Publications

Choosing to Diet: The Impact and Cost-effectiveness of China’s Vehicle Ownership Restrictions

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Arthur Lin Ku, Antung Liu, Wei-min Hu

Understanding the Trajectory of Urban and Transport Development in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar

Riyadh has been a car-oriented city since the 1950s, a trend that was compounded by the economic boom of the 1970s. Likewise, the first master plan of Riyadh, a highway-based plan prepared by Doxiadis Associates International in 1973, encouraged the continued use of…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Indiaʼs Updated NDC: A Pathway to Net-Zero by 2070?

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Puneet Kamboj

The meeting of the Union Cabinet of India on August 3, 2022, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved India’s updated nationally determined contribution (NDC). The NDC aims to enhance India’s contribution toward a global response to climate change. This…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Puneet Kamboj

Future of Fuels in the Aviation Sector

Aviation is crucial for connecting people and countries worldwide. Although aviation carriers, manufacturers, and governments have all aimed to increase energy efficiency through significant technological advances over recent decades, this transport mode has struggled to find alternatives to fossil-based fuels.…

How Can Governments, Oil and Gas Enterprises, and Research Institutions Collaborate to End Routine Gas Flaring?

Natural gas is a feedstock for the petrochemical industry and a fuel of choice in the power sector to help transition toward clean, sustainable, and affordable energy. As vital as gas is for electricity generation, the petrochemical industry, and the…

Fuel Consumption Elasticities, Rebound Effect and Feebate Effectiveness in the Indian and Chinese New Car Markets

Science Direct

Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal

How Long Will the Semiconductor Crisis Affect the Traditional Automotive Sector? Implications for car fuel demand

Rubal Dua, Hamid M. Al Sadoon, Majed A. Al Suwailem

The 2020 semiconductor crisis has hit the automotive sector, as well as many other sectors. As a consequence of the COVID-19-induced shock, a worldwide semiconductor supply-demand imbalance arose between 2020 and 2022. Demand grew by around 17% annually while manufacturing…

Dua, Rubal

Al Sadoon, Hamid M.

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Reliability Implications of Unexpected Tripping of Inverter-Based Resources

Ahmed Al-Balawi, Khalid Alhadhrami

A recent KAPSARC Instant Insight examined the reliability crisis in electric power grids, and proposed policy measures that can mitigate these risks (Felder 2022). The specific causes for these severe outages and blackouts differ, but the causes of greatest concern…

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Alhadhrami, Khalid

Trends in Global Solar PV Installation in 2021

Amro Elshurafa

In 2021, global solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity increased by a record 175 gigawatts (GW). This brought the total global cumulative installed PV capacity to around 942 GW at the end of 2021.

Elshurafa, Amro

The Effects of Russian Sanctions on the Global Economy

Abdullah Aldayel, Jennifer Considine, Emre Hatipoglu, Colin Ward

On February 24, 2022, Russia began a ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine, which quickly escalated into a militarized conflict across multiple fronts. The act drew immediate disapproval from the United Nations and led most members of the Western alliance to…

Aldayel, Abdullah

Considine, Jennifer

Hatipoglu, Emre

Ward, Colin

Your Mileage May Vary: Have Road-fuel Demand Elasticities Changed Over Time in Middle-income Countries?

Science Direct

Fakhri Hasanov

A Closer Look at the IEA Storage Releases

Colin Ward

The United States (U.S.) and its western allies have been increasing their pressure on Russia in response to the conflict in Ukraine. Undercutting Russian government finances is a priority for them. Energy exports are a key source of income for…

Ward, Colin

Integrated Oil Companies and the Quest for Energy Transition

Majed A. Al Suwailem

Integrated oil and gas (O&G) companies operate vertically integrated businesses that span the O&G value chain. In this way, they can leverage expertise across multiple domains rather than just focusing on exploration and production (E&P). Examples of such companies include…

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Extending the Reliability Framework for Electric Power Systems to Include Resiliency and Adaptability

Science Direct

Frank Felder, Marie Petitet

Resilience of Saudi Arabia’s Economy to Oil Shocks: Effects of Economic Reforms

Hossa Almutairi, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru

We assess the extent to which the implementation of Saudi Vision 2030 policies enhances the Saudi economy’s resilience to oil price and production shocks, and to the productivity of tradable and non-tradable goods. We extend Blazquez et al.’s (2021) dynamic…

Almutairi, Hossa

Galeotti, Marzio

Manzano, Baltasar

Pierru, Axel

Digital Transformation in the Context of the Energy Transition

For decades, the oil and gas industry has delivered the world with the best value proposition in the forms of reliable, affordable, safe energy supplies. As global population projections soar, demand for all forms of energy is also set to…

Global Crude Oil Storage Index: A New Benchmark for Energy Policy

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Abdullah Aldayel

The global oil market dwarfs other commodity markets. Its size and role in the energy and industrial value chains underscore its significant economic and geopolitical impacts. Thus, the consequences of oil price fluctuations extend far beyond the oil industry and…

Considine, Jennifer

Galkin, Philipp

Aldayel, Abdullah

Cost, Footprint, and Reliability Implications of Deploying Hydrogen in Off-grid Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: A GIS-assisted Study for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

Amro Elshurafa, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Frank Felder

Cost, Emission, and Macroeconomic Implications of Diesel Displacement in the Saudi Agricultural Sector: Options and Policy Insights

Science Direct

Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Fakhri Hasanov, Goblan Al Gahtani, Frank Felder

Digital Transformation in the Oil and Gas Industry: Hype or Hope?

Majed A. Al Suwailem, Abdelghani Henni

For decades, the oil and gas (O&G) industry has provided the globe with the best value proposition in the form of reliable, affordable, and safe energy supplies. As global population projections soar, demand for all forms of energy is also set to rise,…

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Abdelghani Henni