Publications

KAPSARC Oil Market Outlook

This quarter’s highlights include an oil demand quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 940 Kb/d following last quarter’s declines. While the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries witnessed a QoQ decline of roughly 700 thousand barrels per day (Kb/d) last…

Smart Energy-Saving Technologies and Their Potential Application in Buildings Lessons for Saudi Arabia

Fateh Belaïd, Fatimah Alsunbul, Mohammad Aldubyan

The increasing demand for energy in our modern world has led to a critical need to conserve energy resources. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) predicts that under the 1.5°C scenario, electricity will be the primary energy carrier in the…

Belaïd, Fateh

Fatimah Alsunbul

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Energy-from-Waste (Ef W) with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Saudi Arabia

Naser Odeh

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, such as direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), are essential for Saudi Arabia to achieve net zero by 2060. It is estimated that approximately 250–371 Mt/y of CDR will…

Naser Odeh

The Contribution of Energy to Economic Growth and Convergence

Nader AlKathiri, Abdulelah Darandary

Using a sample of 94 countries, we analyze the contribution of energy to cross-country economic growth and convergence since 1980. By extending the traditional frontier approach to include energy as an additional factor of production, we decompose economic growth into…

AlKathiri, Nader

Darandary, Abdulelah

Projecting Global Oil Demand for the Buildings Sector

Fateh Belaïd, Mohammad Aldubyan

As one of the largest consumers of energy resources, the building sector plays a key role in the evolution of the global energy landscape. Buildings account for approximately one-third of the world’s final energy consumption. This methodology paper aims to provide…

Belaïd, Fateh

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Decoding the Behavioral Patterns in Saudi Arabia from GASTAT’s Five-Year Household Energy Statistics Survey

Abdulelah Darandary, Fateh Belaïd

This commentary presents the findings of the annual Energy Statistics Survey by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), an ongoing initiative since 2017 that is now in its fifth iteration, which covers 2022. The survey encompasses hundreds of responses from…

Darandary, Abdulelah

Belaïd, Fateh

Assessment of the Potential of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in the Red Sea

Ahmed Al-Balawi, Nora Nezamuddin, Frank Felder, Abdelrahman Muhsen, Amro Elshurafa

Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have recently gained traction and are being installed in several regions of Europe and Asia. These turbines use the same technology as typical offshore wind turbines but are not directly anchored to the seabed. Instead,…

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Nezamuddin, Nora

Felder, Frank

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Elshurafa, Amro

The U.S. Hydrogen Production Tax Credit (45V) – The Cause of an Ideological Fault Line

In 2022, the U.S. passed the “Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)” – legislation that appropriated ~$370 billion as subsidies for measures dedicated to improving energy security and accelerating the clean energy transition, making it the single largest investment in climate and…

Ecological-behavioral Economics: Impact of Information on Energy-renovation Decision through Third-party Investing

Science Direct

Fateh Belaïd

Global Crude Oil Refinery Configurations

Evar Umeozor

Crude oil refineries produce finished petroleum products through a series of processing steps known as refinery unit operations. The capacities and varieties of process units, along with their operational characteristics, differentiate one refinery from another.

Umeozor, Evar

Energy Policy Pathways to Inform Climate Policy in Saudi Arabia

Science Direct

Walid Matar, Noura Mansouri, Evar Umeozor

Geothermal – Saudi Arabia’s Next Energy Vector?

Majed A. Al Suwailem, Mohammad Aldubyan, Osamah Al-Momen

For decades, Saudi Arabia’s power sector has heavily relied on hydrocarbons for electricity generation. Their abundant supply, affordability, and differential performance have made them a top choice. A significant portion of this electricity provides power for air conditioning systems and…

Al Suwailem, Majed A.

Aldubyan, Mohammad

Osamah Al-Momen

Satellite-Assisted Methane Emissions Intensity from Saudi Oil and Gas Production in 2023

Anwar Gasim, Abdulmalik Kurdi, Walid Matar, Abdelrahman Muhsen

In its latest release of the Global Methane Tracker, the International Energy Agency (IEA) imputes methane intensity for each oil and gas producer for 2023.

Gasim, Anwar

Abdulmalik Kurdi

Matar, Walid

Muhsen, Abdelrahman

Ecological-behavioral Economics: Impact of Information on Energy-renovation Decision Through Third-party Investing

Science Direct

Fateh Belaïd

Smart Cities: Social and Environmental Challenges and Opportunities for Local Authorities

Springer Link

Fateh Belaïd, Anvita Arora

Modeling the Determinants of Electrical Vehicles Adoption: A Saudi Perspective

Science Direct

Ryan Alyamani

Revitalizing Relationships for the Clean Energy Souk

Jitendra Roychoudhury, Ahmed Al-Balawi, Amro Elshurafa, Marie Petitet

The GCC countries have been trading for millennia, and energy transition offers new opportunities to revitalize existing trade relationships and form new partnerships driving growth through innovation. Read More Here

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Ahmed Al-Balawi

Elshurafa, Amro

Marie Petitet

The Clean Hydrogen Economy and Saudi Arabia

Rami Shabaneh, Jitendra Roychoudhury

This book provides a first-of-its-kind analysis of the emerging global hydrogen economy from the vantage point of one of the world’s biggest energy providers: Saudi Arabia. In 2021, and within the context of the Circular Carbon Economy framework, Saudi Arabia…

Shabaneh, Rami

Roychoudhury, Jitendra

Energy Price Reform to Mitigate Transportation Carbon Emissions in Oil-Rich Economies

Springer Link

Jeyhun Mikayilov, Rubal Dua

The Circular Carbon Economy Index 2023: Results

Mari Luomi, Fatih Yılmaz, Thamir Al Shehri

The Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) Index provides a comparative overview of where countries stand on the road to net-zero and how well equipped they are to get there. The CCE Index compiles quantitative data points from 38 robust sources into…

Luomi, Mari

Yılmaz, Fatih

Al Shehri, Thamir