Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com 
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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
Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com 
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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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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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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?
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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
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What is the future of Middle East energy? How climate change and energy transition has gone from an afterthought to a top priority. 
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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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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 π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0With 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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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
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βGreetings from the Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces." Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy
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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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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 π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A 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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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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Great article and spot on
βThe UK doesnβt develop oil and gas to lower prices at home, as it plays in a global market. It produces domestic hydrocarbons to earn tax revenues β vital at a time of exceedingly high national debt β to create jobs, and to improve the balance of paymentsβ
Drill every last molecule? Or no new oil & gas fields? What's the pragmatic green path for the UK offshore? #energysky 
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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?
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Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
17.09.2025 19:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Israel risks repeating Russiaβs gas blunders
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Stopping climate change is important, but not as important as indulging @theguardian.com's unscientific political hobby-horses
12.09.2025 14:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Photograph 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
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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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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ weighs next supply increases, Libya's resurging oil sector faces political fractures, & solar to light up Yemen
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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 π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Energy 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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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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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 π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Russian 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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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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