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Global Energy Forum

Jan 5, 2019

Navigating the energy transition: International oil company diversification strategies

By David Koranyi

As energy markets and technologies rapidly change, international oil companies (IOCs) are facing a set of interconnected challenges that will fundamentally affect their business models. From changes in the supply and demand picture, to shifts in how energy is produced and consumed, to public pressure to decrease greenhouse gas footprints, companies have a wide range of issues to consider as they decide how to prepare for an unpredictable future.

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Global Energy Forum

Sep 6, 2018

Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum Returns to Abu Dhabi in 2019

Abu Dhabi, UAE – The third annual Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held in Abu Dhabi on January 12-13, 2019, again kicking off Abu Dhabi’s Sustainability Week. The two-day premier event gathers international and regional political, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and examine the longer-term geopolitical […]

EnergySource

Jan 18, 2018

4 takeaways from the 2018 Global Energy Forum

By Atlantic Council Global Energy Center

The Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi is the premier international gathering of government, industry, and thought leaders to set the global energy agenda for the year and anticipate and respond to the dramatic changes in the world of energy.

Energy & Environment

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

The Future of Transportation

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

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Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

Women Seek a Bigger Role in Arab Gulf’s Energy Sector

By Larry Luxner

Women are a rare sight at the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, and they’re almost never seen in the oilfields. Hiba Dialdin wants to change that—even if it means changing the entire corporate culture of the largest petroleum conglomerate on Earth. Dialdin, a petroleum engineering consultant at Saudi Aramco, was one of five women to speak […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2018

All Eyes on China

By Larry Luxner

International Energy Agency chief, Fatih Birol, says China’s shift toward renewables has global implications Sharply falling prices for solar energy, China’s new pro-environment policies, and emerging US dominance in world oil and gas production are all shaping global energy markets for decades to come, said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA). […]

China The Gulf

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

What Will Replace Nuclear Energy?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

When it comes to nuclear energy, there are two distinct and opposing trends in the world today—in the United States and Europe, aging reactors are being phased out and there is a reluctance to build new ones, while countries like China are on a building spree, according to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

The Future of OPEC and Oil Markets

By Larry Luxner

Stabilizing petroleum prices, “peak oil,” and the implications of a possible collapse of the Iran nuclear deal dominated a January 13 panel discussion in Abu Dhabi on the long-term future of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). But for now, OPEC’s fourteen members have little to worry about, Mohammad Barkindo—the organization’s Nigerian secretary […]

Global Energy Forum

Jan 13, 2018

US Energy Official Says ‘War on Coal’ Has Put Nation at Risk

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Deputy Secretary of Energy, Dan Brouillette, on January 13 lashed out at what he described as the “war on coal” in the United States which, he said, had thwarted the construction of clean power plants, discouraged investments in new mining operations, and, as a result, put the nation at risk. Noting that coal and […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense
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