Double trouble: the pitfalls of parallel pipelines
Opinion
Oil and gas pipelines may now be popular news items, but that wasn’t always the case. Geopolitics is one reason:
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Gas could compress the Ukrainian boil in 2019
Opinion
Many of us are hoping for a calmer year in geopolitics in 2019, but experience tells us that is unlikely.
Europe’s five most important energy stories of 2018
Opinion
Dynamic market, geopolitical, and technological forces make the global energy system impossible to predict. As a net consumer and importer
Duly noted: the United States sides with Russia and Saudi Arabia on climate
Environment
At least the battle lines are no longer fuzzy. In advance of the 24th meeting of the Parties to the
Scrub, scrub, scrub your boat: oilmen and shippers brace for IMO 2020
Opinion
Shipping drives the global economy and nurtures the fossil fuel-dominated global energy system. Oil-powered ships account for over 80% of
Producing more, complaining less: AI and a new energy paradigm
Opinion
This article is the third of a three-part series on how artificial intelligence is already shaping the global energy system
Can artificial intelligence help renewables surge on the demand-side?
Industry
This article is the second of a three-part series on how artificial intelligence is already shaping the global energy system
Artificial intelligence will help hydrocarbons on the supply-side
Industry
This article is the first of a three-part series on how artificial intelligence is already shaping the global energy system
Does the West owe its rise to fossil fuels?
Consumption
Human agency enjoys the pole position in explaining historical phenomenon. From the genius of Napoleon, Churchill, and Roosevelt to the
Is Washington trying to bait Iran into closing Hormuz?
Opinion
Crude oil transit is the wild card of the global energy system. Oil producers and consumers act in mostly predictable,
National security drives energy transitions, part II
Opinion
This article is the second part of a two-part analysis that examines how national security interests have hastened energy transitions
National security drives energy transitions, part I
Opinion
This article is the first part of a two-part analysis that examines how national security interests have hastened energy transitions
The China-EU slow dance in energy
Opinion
The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday stole all the headlines this week.
Croatia-France: a World Cup win-win for the energy transition
Environment
Football fandom follows few hard rules – and little rationality. As a sportscaster friend of mine likes to remind: “fan
Lebanese gas won’t stop the next war, but it could contain the damage
Opinion
Today marks the 12-year anniversary of the 34-day war that broke out between Israel and Lebanese-based, Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah ostensibly