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      Modeling the Distribution and Transshipment of Refined Oil Products
      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…

      Walid Matar Matar, Walid
      11th May 2023
      Real Gross Domestic Income for Saudi Arabia From 1986 to 2021
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      Real Gross Domestic Income for Saudi Arabia From 1986 to 2021

      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,…

      Walid Matar Matar, Walid
      4th April 2023
      Alternative Fuels for Saudi Cement Manufacturing with Time-varying Carbon Pricing
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      Alternative Fuels for Saudi Cement Manufacturing with Time-varying Carbon Pricing

      Walid Matar, Doaa Filali

      After cement production in Saudi Arabia surged in the first half of the 2010s due to the country’s rapid economic development, it has slowed measurably in recent years as economic growth has declined. This is shown in Figure 1, along…

      Walid Matar Matar, Walid
      Doaa Filali Doaa Filali
      17th January 2023
      Resilience of Saudi Arabia’s Economy to Oil Shocks: Effects of Economic Reforms
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      Resilience of Saudi Arabia’s Economy to Oil Shocks: Effects of Economic Reforms

      Hossa Almutairi, Marzio Galeotti, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru

      We assess the extent to which the implementation of Saudi Vision 2030 policies enhances the Saudi economy’s resilience to oil price and production shocks, and to the productivity of tradable and non-tradable goods. We extend Blazquez et al.’s (2021) dynamic…

      Hossa Almutairi Almutairi, Hossa
      Marzio Galeotti Galeotti, Marzio
      Baltasar Manzano Manzano, Baltasar
      Axel Pierru Pierru, Axel
      23rd September 2022
      Moving Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Global Methane Pledge Forward
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      Moving Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Global Methane Pledge Forward

      Rami Shabaneh, Bertrand Rioux, Fahad Bin Haji

      In our previous Instant Insight, The Global Methane Pledge: What It Means for the Oil and Gas Industry Post-COP26, we shed light on the increased momentum behind the issue of methane emissions and how it is taking center stage in…

      Rami Shabaneh Shabaneh, Rami
      Bertrand Rioux Rioux, Bertrand
      Fahad Bin Haji Fahad Bin Haji
      8th May 2022
      Estimating the Household Consumption Function in Saudi Arabia
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects Energy and Economic Vulnerability

      Estimating the Household Consumption Function in Saudi Arabia

      Goblan Al Gahtani, Carlo Andrea Bollino, Simona Bigerna, Axel Pierru

      This research is part of a joint project between the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) and the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). This paper estimates a micro-based life cycle consumption model for Saudi Arabia over the period…

      Goblan Al Gahtani Goblan Al Gahtani
      Carlo Andrea Bollino Bollino, Carlo Andrea
      Simona Bigerna Bigerna, Simona
      Axel Pierru Pierru, Axel
      5th February 2019
      The Value of Saving Oil in Saudi Arabia
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects

      The Value of Saving Oil in Saudi Arabia

      Jorge Blazquez, Baltasar Manzano, Axel Pierru

      What is the value of saving a barrel of oil that would otherwise had been consumed domestically? This study explores the question, taking a long-run perspective into a general equilibrium approach. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the difference between…

      Jorge Blazquez Blazquez, Jorge
      Baltasar Manzano Manzano, Baltasar
      Axel Pierru Pierru, Axel
      25th March 2018
      Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: A Framework for Developing Policies
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects Energy and Economic Vulnerability

      Managing Oil Revenue Stabilization Funds: A Framework for Developing Policies

      Nader AlKathiri, Frederic Murphy, Axel Pierru

      Oil revenue stabilization funds provide short-run protection against oil revenue fluctuations – in the way that Saudi government deposits and reserve at the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) have historically served as a buffer to decouple government budget from oil…

      Nader AlKathiri AlKathiri, Nader
      Frederic Murphy Murphy, Frederic
      Axel Pierru Pierru, Axel
      4th October 2017
      Multidimensional Bargaining Using KTAB
      Evaluation of Public Investment Projects Future of Transport and Fuel Demand Regional Energy Markets Climate Change Policies and Governance Future of Global Oil Markets Future of Natural Gas Markets Electricity Sector Transitions Energy and Economic Vulnerability Models, Data and Tools Productivity and Economic Diversification

      Multidimensional Bargaining Using KTAB

      Brian Efird, Imtenan Al-Mubarak, Lama Yaseen

      This paper (Multidimensional KTAB) is a technical discussion paper designed as a follow on to An Introduction to the KAPSARC Toolkit for Behavioral Analysis using one-dimensional spatial models (Unidimensional KTAB). It extends the original framework of KTAB to explain the…

      Brian Efird Efird, Brian
      Imtenan Al-Mubarak Al-Mubarak, Imtenan
      Lama Yaseen Yaseen, Lama
      24th December 2015