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Robin Mills

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Robin M. Mills is chief executive of Qamar Energy, and author of The Myth of the Oil Crisis
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Saudi Arabia has 10.2 gigawatts of operational renewable energy, mostly solar photovoltaic. Reuters
Business InsightsIs Saudi Arabia closer to fully depending on renewables for power?

Kingdom's power shift likely to transform its domestic energy system

BusinessAugust 18, 2025
A worker turns a valve at UdmurtNeft's Gremikhinskoye oil field east of Izhevsk near the Ural Mountains. Reuters
Business InsightsWhy US tariff sledgehammer approach with India might have opposite effect

Trump’s latest executive order adds a 25% tariff on India’s goods, because of its purchase of Russian oil, on top of the similar levy

EnergyAugust 11, 2025
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after an announcement of a trade deal between the US and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland. Reuters
Business Insights EU-US deal won't materialise - the reason is in the details

US would have to divert all its energy exports to Europe under the agreement

EnergyAugust 04, 2025
Burning gas flares at the Dora (Daura) Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad. Iraq is the world’s third worst flarer of unused gas from oil production, behind only Russia and Iran. AFP
Business InsightsWhy solving Iraq's gas problem is crucial for its economy and environment

The optimal development of gas in Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq would help the country move on from over-reliance on oil exports

EnergyJuly 28, 2025
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announces an 18th package of sanctions against Russia at EU headquarters in Brussels on June 10. AFP
Business Insights EU's wave of Russia sanctions three years later doesn't signal urgency

Latest effort takes aim at Russia’s energy earnings

BusinessJuly 21, 2025
Whether oil demand expands robustly to 2050 or peaks soon is a contest waged across geographies and sectors. Reuters
Business InsightsWhy writing oil's death certificate is premature

Opec's latest outlook revises up long-term oil demand by 2.8 million barrels per day by 2050, to 122.9 million bpd

EnergyJuly 14, 2025
Solar panels and wind turbines at the new Huaneng Binzhou power generation project in Binzhou, in China’s eastern Shandong province. AFP
Business InsightsChina, not the US, is dominating clean energy output

Country's grid expects twice as much solar power capacity installed in 2025 than the US has in total

EnergyJuly 07, 2025
An aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has often threatened to close the strait at times of geopolitical tension. Reuters
Business InsightsHas the oil and gas industry learnt lessons from the Israel-Iran conflict?

The market appears to have decided that it will wait to see real physical disruption or destruction before reacting dramatically

EnergyJune 30, 2025
Adnoc made the offer to acquire Santos through its international unit XRG. Victor Besa / The National
Business InsightsWhy Adnoc's offer to acquire Santos marks a big leap

It is an ideal opportunity for someone with deep pockets and tolerance for risk to build world-scale gas business

EnergyJune 23, 2025
People watch from a bridge as flames rise from the Shahran Oil depot in Tehran, Iran. Reuters
What Iran's next potential move will mean for energy security

Global energy markets might escape crisis this time, but the margin of safety is getting ever narrower

EnergyJune 15, 2025
Turkey's first floating gas production unit transits the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul. Reuters
Business InsightsTurkey boosts domestic gas for leverage over Europe and Iran

Country could export gas mix to overcome upcoming EU ban on Russia imports

EnergyJune 09, 2025
A man is taken to hospital amid hot weather in Saudi Arabia. Temperatures are rising around the world. AFP
Business InsightsWe need an ugly but effective solution to our climate problem

While environmentalists remain stuck on policies that've achieved success, the pragmatists seem to have resigned themselves to living with 2.5°C

BusinessJune 02, 2025
A gas flare on an oil production platform in Iran. Reuters
Business Insights How the US could benefit from removal of Iran oil sanctions

Nearly all sales are to China and Iran incurs some discounts and risk to export its 'dark fleet' of tankers

EnergyMay 26, 2025
US President Donald Trump receives a drop of Murban - the highest quality grade of oil in the world. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Business InsightsThe significance of UAE's Murban oil presented to Trump

Adnoc’s benchmark oil boasts vast quantity and vintage quality 65 years since its discovery

EnergyMay 17, 2025
Storage tanks at the Airankol oil field in the Atyrau Region in Kazakhstan. Reuters
Business InsightsOpec+ move to boost oil supply will not only affect Kazakhstan and Iraq

US shale will be victim of lower oil prices, particularly when compounded by higher costs due to tariffs

EnergyMay 12, 2025
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