Publications

Assessing ESG Impact in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Multi-Criteria Approach

Claudia Belahmidi

The paper titled “Assessing ESG Impact in the Oil & Gas Industry: A Multi-Criteria Approach” discusses the critical role of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles in the oil and gas sector, highlighting both challenges and opportunities. The document emphasizes…

Belahmidi, Claudia

Net-Zero Transition and Employment in Saudi Arabia’s Energy Sector

Olivier Durand-Lasserve

The challenge: nationalizing the labour force in a transforming energy sector Saudi Arabia has engaged in a deep transformation of its hydrocarbon-based domestic energy system. The shift is in line with the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution commitment to reduce emissions…

Durand-Lasserve, Olivier

Saudi Arabia’s National Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories: Overview, Progress, and Outlook

Hind Aldhuwaihi, Anwar Gasim

This paper summarizes Saudi Arabia’s history with national greenhouse gas emission reporting, giving an overview and discussing the trends in emissions.

Aldhuwaihi, Hind

Gasim, Anwar

Assessing CO2 Emissions from Commercial Aviation in Saudi Arabia: A Methodological Approach

Andres Felipe Guzman, Edgar Jimenez Perez

Aviation is projected to grow in the coming decades, leading to increased fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, despite advancements in efficiency. As other sectors decarbonize, aviation’s impact on climate change may become more significant. Assessing aircraft performance, which involves…

Felipe Guzman, Andres

Edgar Jimenez Perez

Alternative Fuels and Processes for Saudi Construction Materials Companies

Walid Matar, Sid Ahmed Hamdani, Faris Aljamed

Producing construction materials requires a great amount of energy, and in Saudi Arabia, this production currently entails the use of substantial amounts of liquid fuels. Liquid fuels are mostly sold at below-market prices domestically, and thus result in large opportunity…

Matar, Walid

Hamdani, Sid Ahmed

Aljamed, Faris

The Potential Role of Truck-Hailing and Operational Efficiency Improvement in Decarbonizing China’s Medium- and Heavy-Duty Road Freight Transport

Xun Xu, Shiqi Ou, Tianduo Peng, Zhenhong Lin, Xunmin Ou, Zhandong Xu, Mi Gan, Dandan Li, Xiaobo Liu

Truck-hailing is a relatively new Uber-like business model that connects road freight carriers with shippers via mobile apps. First appeared around 2013, it has achieved fast market uptake in China, involving almost 8 million commercial trucks annually by the end…

Xu, Xun

Shiqi Ou

Tianduo Peng

Zhenhong Lin

Xunmin Ou

Zhandong Xu

Mi Gan

Dandan Li

Xiaobo Liu

Energy Peacekeeping: The Role of Effectivités as a Viable, Legal Instrument in Addressing Shared or Disputed Offshore Oil and Gas Fields

Majed A. Al Suwailem, David Soud, Fahad Alyahya

As more offshore oil and gas discoveries, some of them dramatic, take place in areas where maritime boundaries can be disputed, effectivités have become key considerations in resolving some of the resulting conflicts. A basic understanding of the theory of…

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

David Soud

Alyahya, Fahad

The Role of the Petrochemical Sector’s Exports in the Diversification of the Saudi Economy. A Scenario Analysis of the Foreign and Domestic Price Shocks

IAEE

Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid, Heyran Aliyeva

Designing Long-lasting Inventions for Residential Energy Efficiency

Nature

Fateh Belaïd

Macroeconomic and Sectoral Effects of Natural Gas Price: Policy Insights from a Macroeconometric Model

Science Direct

Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rami Shabaneh, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani

Why Might Some Chinese Battery Electric Vehicle Owners Choose Not to Repurchase Another?

Eui-Jin Kim, Rubal Dua, Prateek Bansal

Repurchasing battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is critical to achieving BEV sales targets and decarbonizing China’s transport sector. This study investigates why current BEV owners in China might not repurchase a BEV and who they are. We conducted a stated preference…

Eui-Jin Kim

Dua, Rubal

Bansal, Prateek

Concrete: The Non-Critical, Critical Material

Timothy Laing

The paper is a commentary on key questions facing the relationship between concrete, the energy transition and the global move to net-zero.

Laing, Timothy

Ratifying the Kigali Amendment Challenges and Opportunities for Saudi Arabia

Aayushi Awasthy, Laura Bougary, Mohammad Aldubyan

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol is an international agreement which continues the effort to protect the ozone layer but adds the phase out of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), potent greenhouse gases that contribute significantly to global warming. The international efforts…

Awasthy, Aayushi

Laura Bougary

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Evaluating Airport Location Sustainability Performance: A Methodology from Experts and Contextual Perspective

Andres Felipe Guzman, Juan Nicolas Gonzalez

This paper presents a methodology to evaluate the sustainable performance of an airport location. The approach integrates multiple criteria, including transport requirements, environmental impacts, accessibility, economic potential, social impacts, and regulatory acceptability. The methodology consists of three steps: (1) defining…

Felipe Guzman, Andres

Gonzalez, Juan Nicolas

Waste-to-Hydrogen Techno-Economic Assessment and Emission Reduction Potential in Saudi Arabia

Muhammad Adnan Hayat, Amro Elshurafa

Waste-to-hydrogen (WTH) presents an enormous untapped potential to achieve climate change objectives for many countries by transitioning from high CO2 emission waste disposal techniques to producing clean fuel such as green hydrogen. Additionally, WTH can be incorporated with carbon capture…

Adnan Hayat, Muhammad

Elshurafa, Amro

Windfalls and Pitfalls: How Foreign Labor Strengthens Economic Resilience in GCC During Energy Transition

Dramane Coulibaly, Fatih Karanfil, Luc Desire Omgba

Governments in oil-dependent countries, particularly those in the Gulf, have launched broad and ambitious national plans to diversify their economies. While diversification reduces vulnerability to oil shocks, the expansion of renewables and the deregulation of domestic energy prices decrease domestic…

Dramane Coulibaly

Karanfil, Fatih

Luc Desire Omgba

The Potential Role of Seasonal Pumped Hydropower Storage in Decarbonizing the Power Sector in Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

Naser Odeh

A Review Approach to Understanding the Current Status of Port Resilience: Lessons Learned for GCC Ports

Springer Link

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Nora Nezamuddin

Assessing Impacts of Global Economic Dynamics on the Saudi Economy and Oil Production: A GVAR Analysis

Commodity Insights Digest

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Emre Hatipoglu, Abdullah Aldayel

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook (KOMO)

This is the KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook quarterly report that focuses on oil markets supply, demand and balances.