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Azerbaijan: Energy, Carbon, and Opportunities

Zlata Sergeeva, Colin Ward

At the end of 2023, after prolonged discussions, Azerbaijan was selected as the host country of the 2024 United Nations climate summit, COP29. Like the two preceding hosts of COP28 and COP27, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt, Azerbaijan…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Ward, Colin

Assessing CCUS Potential for LNG in the GCC

Zlata Sergeeva, Colin Ward

As the world experiences the energy transition, traditional oil and gas producers are feeling a greater need to decarbonize their hydrocarbon production.

Sergeeva, Zlata

Ward, Colin

Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Solutions to Decarbonize LNG: Why, Where and How Much?

Zlata Sergeeva, Colin Ward

In 2019, a new product – carbon-neutral LNG – was born. By 2021, the market for this product had grown rapidly. However, in 2022, the number of announcements about the volumes delivered to customers significantly decreased. To a large extent,…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Ward, Colin

Kazakhstan – Saudi Arabia: Crossroads

Zlata Sergeeva, Colin Ward

On July 23, 2022, official talks occurred between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Jeddah. During the meeting, the parties confirmed their intention to intensify mutual trade. At the same time,…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Ward, Colin

Gasoline and Diesel Prices in the OECD, China, and India: How Do They Behave During Volatile Times?

Julio Arboleda, Zlata Sergeeva, Cian Mulligan, Carlo Andrea Bollino

The collapse of crude oil prices in 2020, driven by the effects of COVID-19, the recovery packages implemented in 2021 to overcome the crisis, and the recent geopolitical conflicts in 2022, have marked a distinctive three-year period in the oil…

Arboleda, Julio

Sergeeva, Zlata

Mulligan, Cian

Bollino, Carlo Andrea

Household Expenditure Survey, Housing and Energy Costs in Saudi Arabia

Zlata Sergeeva, Jeremy Rothfield

The Household Income and Expenditure Survey for Saudi Arabia was conducted by statistical agency GASTAT in 1999, 2007, 2013 and 2018. In this economic commentary, we discuss some of the key findings and developments over the period under consideration. We…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Jeremy Rothfield

Carbon-neutral LNG in Japan: Drivers and Perspectives

Zlata Sergeeva, Daisuke Harada

In 2019, a new phenomenon – so-called “carbon-neutral liquified natural gas” (LNG) – was introduced into gas markets. It originated from two shipments delivered by Shell in June 2019 to the Japanese utility Tokyo Gas and a Korean energy company,…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Daisuke Harada

Floating LNG: A Solution for the European Gas Supply Crisis?

Zlata Sergeeva

The European energy crisis started in the second half of 2021 and was aggravated in 2022 by geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe, explosions on the crucial Nord Stream pipelines that bring a significant portion of Russian gas to Europe and…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Lessons from Gulf Cooperation Council Countries’ Participation in the Clean Development Mechanism

Mari Luomi, Thomas Bosse, Zlata Sergeeva

Carrbon markets have rapidly risen on government and corporate agendas in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries as the region gears up to implement the Paris Agreement and pursue ambitious net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets. Governments have expressed interest…

Luomi, Mari

Thomas Bosse

Sergeeva, Zlata

The Ban on Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts for the European Union: A Double-Edged Sword?

Zlata Sergeeva

Long-term natural gas contracts are necessary market instruments that provide supply security for customers and demand security for producers. Nevertheless, the European Commission recently announced a plan to ban long-term contracts for unabated fossil gas after 2049. This study shows…

Sergeeva, Zlata

The European Energy Collapse: A Chain of Contingencies or a Recurring Nightmare?

Zlata Sergeeva, Nikolay Fedorov

Choosing to rely exclusively on renewable energy sources (RES) and eliminating hydrocarbons can lead to significant difficulties for an energy system. Challenges may arise when energy storage is insufficient to guarantee a stable power supply. The lack of suitable technologies…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Nikolay Fedorov

Country Horizon: Russia

Zlata Sergeeva, Emre Hatipoglu

This report provides an up-to-date overview of Russian domestic and foreign policy issues related to the oil and natural gas markets. We also discuss the potential role of hydrogen in Russia’s short-term energy strategy. We present a succinct overview of…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Hatipoglu, Emre

India’s Ambition to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2070: Uncertainty and Opportunity

Yagyavalk Bhatt, Zlata Sergeeva, Brian Efird

The special report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius (°C) above pre-industrial levels highlighted the importance of achieving net-zero emissions or a carbon-neutral future. There has subsequently been…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Sergeeva, Zlata

Efird, Brian

Political Feasibility of Enhancing the Russian Emissions Reduction Target Under the Paris Agreement

Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Saleh Al Muhanna, Zlata Sergeeva

It is widely recognized that the commitments set out in the Paris Agreement fall short of achieving the 2 degrees Celsius global warming target, agreed as the central goal of the agreement and its parties. Given this, KAPSARC has set…

Al-Mubarak, Imtenan

Al Muhanna, Saleh

Sergeeva, Zlata

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