Aviation has witnessed significant technological advances and resilience over recent decades, but serious challenges remain over the next few years. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global recovery, and other factors continue to severely impact aviation worldwide. In addition, energy demand and related CO2 emissions are increasingly being monitored and analyzed to help mitigate their impact on climate change.…

Plastics have many applications that make our lives productive, healthy, and safe. This became evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, plastic consumption has its consequences, especially in a “take-make-dispose” linear economic system. The objective of the webinar is to discuss innovations in design and technology solutions that can help promote circularity for plastics.

SAEE conversation with Khalid Abuleif, chief Saudi climate change negotiator The COP26 in Glasgow coincided with the announced aim by Saudi Arabia, being the largest oil and gas producer, to reach net-zero emissions by 2060. This brought to the forefront the issue of the future role of Saudi Arabia in global energy and environmental relations. The Saudi Association for Energy…

Digital transformation has gained greater momentum during COVID-19 and is perceived by leading oil and gas enterprises as a pivotal vehicle to improve efficiency and accelerate the decarbonization of the oil and gas value chain. Historically, many large-scale digital applications have experienced setbacks and challenges and have under-delivered on what they had envisaged to fulfil. The webinar intends to bring…

Gas is envisaged as the fuel of choice in the power sector and is the ideal fuel to help transition toward clean, sustainable, and affordable energy access. As vital as gas is for electricity generation, the petrochemical industry, the transportation sector, and heating, many oil operators flare associated gas, a by-product of oil extraction, at the wellhead or gathering stations.…

Machine readable energy, economics and climate data is feedstock for energy models and research to derive policy insights. As value of data is increasing significantly, data flow and model management tools need further advancement. In this workshop we will discuss how to advance best practices of data and energy models management. We will address the challenges around open data availability,…

We are pleased to open the registration to virtually attend the upcoming COP26 offsite workshop event entitled: “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Remove: Achieving a Net-Zero Emission World using the Circular Carbon Economy Approach.” The workshop is hosted by the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in collaboration with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) and the World…

As a response to recommendations from the “Energy open data ecosystem, policy scenario models & tools” workshop series organised by KAPSARC since 2018, IEF and KAPSARC have jointly examined KAPSARC data and modeling resources to improve energy balance compilation with Saudi Arabia as a case study. The project successfully identified key opportunities and challenges in improving existing energy balances compiled…

Promoting a sustainable and circular economy requires coordination between many stakeholders. The third webinar on Plastics in a Circular Economy will profile international approaches to public-private cooperation to achieve a circular economy for plastics. Speakers will discuss global environmental, social, and governance trends and focus on corporate strategies in the GCC to create closed loops systems to keep plastics in…

The webinar is co-hosted with the Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology LLC organization. Saudi Arabia has launched the Circular Carbon Economy national program during G20 as a climate change mitigation scheme aimed to reduce, reuse, recycle, and remove the amount of carbon emissions being released into the atmosphere. Monitoring, measuring, and reporting carbon emissions are keys to supporting domestic initiatives…

This webinar aims to address the challenge of plastic waste facing our world today and will focus on opportunities for preventing the leakage of waste into the natural environment. Speakers will shed light on the issue from a global perspective, highlighting the primary sources of plastic waste, the major waste hotspots, the opportunities to re-think our approach to 'hard to…

The webinar is co-hosted with the ISPI and T20 Italy.

This webinar is co-hosted with the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) Understanding and projecting long-term electricity demand is a fundamental input for power system expansion. It is also a tool for investment planning and energy policy formulation. Saudi and the region’s electricity demand has been growing at a fast pace over the past decades for several reasons: low regulated electricity tariffs,…

The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), in collaboration with the Energy Future Initiative (EFI), is organising a webinar titled “The Role of Natural Gas in MENA in a Deeply Decarbonized World” taking place on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) is conducting a comprehensive study of the implications of global, regional and national decarbonization…

Plastics have many applications that make our lives productive, healthy, and safe. This became evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, plastic consumption has its consequences, especially in a “take-make-dispose” linear economic system. The objective of the webinar is to show that by adopting the concept and practices of the circular economy we can use, recover, reuse, and recycle plastics in…

co-hosted with IEEJ The purpose of the webinar is to assess how global oil markets will transition over the next few years, and how the major oil producers and consumers are likely to adapt to these changes. The following key aspects of the transition are what this event will focus on: Understanding different strategies by oil industries around the world…

The webinar is co-hosted with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), and King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)  Over the past decade, the shale boom created a shift in the world’s energy landscape, economy, and politics. Tight oil and shale gas production have been adversely impacted by recent events in the oil markets including the COVID-19 pandemic…

 The webinar is co-hosted with the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) The concept of connecting electricity markets, which started with the sole objective of maximizing economic gains, is now being increasingly expanded to fulfil other policy objectives, especially to support the low-carbon future energy system. Both top-down and bottom-up approaches have been used to drive the desired changes. However,…

Several market and technological advancements are contributing to making utility-scale storage more competitive. What are these advancements and what are the projected cost reductions that can be attained? On a different note, storage is a technology that can be deployed at the generation, transmission, and distribution segments. Further, it can compete in energy, capacity, and ancillary markets. This versatility makes…

Machine readable energy, economics and climate data is feedstock for energy economic models and research to derive policy insights. As value of data is increasing significantly, data flow and model management tools need further advancement. In this workshop we will discuss how to advance best practices of data, energy economics models management and importance of data publishers to research. In…

The Global Gas Security Review is the IEA’s annual flagship publication on gas supply security, which provides a quantitative assessment of contracting trends, supply flexibility, buyer and seller behavior, and the evolution of global LNG trade. This year’s review (for the first time) will be complemented with an update of the IEA’s global gas market outlook, which will incorporate the…

Collaboration with: International Energy Forum (IEF) As a response to recommendations from the “Energy open data ecosystem, policy scenario models & tools” workshop series organised by KAPSARC since 2018, IEF and KAPSARC have jointly examined KAPSARC data and modeling resources to improve energy balance compilation with Saudi Arabia as a case study. The project successfully identified key opportunities and challenges…

Collaboration with: EU-GCC Clean Energy Network King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, in conjunction with the EU-GCC Clean Energy Network, is organising a webinar titled "Future roles of system operators in facilitating the energy transition and optimizing renewable energy utilisation,” taking place on Monday, 28 September 2020, starting at 13.30 (Riyadh - GMT+3). The role of transmission system operators (TSOs) and the different models…

Collaboration with: Sinopec Economics & Development Research Institute and the Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemicals Association (GPCA) The dramatic slowdown of global economic activity due to the coronavirus pandemic has caused significant disruptions to the global petrochemical industry. The lockdown restrictions and containing measures are reshaping the demand for petrochemicals. Structural change of global crude supply and new capacity in the pipeline is changing the competitiveness of petrochemical…

What makes a city resilient? KAPSARC will be hosting a webinar on July 20 to bring together thought leaders from government, academia and policy centers to discuss the topic of Resilient Cities, from the perspective of the Gulf Cooperation Community. We welcome participation in the web-based workshop and will focus on both multidisciplinary approaches to identifying risks and building strategic…

Co-hosted With Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and in partnership with the Think 20 (T20) Saudi Arabia Pathways to the transition The overarching global issue, irrespective of whether in developing or developed countries, would be to identify the role of hydrocarbons in a net-zero carbon future. The overall goal is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of…

Co-hosted With Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) Hydrogen is a potential solution in reaching climate goals and decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like industry, buildings, and heavy-duty transport. It is also currently perceived as an energy vector: one that facilitates energy storage and can be used in the production of synthetic fuels. This makes it an essential component of the Circular Carbon Economy…

Co-hosted With Paris Energy Club The objective of this workshop is to gather a wide array of people working on oil outlooks from different organizations, including agencies, traders, energy companies, and other related industries to discuss methodologies, models, and assumptions used to create the outlooks. Following this topic, it is also proposed to discuss short and long-term risks as well…

Co-hosted With Khalifa University and International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Natural gas has been instrumental in meeting growing power demand in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and establishing industrial bases that have contributed to their economic growth. Within the last decade, regional gas demand has grown by 100 billion cubic meters (bcm), placing GCC countries among the largest gas…

The Vision 2030 Dynamic Input-Output Table research project has successfully explored the area of input-output table projections, which take into account the expected technological and structural adjustments in the Saudi economy. The input-output methodology has proved to be particularly useful in the conditions of a transforming economy, as it allows us to introduce significant and relatively sudden changes. We believe…

The purpose of the workshop is to determine what the main market characteristics that determine the stability of world oil markets.  Given four potential scenarios (quadrants) of relative change—rising storage levels, rapidly rising storage levels, falling storage levels, and rapidly falling storage levels.

Discussing global energy transitions scenarios and trends, and identifying how these global transitions will impact the national energy arena in the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia’s economy is passing through a phase of transformation in which some resources will be freed from existing usages and allocated to new development opportunities. Making decisions based on an incorrect assessment of the opportunity cost or value of these resources could lead to incorrect capital allocations toward investment in various projects. For instance, the international oil price may…

In recent decades, the increase in freight mobility has been largely served by road, maritime shipping and, increasingly, air transportation, with less emphasis on alternative modes of transport. This has translated into continued growth for the use of fossil fuels in freight transportation activities. In this context, this one-day workshop will explore freight transportation activity by focusing on topics including:…

This workshop's objective is to support deeper cooperation between Saudi Arabia, China and the international community on how to create higher value from the energy transition and industrial upgrading. The one-day event will aim to improve understanding of the key issues that have been identified in the course of research on China’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI) and its implications for…

The use of air conditioners accounts for about 65% of residential electricity consumption in Saudi Arabia and cooling has been a big driver of the average 6% per year increase in buildings' energy consumption in the Kingdom since 2010. At the same time Saudi policy makers have committed to phasing out the use of oil as a fuel to generate…

Saudi Arabia’s nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement put diversification of the Kingdom’s economy and of its fuel mix at the heart of its carbon avoidance measures. In addition, part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is an ambitious transition toward fulfillment of the Kingdom’s sustainable development goals and a green economy. Significant progress has already been made to remove…

KAPSARC’s new workshop in the series covering Oil Strategies for the Low Carbon Energy Transition will be held in The Hague, Netherlands on April 24, 2019 at Huys Clingendael’s headquarters. Co-hosted by KAPSARC and the Clingendael International Energy Programme, the event aims to inform research into strategies that may be deployed by both oil importers and exporters through the transition…

KAPSARC is undertaking a research project to address the macroeconomic and diversification challenges facing oil-rich economies, focusing on the economic performance and policy responses of Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East Gulf region to oil price spikes and slumps. This two-day workshop, to be held at the KAPSARC campus in Riyadh, will provide participants with an opportunity…

This is the second in a series of workshops that focus on the political challenges and opportunities for extending and implementing the Paris Agreement. Our first workshop in this series, held in Paris in October 2018, focused on the domestic political decision-making regarding emissions and the Paris Agreement of the top five emitters (China, United States, European Union, India, and…

This second KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis (KTAB) Users’ Group meeting will bring together experienced as well as new users of KTAB to discuss the modeling approach, software architecture, new directions, and real world, policy-relevant applications. The participants will include a mixture of academics, applied researchers, analysts, and government officials. We will discuss both how to use KTAB to address…

The workshop series “The Future of Mobility” provides a forum for discussing key sustainability issues in transportation and current policy strategies to address them. In particular, much emphasis is placed on the adoption of fuel-efficient and alternative-fuel vehicles for road transportation, innovation in fuel and vehicle technology mixes and the shift from road to other modes of transportation.

KAPSARC is holding an open lecture by His Excellency Dr. Nabeel Koshak, titled ‘From Research to Startups for Economic Development‘. Dr. Koshak is the founder and chairman of Athaal and the former founding dean of Prince Mohammad Bin Salman College of Business and Entrepreneurship at King Abdullah Economic City. The lecture will be conducted in Arabic with live English translation and moderated…

This workshop will focus on the energy economics open data availability landscape in the Middle East, India, and China.

This exclusive and collaborative roundtable workshop will discuss the opportunities and challenges of importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) into Saudi Arabia. It will also discuss the policy drivers and market configurations that can help facilitate this outcome.

This workshop is co-organized by KAPSARC and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the United States. The objective of the workshop is to discuss the future of oil and gas in the global context and compare and contrast modeling techniques developed mainly in KAPSARC and the EIA, in addition to paving the way for additional collaboration between the two organizations.…

Saudi Arabia’s economy is passing through a phase of transformation in which some resources will be freed from existing usages and allocated to new development opportunities. Making decisions based on the wrong opportunity costs or value of these resources could lead to over- or under-investment in projects. In particular, the international oil price may not reflect the true value of…

KAPSARC and the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission convened this workshop to finalize a report and present for discussion key issues identified in their research into how industrial energy efficiency and structural diversification is helping to achieve China and Saudi Arabia's sustainable development goals.

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This is a KTAB Users' Group Meeting that will bring together experienced and new users of KTAB to discuss the modeling approach, software architecture, new directions, and real world, policy-relevant applications. The participants will include a mixture of academics, applied researchers, analysts, and government officials. KTAB is a software platform that simulates collective decision-making processes (CDMPs). The policy-making process, and…

A research-focused workshop co-sponsored by our partner organization in Russia, the Energy Centre at SKOLKOVO, Moscow School of Management, with senior participants from Russian and Saudi government entities, research centers, academia, and industry. The workshop will compare and contrast the experiences of these resource-rich countries, based on recent and ongoing research related to economic and energy transformations for each.  Saudi…

This is the fifth in a series of workshops aimed to inform research into strategies that may be deployed by both oil importers and exporters through the transition to a low carbon energy mix. Previous workshops have been held in collaboration with the International Energy Forum (IEF) and the Clingendael International Energy Programme (CIEP) in Riyadh and The Hague.

Recognising the great challenge of large-scale development and deployment of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and the associated benefits for energy security and the environment, this two-day joint IEA-KAPSARC interdisciplinary workshop will bring together leading experts and key stakeholders to discuss key dimensions of the CO2-EOR challenge including techno-economics, environmental benefits, carbon markets and CO2 supply price formation,  and policy…

The workshop will bring together key individuals and institutions to shed light on the capabilities and limitations of existing models in the Kingdom. New oil price environment and a new policy agenda to reform, diversify and grow the Saudi economy have emphasized the need to utilize available modeling capabilities in the Kingdom. Different modeling groups have been operating to assess the…

This is the third in a series of workshops aimed to inform research into the role of fossil fuels through the transition to a low carbon future. One of the main purposes of this workshop is to explore what would happen if all governments adopted policies that actually limited emissions to the level necessary to hit the 2 degrees Celsius…

The overarching theme of the workshop is what options Saudi Arabia has to reform its electricity sector in light of technological disruptions. Our workshop will focus on five key areas: 1) What are the challenges ahead in the context of Saudi Arabia’s electricity sector? 2) How megatrends in the power markets can help or hinder the implementation of reforms. 3)…

This workshop is co-hosted with the World Economic Forum.

Consumer adoption of fuel-efficient vehicles is a crucial step in improving energy utilization and reducing emissions from the personal transportation sector. To promote adoption, multiple supply- and demand-side policies such as fuel economy standards, zero-emission vehicle mandate, renewable fuel standard, low carbon fuel standard, ethanol subsidies, financial and non-financial incentives, have been employed. For these policies to achieve their intended…