In his latest column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma explores how, as the world’s third-largest consumer of electricity, India remains on track for 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, and why it’s a seismic shift that’s been decades in the making.
In her exclusive monthly column, Vandana Hari analyses why the regime change in Venezuela signals a major restructuring of global energy flows - even though current oil prices remain stable. Washington’s control over Venezuela’s heavy crude and debt repayment creates significant leverage, potentially displacing Canadian exports, impacting OPEC relations, and heightening risks for major creditors like China and Russia.
Ozempic, Mounjaro and similar drugs have transformed weight-loss medicine. Expiry of patents in India, China and other big countries next year, and the development of similar drugs in pill-form, avoiding the need for injections, should make them much more affordable and convenient. Does this medical breakthrough also have potential for a leaner, fitter energy system?
“Tune out the noise, track the signal,” was the counsel of H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, to the ADIPEC conference in Abu Dhabi. The ever-expanding event was dominated by the talk of more: more energy needs, more oil and gas demand, and more AI.
H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, opened ADIPEC 2025 with an unambiguous call, urging the energy industry to “track the signal, tune out the noise” and, in meeting global energy needs, to “focus on the data, not the drama”. That fact-based directive resonated clearly throughout the record-breaking four days of conference and exhibitions last week among executives, experts, and attendees who gathered in Abu Dhabi to define the energy future.
A curious dynamic has taken hold of the oil market: many stakeholders are on the edge of their seats, awaiting a widely predicted glut. The usual overhang signals – the forward curve in a contango, softer spot differentials for physical barrels, and rising onshore and floating inventories, have been faint to mixed, fuelling debate and confusion.
As the energy, petrochemical and industrial segments become more digitised, they face a growing need for cybersecurity. This shift is spawning a multibillion-dollar opportunity.
At the conference of Britain’s governing Labour Party in Liverpool last week, two protesters squeezed in a white elephant costume with “carbon capture and storage” written on it. Last month, Nature published a paper suggesting underground carbon dioxide storage capacity is much less than previously thought. These two happenings link a continuing hostility from environmentalists towards one of our key climate technologies.
The message from Gastech 2025 was unmistakable: LNG remains the bedrock of energy security, but its future credibility rests on the whole industry’s demonstrable resilience. Climate shocks, cyber threats, the pace of renewables, AI's growing power demand, and looming price volatility expose deep global imbalances.
In his monthly exclusive column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma explains how the Middle East, long dominated by Iran and Qatar in natural gas, is witnessing a surge of investment and production from regional oil powerhouses like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, positioning the region to rival North America and potentially surpass Asia as a leading global gas hub by 2030.
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