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      Robin Mills

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      A protester rally in Manila, Philippines against the US military actions in Venezuela. EPA
      Business InsightsIs the clock turning back on national sovereignty over natural resources?

      Venezuela’s oil sales are under US supervision and the Trump administration is threatening Iran, but advantage by coercion is not the answer

      EnergyJanuary 26, 2026
      Gas flares from an oil production platform at the Soroush oilfields in Iran. Iranian crude exports are sharply down from 2.52 million bpd in 2017. Reuters
      Business InsightsNo end in sight for Iran’s chronic energy problems

      Iranian oil sells for steep discounts versus international benchmarks even to China because of the hassle of circumventing sanctions

      EnergyJanuary 19, 2026
      The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar are national clean-energy champions. Victor Besa / The National
      Business InsightsFuture energy innovation must become mainstay of Gulf economies

      Energy efficiency will also take focus at the event in Abu Dhabi this week

      EnergyJanuary 12, 2026
      An oilfield worker at a well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil-rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal in the state of Monagas. Reuters
      Business Insights Monroe to Don-roe: US asserts resource control politics with Venezuela

      Donald Trump said he will take a 'tremendous amount of wealth out of the ground'

      EnergyJanuary 05, 2026
      Rings formed by towers from the Amazon Face research project, where scientists pump carbon dioxide into the rainforest canopy to simulate future atmospheric conditions and study long-term climate effects, in Manaus, Brazil. Reuters
      Business InsightsOur children in 2100 will inherit today’s energy decisions

      As governments and forecasters fixate on 2050, the real consequences of energy policy will be felt far beyond it

      EnergyDecember 29, 2025
      A worker handles copper shavings at a foundry. The metal is essential for efficient electrical systems. Bloomberg
      Business InsightsGulf countries should tap into Pakistan's mineral wealth

      World’s largest undeveloped copper-gold deposit lies in a remote corner of Balochistan province

      EnergyDecember 22, 2025
      A worker at the oil and gas platform at Miubarek field off the coast of Sharjah. Jeff Topping / The National
      Business InsightsHow necessity is driving innovation in Gulf gas sector

      Solutions are being pioneered but companies have to be agile and imaginative to meet the rising demand

      EnergyDecember 15, 2025
      Demonstrators march in support of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in Panama City. AFP
      Business InsightsWhat political upheaval in Venezuela will mean for its energy sector

      Any US military action against the South American country will not be a simple exercise in gunboat diplomacy

      EnergyDecember 08, 2025
      Adnoc Gas's Das Island facility is the third-longest-established LNG operation still in production globally. Photo: Adnoc Group
      Business InsightsUAE's gas-driven future is emerging and Adnoc must deliver

      AI hubs, data centre clusters and rising populations are raising the pressure on domestic supply

      EnergyDecember 01, 2025
      A truck carrying timber across an Amazonian field. The Amazon may be a long way from the Gulf, but its climate influence stretches far through space and time. Reuters
      Business InsightsDeforestation is the climate deal-breaker the world can't afford to ignore

      Studies suggests that half of the Amazon rainforest could collapse by mid-century, converting to drier savannah

      EnergyNovember 24, 2025
      The Hajar Mountains in Ras al Khaimah. Silvia Razgova / The National
      Business InsightsWhy it's time to dig through the rocks hiding hydrogen

      The UAE, with its long petroleum experience, is well-suited to explore and develop another subsurface energy source

      EnergyNovember 17, 2025
      Adipec 2025 welcomed 220,000 visitors to Abu Dhabi last week. Photo: Adipec
      Business InsightsPower equals knowledge: Energy leaders write a new equation at Adipec

      Abu Dhabi’s global energy showcase this year saw the industry wanting to explore the AI boom - its reality, its uses and its energy appetite

      EnergyNovember 10, 2025
      FILE PHOTO: Flames blaze from a chimney at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS / Lisi Niesner / File Photo
      Business Insights Europe's gas future lies east and south, not across the Atlantic

      Overdependence on Washington looks unwise with today’s turbulent trade despite the swelling wave of American LNG

      EnergyNovember 03, 2025
      Russian President Vladimir Putin. Reuters
      Business InsightsWhy the latest Russia oil sanctions could hurt its war economy

      Earlier bans diverted oil from Europe to India and China, allowing them to extract discounts, but without damaging Moscow’s overall sales

      EnergyOctober 27, 2025
      Oil and gas tanks at a port in Zhuhai, China. Reuters
      Business InsightsChina is soaking up oil imports, and the US and Russia are reasons why

      Beijing is concerned about threats from tighter US trade restrictions and sanctions on Moscow and Tehran

      EnergyOctober 20, 2025
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