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Shifting Crude Flows And Rising Competition In Asia: Implications For Gulf Producers
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle East is the world's largest crude exporter with the majority of its crude
- sold via long term contracts - flowing eastward. Despite this, significant shifts in
global crude flows are expected over the next ...
Saudi Arabia and the Emirates' Quest for Alternative Energy: Geopolitics of the Nuclear Option
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
Nuclear energy programs are under formalization in countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with the UAE's first power plants due to be operational in 2020, and Saudi Arabia's program under development. A ...
Iran, energy, and geopolitics in 2019: From "strategic patience" to "lose-lose"
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
In the geopolitical rivalry between Iran and the United States, energy is in the spotlight. Since the US exit from the nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA) in May 2018 and the launch of the "maximum ...
The Rise of Shale oil and Gas and the Renewables and the Prospects for the Future of GCC Energy Sector
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The rise of shale oil and gas, particularly in the United States, and its emergence
as the largest producer of oil and an exporter of natural gas and a modest amounts
of oil, has transformed the US as the net importer ...
The Geopolitics of Energy Transitions in Arab Gulf States
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The energy-based political economies of the Arab Gulf States are entering a period of significant change as a combination of domestic challenges and regional tensions intersect with the rise of a new generation of more ...
Russia's Energy Strategy and its Impact on Gulf Energy Markets
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The economies of Russia and the Gulf states are dependent on extraction and
export of their hydrocarbon resources. Saudi Arabia and Russia are the worlds
largest oil exporting countries, with Russia and Qatar the largest ...
The privatization of Saudi ARAMCO and the future of national oil companies of the Gulf
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
On November 3, 2019, Saudi Arabia announced that the national oil company, Saudi Aramco, would be partially privatized. The process is scheduled to begin on November 17. This news made a lot of noise. First, for the first ...
Prospects for Alternative Energy in the Gulf
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
The Middle East region holds the world's largest oil and natural gas proven reserves. Several Middle-Eastern states are major oil producers and consumers. Given price fluctuations and environmental concerns, many countries ...
Challenges for Middle Eastern Petroleum Exports: Regional Conflicts or Internal Instability?
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Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University
, 2019 , Conference Paper)
What are the main challenges impacting the exports of oil and gas from the Middle
East to the global markets? The focus has always been on the regional conflicts
such as the Arab oil embargoes applied in the aftermath ...