Senegal playing smart, so far, with its oil and gas findings
Opinion
From 2002 to 2004, I lived in Senegal and worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a town called Thiès.
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Will U.S.-China rivalry hasten the energy transition?
Opinion
The energy world changes rapidly. Technology, social and economic patterns, emergence of new sources, and depletion of old ones can
Biblical proportions: the Pope, Paris, and energy justice
Environment
Since his ascension in 2013, Pope Francis has rebelliously wielded the power of the papacy in new and groundbreaking ways.
Business first: the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy and energy diplomacy
Opinion
Energy underpins the grand strategies of world powers. China’s Belt and Road initiative builds commercial ties abroad to secure hydrocarbon
Can Cyprus gas overcome Greek-Turkish rivalry?
Opinion
Commerce has spawned rivalries across the eastern Mediterranean for millennia. Hydrocarbons might be the last major commercial reason to sustain
Does Bahrain’s discovery signal a global wave of shale?
Opinion
From the United States to Argentina and Australia and now Bahrain, we hear a common refrain in 2018: shale is
Can the Southern Gas Corridor build new markets?
Opinion
Spring is a time of new beginnings. For those hoping Europe can curb its Russian gas habit, the earlier-than-planned inauguration
Trump’s OPEC tweet and the art of the Iran deal
Opinion
Donald Trump’s Twitter spat with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) last week, in which the American President
Houston, we have a solution: carbon capture and storage
Industry
This article was first published on Morning Consult (morningconsult.com) on April 13, 2018. As the World Bank prepares to host
Panama Canal portends as long-term bottleneck for U.S. LNG
Opinion
The resurgence of U.S. oil and gas production in recent years has been nothing short of staggering. In 2013, the
The discursive trap of peak oil demand
Consumption
In the past year, peak oil demand has become a fixture in debates about the future of the global energy
The gassy pangs of a Russian winter in Europe
Opinion
Poison, cold weather, and natural gas: three things that Europeans would probably wish that they didn’t receive from Russia. Last
Shifting sands: Middle East oil is safer than ever before
Opinion
There are few more enduring themes in energy than the unpredictable and volatile geopolitics of Middle East oil, which have
The globalization of clean energy transitions
Opinion
On February 17, Mexico became the first Latin American member of the International Energy Agency (IEA), whose members consume over
Can the Russian-OPEC Alliance (ROPEC) provide oil-price stability?
Opinion
The fall of the U.S. stock market over past two weeks has pulled global markets and oil prices down with