandary, Abdulelah
      20 May 2020