Publications

The Future of the Petrochemicals Industry and Sino-Saudi Cooperation

The Covid-19 pandemic and the responses to it have had a pronounced impact on the global economy. Major consuming sectors for petrochemicals, including cars and appliances, construction and textiles, have suffered a slump in demand. The production outputs of petrochemicals…

Are Bankruptcies Healthy For The Tight Oil Sector?

Majed A. Al Suwailem, Malik Selemankhel

Between January 2015 and mid-2020, about 69 of the approximately 2,160 small-to-medium independent oil companies operating in the tight oil sector filed for Chapter 11 protection. These filings mostly occurred in 2016 and 2019. A lack of financial discipline and…

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Selemankhel, Malik

Renewable Energy Deployment to Stimulate Energy Transition in the Gulf Cooperation Council

Yagyavalk Bhatt

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region plays a vital role in shaping the global energy markets because of its substantial amount of hydrocarbons resources. Although the GCC has abundant hydrocarbon resources, countries in the region have also shown their commitment…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Stated Preferences of Metro Use by Current Mode Choices in Riyadh

Ahm Mehbub Anwar, Abu Toasin Oakil

Based on the current use of mode, people show different preferences for modal shift. This Data Insight presents the most important metro options (based on fare, travel time, walking time and waiting time of the metro) as stated by the…

Anwar, Ahm Mehbub

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Understanding Latent Consumer Demand For Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Rubal Dua

Consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) – including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and pure battery electric – is a crucial step in improving energy use and reducing emissions in the transportation sector. To promote adoption, policymakers have employed various demand- and…

Dua, Rubal

The Evolution of Gasoline Demand and Prices in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Aldubyan

Gasoline is the primary fuel for the passenger car fleet in Saudi Arabia. The demand for passenger cars, and hence gasoline, is primarily driven by the size, geography and economic growth of the country, its domestic fuel prices, and the…

Aldubyan, Mohammad

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook

Total global oil demand is expected to increase year-on-year (YoY) by 4.2 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in 2021 and further grow by 3.5 MMb/d in 2022, returning to 2019 levels by the third quarter (Q3) 2022. The International Monetary…

What Happened to Oil Product Demand in Saudi Arabia During the First Two Quarters of 2020?

Anwar Gasim

In this commentary, we examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the various lockdown measures on domestic oil product demand in Saudi Arabia during the first and second quarters of 2020. We explore the pandemic’s effects on six key…

Gasim, Anwar

Utility-Scale Storage: Sleeping Giant or Mirage?

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, among other countries, has ambitious plans to install a significant amount of renewable capacity by 2040. A high share of renewable generation in the power system can, however, result in grid instabilities. Energy storage technology…

Refining Value Chain Optimization Trends in the United States: The Shale Factor

Malik Selemankhel

Shale oil or light tight oil (LTO) is a sweet, less viscous crude oil, with an average API gravity range of 35º API to 55º API, and a sulfur content as low as <0.2%. After the Global Financial Crisis in…

Selemankhel, Malik

On the Incremental Investment in Residential Energy Efficiency: A Saudi Perspective

Taylor & Francis Online

This paper examines the marginal welfare gain of adopting higher energy efficiency after another efficiency measure has already been installed. For example, how does installing stringent thermal insulation influence energy efficiency investment decisions thereafter? A mathematical model that embeds a…

Walid Matar

Share of Road Transport and the Consumption of Diesel and Petrol in India

Yagyavalk Bhatt

As of 2015, India had approximately 230 million registered vehicles. Over 70% of India’s registered vehicles are two-wheelers. In 2013, India had 132.55 million registered two-wheelers and 25 million registered cars. According to India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas,…

Bhatt, Yagyavalk

Economic Structural Change and Freight Transport Demand in China

Xun Xu, Tianduo Peng

After decades of rapid economic development, China is quickly becoming the world’s second-largest transport energy consumer. Recently, it has also surpassed the United States (U.S.) as the world’s largest oil importer, and it is expected to become the largest oil…

Xu, Xun

Tianduo Peng

Can Oil Refiners Adjust to a Greater Supply of Shale Oil?

Walid Matar, Rami Shabaneh

The advent of American shale oil and its prospects for continued production growth have raised concerns about whether oil refineries can handle the increasingly lighter crude oil supply. To provide a perspective on this issue, we run a global oil…

Matar, Walid

Shabaneh, Rami

The Saudi Move into Hydrogen: A Paradigm Shift

Hatem Al Atawi, Abdulelah Darandary

Saudi Arabia is moving ahead with its diversification plan, Saudi Vision 2030, by adopting hydrogen. The Kingdom is keen to enable the circular carbon economy (CCE) by producing and utilizing clean hydrogen. On September 27, Saudi Aramco announced its first…

Al Atawi, Hatem

Darandary, Abdulelah

In Eco-Design of Buildings and Infrastructure

Fateh Belaïd, Jean-Pierre Lévy

This chapter looks at different models and approaches concerning the energy consumption of households and buildings. The modelling of building energy consumption falls completely within this context. The field of building energy consumption modelling is therefore vast, diverse and involves…

Belaïd, Fateh

Jean-Pierre Lévy

Extreme Market Distortions Canadian Crude Oil Flows

Jennifer Considine, Philipp Galkin, Abdullah Aldayel

With extensive natural resources and strategic access to both the Atlantic and Pacific basins, Canada has the potential to become a global energy powerhouse – provided that the nation is successful in alleviating its infrastructure bottlenecks. According to the United…

Considine, Jennifer

Galkin, Philipp

Aldayel, Abdullah

Real Gross Domestic Income for Saudi Arabia: A Measure of National Income

Anwar Gasim, Walid Matar

“A country’s national income is defined as the total market value of its output. The most used measure for national income is gross domestic product (GDP). One way to estimate GDP for a country is to sum its government consumption,…

Gasim, Anwar

Matar, Walid

Gasoline Demand Elasticities at the Backdrop of Lower Oil Prices: Fuel-Subsidizing Country Case

MDPI

Jeyhun Mikayilov

Charting Saudi Energy Flows

Andrew Stanley

KAPSARC has developed an energy flow chart for Saudi Arabia. The graphic provides a comprehensive view of the Kingdom’s energy profile, breaking down energy supply by source, sector, and electric power.      

Andrew Stanley