Energy and Economic Vulnerability The Energy Transition and Export Diversification in Oil-Dependent Countries: The Role of Structural Factors Fatih Karanfil, Luc Desire Omgba The energy transition toward decarbonization is expected to impact producers of fossil fuels. However, oil-exporting countries are currently key players in the modern economy. Thus, the energy transition will not be successful if state revenues in these countries are not… Karanfil, Fatih Luc Desire Omgba
Evaluation of Public Investment Projects Modeling the Distribution and Transshipment of Refined Oil Products Walid Matar KAPSARC has developed an optimization model to characterize the distribution of oil products after the refining stage. The model ensures that the demand for any group of refined oil products is simultaneously met while minimizing the social costs associated with… Matar, Walid
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Modeling Factors Affecting the Choice to Use the Proposed Riyadh Metro System Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Anvita Arora The Riyadh metro system is being implemented as a sustainable transport option that will offer reliable, affordable and comfortable urban mobility. It is important to understand the factors influencing the likelihood that people will use the new metro system. Thus,… Anwar, Ahm Mehbub Oakil, Abu Toasin Muhsen, Abdelrahman Arora, Anvita
Productivity and Economic Diversification Baseline Forecasts of Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Saudi Arabia Using the Structural Time Series Model and Autometrics Anwar Gasim, Lester C. Hunt, Jeyhun Mikayilov As a party to the Paris Agreement, Saudi Arabia submitted a baseline emissions reduction target as part of its nationally determined contribution. The baseline target rests on the development of a baseline emissions scenario. This is a counterfactual scenario that… Gasim, Anwar Hunt, Lester C. Mikayilov, Jeyhun
Modeling Cross-seasonal Fuel Savings From Load Shifting in the Saudi Industrial Sector and Interlinkages to Export Revenues Science Direct Salaheddine Soummane, Amro Elshurafa, Hatem Al Atawi, Frank Felder
Climate Change Policies and Governance Advancing the Circular Carbon Economy in Saudi Arabia In May 2022, the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) co-organized an event titled “Advancing the Circular Carbon Economy in Saudi Arabia.” The one-day event, which comprised a high-level…
Models, Data and Tools Macroeconomic and Sectoral Effects of the Natural Gas Price: Policy Insights from a Macroeconometric Model Fakhri Hasanov, Muhammad Javid, Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rami Shabaneh, Abdulelah Darandary, Ryan Alyamani Macroeconomic and sectoral assessment of the energy price reform (EPR) can provide policymakers with useful insights regarding price deregulation options. A key feature of this research that differentiates it from many other studies is its modeling framework. The framework first… Hasanov, Fakhri Javid, Muhammad Mikayilov, Jeyhun Shabaneh, Rami Darandary, Abdulelah Alyamani, Ryan
Chapter 2: Geopolitics and energy security issues in India Elgaronline This book chapter assesses the issues related to the Indian energy sector through a geopolitical and energy security lens, focusing on the energy access and economic drivers that have helped shape these lenses historically and their impact on the future.… Jitendra Roychoudhury
Productivity and Economic Diversification The Rebound Effect in Residential Energy Demand: The Case of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Aldubyan, Fateh Belaïd, Anwar Gasim A Bird’s-Eye View of the Rebound Effect Although the rebound effect phenomenon has sparked heightened policy and academic debate in recent years, the topic is not new. The concept of rebound – and its extreme form, “backfire”, where energy efficiency… Aldubyan, Mohammad Belaïd, Fateh Gasim, Anwar
Future of Global Oil Markets The Volatility of Crude Oil Prices and the Mitigation of Oil Price Risk The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the greatest challenges of modern times. More than two years since its onset, the global oil market has yet to regain any semblance of balance or stability. The future remains extremely uncertain. The pandemic…
Decarbonizing the Residential Sector: How Prominent is Household Energy-Saving Behavior in Decision Making? IAEE Fateh Belaïd
Chapter 5: China’s energy investment through the lens of the Belt and Road Initiative Dongmei Chen, Philipp Galkin The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): Progress Amid Controversies Overview of the BRI President Xi Jinping announced the BRI in 2013 during his official visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia. The vision for a Silk Road Economic Belt connecting Central Asia… Chen, Dongmei Galkin, Philipp
Oil Rents and Non-oil Economic Growth in CIS Oil Exporters. The Role of Financial Development Science Direct Fakhri Hasanov
What Would it Take for the People of Riyadh City to Shift From Their Cars to the Proposed Metro? Science Direct Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Abu Toasin Oakil, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Anvita Arora
Productivity and Economic Diversification Exploring the Effect of a Transportation Subsidy on Saudi Arabia’s Main Labor Force Indicators Mansour Al Rajhi, Cian Mulligan As part of the strategic roadmap for Saudi Vision 2030, the Saudi Arabian government set a goal in 2017 to increase female participation in the workforce from 22% to 30%. This goal falls under objective 4, Increase Employment, of the… Mansour Al Rajhi Mulligan, Cian
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand CO2 Emissions Reduction Progress and Future Perspectives in Aviation CO2 emissions from aviation are a priority for policymakers, researchers, entities, and governments worldwide. Traditional approaches to analyzing the aviation sector must be modified because aviation practices are no longer supply driven. In fact, the recent increase in environmental awareness…
Models, Data and Tools Seasonal Adjustment of GDP Time Series – Private Sector Component Jeremy Rothfield, Mansour Al Rajhi The General Authority for Statistics (GaStat) categorizes Saudi Arabia’s gross domestic product (GDP) into institutional oil and non-oil segments. The institutional non-oil segment can be further broken down into institutional government and institutional private sectors. For analysts, the seasonal adjustment… Rothfield, Jeremy Mansour Al Rajhi
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand How Responsive Are New Car Buyers in India and China to Factors Driving Fuel Consumption? Prateek Bansal, Rubal Dua China and India, the world’s two most populous developing economies, are also among the largest automotive markets and carbon emitters. To reduce carbon emissions from the passenger car sector, both countries have considered various policy levers that affect fuel price,… Bansal, Prateek Dua, Rubal
Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Regional Energy Cooperation: Opportunities to Enhance the Saudi-India Relationship Yagyavalk Bhatt, Nora Nezamuddin Saudi Arabia and India, two of the fastest growing economies globally, play important roles in South Asia and the Middle East, respectively. Saudi-India relations have started to acquire a strategic dimension owing to the countries’ growing business opportunities, rising investment… Bhatt, Yagyavalk Nezamuddin, Nora
Electric Vehicle Subsidies: Time to Accelerate or Pump the Brakes? Science Direct Rubal Dua, Tamara Sheldon, Omar Al Harbi
