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Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
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Iranian gas more competitive, says former Iraqi electricity minister www.rudaw.net/english/midd... Lot of interesting discussion at my @rudawmedia.bsky.social panel

Delighted to be assisting @rudawmedia.bsky.social again on organising this year's Erbil Forum. We @qamarenergy.bsky.social will be discussing Iraq's energy security and regional geopolitics rudawrc.net/en/forum/2025

Brazil, the Schrodinger's member of OPEC+. Is it in or out, and what's better for it? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com :geopolitical oil hotspots cooling?, a way through UK's oil-field dilemma, & space mirrors to bring night-time solar www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

US sanctions, Iran gas unreliability threaten a summer energy crisis for Iraq - the GCC can gain by helping out www.agbi.com/opinion/ener...

The Labour govt faces a tough choice on Rosebank oilfield approval. Smart policy can help the UK move beyond a zero-sum choice on energy www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Climate denial moves on to earthquake and volcano denial

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : US "energy dominance" stirs countermeasures, post-Assad Syria scrambles for electricity, & hottest January worries climate scientists www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal,” former secretary of state Henry Kissinger said in 1968. This applies particularly to energy. www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Trump tariff U-turns upset oil, UAE's first methanol plant, and weather forecasting from ancient Arabia to AI www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Prices will be higher, innovation less, decarbonisation slower, and a Xi-Trump handshake won’t change that reality www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com

Why a dead cow promises boom for the Argentinian economy and another headache for OPEC www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Trump's energy policies risk China competition, Dubai-Abu Dhabi rail could cut emissions, & colonise Mars or clean up at home? www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

What is the US's new energy agenda under Trump? What does it mean for the world? soundcloud.com/energyconnec...

Forget Canada, Panama & Greenland - Trump has just ceded the most important territory to China: the green energy future www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Trump's first energy moves bring uncertainty, giga-battery storage tops the bill in Abu Dhabi, BP cuts jobs, & post-war Syria needs energy for reconstruction www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Will the new US administration rethink policy to allow Saudi Arabia to reach its nuclear power goal? www.agbi.com/opinion/ener...

Kuwait's offshore exploration programme seems to be going well...another discovery, 800 Mbbl & 600 Bcf associated gas at Al Jlaiaa www.reuters.com/business/ene...

The Sun in the Gulf will shine even at night: the UAE's massive battery and solar project www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Russia & Iran face new sanctions constriction, massive solar + battery plan for Abu Dhabi, & Shell's Namibia write-down "just a bump" www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

"The great questions of the day will be decided by blood and iron”: Bismarck. Vladimir Putin adds oil to that. But can the Russian war economy hold up in 2025? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene...

What if America had continued on Jimmy Carter's energy innovation track? www.energyconnects.com/opinion/thou...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Iran's energy crisis a diplomatic opening, Trump wants to seize Greenland, Panama, & climate "wreaking havoc" on water www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Iran's energy crisis: an opening for regional diplomacy? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Something old, something new: GCC energy trends in 2025 www.agbi.com/opinion/ener...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : 2024's energy and climate scorecard, what to watch in 2025, & Jimmy Carter's energy legacy www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

What to expect in energy in 2025: cycles, trends and shocks www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Bad news comes in twos for Europe's energy security, RAK's energy innovation, & Iran's energy crisis www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

RAK's innovative energy path - from solar and hydro to carbon capture and hydrogen, and why its mountains play a key role @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/202...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec cuts demand forecast, what next for Syrian oil after Assad?, & Gulf could use cheap renewables for data centre boom www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

BP has been struggling with leadership & its low-carbon transition plans - does its salvation lie in the Gulf? www.agbi.com/opinion/ener... @qamarenergy.bsky.social

Sorry to hear that my old college Master, Professor Colin Renfrew, has passed away. Giant of archaeology & origins of Indo-European, modern art champion www.jesus.cam.ac.uk/articles/pro... @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social

We @qamarenergy.bsky.social are now soaring into the #energysky - Middle East energy strategy, commercial and decarbonisation www.qamarenergy.com

What next for Syria's oil after Assad? @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : What could Opec have done differently in 2022?, post-Assad Syria needs energy to rebuild, & AI says world could heat up faster www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Energy: a key part of rebuilding Syria, & what to learn (and not to learn) from its neighbours #energysky www.energyconnects.com/opinion/thou...

What if OPEC had decided to phase out production cuts two years ago? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... from a question by @roryjohnston.bsky.social

From prokaryotes via Pikaia to people in just 4 billion years from @visualcap.bsky.social

Big deal for Shell & Equinor in the UK North Sea - brings growth back to Shell portfolio, tax advantages, could be future spin-off www.reuters.com/markets/deal...

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Canada & Mexico are Trump tariff targets, @adnocgroup.bsky.social forms XRG, & RAK plans world's biggest pumped hydro www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Tariffs: bad economics but good politics. What do Trump's threatened tariffs on Canada & Mexico mean for energy? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Trump tariffs hit oil prices, gas really worse for climate than coal?, & @COP29_AZ reaches $300B finance deal www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

The coal vs gas controversy: how bad calculations mislead on LNG's climate impact www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene...