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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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      Visitors wait to sit in a Xiaomi SU7 Ultra at the Shanghai automobile exhibition on April 27. Ford boss Jim Farley was so impressed he imported one to the US for his personal use. AFP
      Business InsightsChina's EV supremacy is its vehicle to overtake US economy

      Electric vehicles are giving China an economic and even military advantage

      EnergyApril 28, 2025
      Data centres consume 1.5 per cent of global electricity. The International Energy Agency thinks the worldwide electricity consumption of data centres will more than double by 2030, because of the rising use of AI. AFP
      Business InsightsWhy Gulf should not worry about higher oil and gas exports

      US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, in a recent visit to the UAE, said more affordable energy is good for America and good for the world

      EnergyApril 21, 2025
      Electric vehicles charging in Evansville, Indiana. The US's lates way forward on energy presents competitors with opportunities. AP Photo
      Business InsightsUS policy gaps are allowing Gulf energy to take future leads

      Sharp turns on climate policy and global tariffs are opening doors for new entrants to become industry leaders

      EnergyApril 14, 2025
      The penguin inhabitants of Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean may be unaware of the US's series of trade levies imposed upon by President Donald Trump, but the swing to protectionism is alarming many countries. Image: UK Antarctic Heritage Trust
      Business InsightsHow Opec is seizing an opportunity from the global trade war

      Oil producer group announced a surprise output increase last week forcing crude prices to dive

      EnergyApril 07, 2025
      Flames emerge from flare stacks at the oil fields in Kirkuk, Iraq. Reuters
      Business InsightsBP back to the future at Kirkuk

      British company plans to spend more than $25 billion during the course of the project in Kirkuk to boost production to 420,000 bpd

      EnergyMarch 31, 2025
      Opec’s past projections have largely fallen short due to rising US shale production, shifting energy dynamics and missed opportunities to stabilise prices, leaving it with a shrinking market share and the need for a more adaptive strategy. Getty Images
      Business InsightsHas Opec done enough to prepare for the uncertainty that lies ahead?

      The group is dealing with economic volatility, US-inspired trade wars, uncertain demand in China and in-house member needs

      EnergyMarch 24, 2025
      The Palisades Fire destroyed homes near the Pacific Ocean, highlighting how even the wealthy face rising climate risks. AFP
      Business InsightsQuest for energy pragmatism is not wrong but it can prove dangerous

      Investing 1-2 per cent of cumulative GDP to end-century in climate solutions would reduce the economic damage to just 2-4 per cent

      EnergyMarch 17, 2025
      US President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House in Washington DC in February. Reuters
      Business InsightsUS fixation on Ukraine's minerals and what it may mean for Musk

      World lithium demand could triple by 2030 and a new source would help keep prices down, offering some diversification from Chinese sources

      EnergyMarch 10, 2025
      The First Quantum Minerals Cobre mine in Donoso, Colon province, Panama. Copper, a key metal for basic urban development, is needed in vast quantities but increasingly hard to find. Bloomberg
      Business InsightsWhy dependence on one source of copper is concerning

      Gulf region could have an important role in smelting and refining of the metal, new high-quality deposits of which are not easy to find

      EnergyMarch 03, 2025
      Capuava oil refinery in Sao Paulo. Brazil is engaging with Opec+ but not committing to output limits. AP
      Business InsightsBrazil's oil potential with Opec+ hinges on future players

      State-controlled Petrobras operates about 90 per cent of all its output

      EnergyFebruary 24, 2025
      An oil and gas field in the North Sea. The Rosebank field, in British waters, has the potential to produce 500 million barrels of oil. Abaca
      Business InsightsSmart policy can help the UK move beyond a zero-sum choice on energy

      British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband faces a dilemma in approving two new oil and gasfields in the face of courts and climate campaigners

      EnergyFebruary 17, 2025
      A drilling rig near Midland, Texas. In the past decade, exploitation of shale resources has made the US the biggest gross oil and gas exporter in the world. Reuters
      Business InsightsWho is bearing the weight of US energy domination?

      The current willingness of Washington to ride rough-shod over its allies’ interests is not a novelty but an acceleration of past trends

      EnergyFebruary 10, 2025
      The inland port in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. Beijing's tariffs cover between $14 billion to $20 billion of US goods. AFP
      China’s tariffs make US energy sales to Beijing completely unviable

      Beijing has imposed levies of 15 per cent on American coal and LNG and 10 per cent on crude oil

      BusinessFebruary 05, 2025
      A drilling rig at Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas drilling, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen, Argentina. Reuters
      Business InsightsArgentina's Vaca Muerta is fuelling the country's shale oil boom dream

      The vast formation is estimated to hold oil more than the reserves of Brazil or Algeria, and gas more than that of the UAE or Saudi Arabia

      EnergyFebruary 03, 2025
      US President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One during a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Miami, Florida. Reuters
      Business InsightsTrump is giving China control of future energy with his policies

      US President withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change in his first few days back in the Oval Office

      EnergyJanuary 27, 2025
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