Energy supplies
Oil, gas, nuclear, renewables, energy prices, electricity and climate issues. Scenarios, forecasts and analysis from Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS) experts on energy trends.
Disruptions on Energy supplies
Energy evolution
While attempts are being made to move away from fossil fuels for energy production, the transition is not happening as efficiently as many predict. New methods of extracting oil and gas have kept these resources cheap and plentiful and have ...
European security
The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War left the North Atlantic Alliance without a clear mission. Funded mostly by the United States, it remains the chief guarantor of Europe’s security. Now, Washington is pushing ...
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Angola’s oil comeback: Cautious optimism
After experiencing a meteoric rise following the end of the civil war in 2002, the Angolan oil industry came tumbling down with the 2008 oil price crash and never recovered. Several recent developments indicate that a partial return to health could be on the horizon – although pre-2008 production will remain unattainable in the short term.
The UAE’s oil and gas investment spree
In 2018, the United Arab Emirates launched a five-year spending plan of more than $130 billion to overhaul its oil and gas sector, ultimately aiming to become gas self-sufficient. The increase in production could result in a larger share of the oil market, but only if environmental concerns do not ...
Focus Germany: The Nord Stream 2 headache
Russian ambitions to bypass Ukraine’s gas infrastructure are obviously rooted in political motives, yet Germany insists on backing the project. By doing so, it could reap the economic benefits of becoming a European hub for Russian gas imports, but serious conflicts over the matter are likely to arise within the ...
GIS Dossier: Mozambique’s roller-coaster ride
Mozambique seemed to have it all. Its economy took off after a long and bloody civil war ended in 1992, accelerating further after discoveries of vast natural gas and oil reserves in 2010-2012 prompted the government to liberalize the energy sector. Yet the country’s rags-to-riches scenario has yet to materialize, ...
The disruptive power of American tight oil
The shale revolution in the United States has transformed the domestic oil industry and global oil markets. Tight oil has both increased supplies and shortened the reaction time of production to prices, with the U.S. industry proving more resilient than many expected. New competition has reduced the leverage of other ...
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