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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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Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy | The National Earlier bans diverted oil from Europe to India and China, allowing them to extract discounts, but without damaging Moscow’s overall sales

Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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27.10.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aerial view of LPG tanker at sea with damage, fire and smoke just fore of the bridge

Aerial view of LPG tanker at sea with damage, fire and smoke just fore of the bridge

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : feared oversupply hits oil prices, why is China building such massive oil stocks?, & US veto stops shipping climate action
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22.10.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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China is soaking up oil imports, and the US and Russia are reasons why | The National Beijing is concerned about threats from tighter US trade restrictions and sanctions on Moscow and Tehran

China's huge oil inventories: helping OPEC+, but where, how much and - most importantly - why? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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20.10.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carbon capture and storage: essential technologies for a cleaner tomorrow Carbon Capture and Storage Robin Mills

You'll have seen the Nature paper saying we don't have the underground CO2 storage capacity we thought we did. Why is this wrong? And why doesn't it matter?
www.energyconnects.com/opinion/thou... #energysky

20.10.2025 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adnoc's IPO spree has one glaring omission Various Adnoc subsidiaries now account for almost 18 percent of ADX market cap but the parent company remains unlisted

The investor Majlis for @adnoc.bsky.social 's $150 billion worth of listed companies told their story well. The one notable omission - if ADNOC parent ever follows Aramco's lead, what might it be worth? #energysky

www.agbi.com/opinion/mark...

19.10.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Industry Insights: In Conversation with Robin Mills, CEO, Qamar Energy | HFW

What is the future of Middle East energy? How climate change and energy transition has gone from an afterthought to a top priority.
www.hfw.com/insights/ind...
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18.10.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Attendant in a high-vis jacket filling cars at an ADNOC petrol station

Attendant in a high-vis jacket filling cars at an ADNOC petrol station

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices drop on Gaza ceasefire & tariffs, @adnocgroup.bsky.social subsidiaries charm investors, & Edison's solar bet paying off
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15.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to hear of the death of Peter Friend. A leading polar geologist and an unfailingly courteous and helpful teacher

14.10.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world, but doesn't | The National Things are changing as the continent boosts imports of solar panels

With abundant solar, hydro, wind & gas, Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world. Why doesn't it? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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13.10.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Black shadow picture of oil pump jack in front of Opec logo on a light blue background

Black shadow picture of oil pump jack in front of Opec logo on a light blue background

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Opec+ relief, Ukraine drones ravage Russian refineries, & remembering Dr Jane Goodall
www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...
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08.10.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy | The National Tech warfare is taking the fight deep into Russia’s oil heartland and testing Moscow's limits

β€œGreetings from the Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces." Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy
@thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... #energysky

06.10.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
People viewed in front of an OPEC sign with national flags on a screen

People viewed in front of an OPEC sign with national flags on a screen

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ speculation sinks oil after a strong week, Iraq Kurdistan oil pipeline reopens at last, & electric air taxis coming to RAK
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

01.10.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iraq-Kurdish oil deal will give country big boost but is only the first step | The National The Iraqi Kurdistan region is meant to deliver at least 230,000 bpd to Somo for export

Iraq-Kurdish-Turkey oil pipeline: deal at last, and a resolution to 2 decades of problems - if it endures @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... #energysky

01.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A model oil pump on top of a US dollar note

A model oil pump on top of a US dollar note

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : accelerating declines lead @iea.org call for oil & gas investment, ADNOC drops Santos bid, & efforts needed on 3x Middle East electricity demand
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24.09.2025 10:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill | The National Reserves are depleting faster than ever and forcing producers into relentless reinvestment with geopolitical consequences

Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com on @iea.org 's report on oil & gas field decline rates
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22.09.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great article and spot on

β€œThe UK doesn’t develop oil and gas to lower prices at home, as it plays in a global market. It produces domestic hydrocarbons to earn tax revenues – vital at a time of exceedingly high national debt – to create jobs, and to improve the balance of payments”

19.09.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A pragmatic path for Britain's oil, gas, and green energy Some clashes of opposing ideologies produce insights, reconciliations, new ways of looking at the world. Others only dig into extreme and indefensible positions

Drill every last molecule? Or no new oil & gas fields? What's the pragmatic green path for the UK offshore? #energysky
www.energyconnects.com/opinion/thou...

19.09.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Two men walking past an OPEC sign

Two men walking past an OPEC sign

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : OPEC reset, rebound or revolution? Lebanon's Russia oil swindle, & acceleration for UAE's air taxis?
www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...
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18.09.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution | The National This month, the oil producers group agreed to start easing the next 1.65 million bpd tranche of voluntary cuts

Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

17.09.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders It's not the shrewdest move for aspiring gas supplier Israel to cut off its best customer then to bomb the world’s second-biggest exporter

Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders
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16.09.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stopping climate change is important, but not as important as indulging @theguardian.com's unscientific political hobby-horses

12.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photograph of a red residential building damaged by the Israeli attack in Doha, Qatar, with police vehicles in front of it

Photograph of a red residential building damaged by the Israeli attack in Doha, Qatar, with police vehicles in front of it

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Israeli Qatar attack, despite OPEC+ boost; EU Adnoc demands "invasive", & Ethiopia dam highlights water conflict risk
www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...
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10.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A meeting of Putin, Xi and Modi shows how global power is shifting eastward | The National China and Russia agreed to progress the Power of Siberia II pipeline last week that could decisively reorient Russia’s gas exports from west to east

What links tariffs on India, the SCO meeting, a Russia-China gas pipeline, electric cars, a new US security posture, and late-18th century Britain? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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08.09.2025 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ weighs next supply increases, Libya's resurging oil sector faces political fractures, & solar to light up Yemen

www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

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04.09.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Libya opens its oil fields and the world is taking notice | The National Fifteen years of disruption give way to the country’s boldest bid for energy investment since the fall of Gaddafi

Libya's oil sector is on the way back - but can it overcome the country's political fractures? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

01.09.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Energy Transitions in the Gulf: Realities, Risks, and the Road Ahead Energy Transitions in the Gulf highlight the GCC’s shift toward renewables, hydrogen, and efficiency while balancing oil’s role in the economy.

Energy Transition - What the Gulf needs to do towards the 2030s on deep decarbonisation and low-carbon innovation, for Observer Research Foundation

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30.08.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photographs of the faces of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Photographs of the faces of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : time for "Mebob" price in the Middle East? Taqa's $1.2 bln water buy, & flying low-carbon the Gulf way
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

29.08.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why aviation's lofty net-zero ambitions are struggling to take flight | The National Whether SAF, synthetics or hydrogen, airlines and fuel suppliers are passing the buck to each other

Why aviation's lofty net-zero ambitions are struggling to take flight - and how the Gulf could change that www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com #energysky

25.08.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump look at each other

Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump look at each other

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : no result in US-Russia talks but oil prices down, Saudi's big oil-to-solar power shift advances, & crucial plastic treaty talks stall
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

20.08.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Where is Saudi Arabia on its plan to power itself on sun and wind rather than oil? | The National Kingdom's power shift likely to transform its domestic energy system

Where is Saudi Arabia on its plan to power itself on sun and wind rather than oil? www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com
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18.08.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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