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Lorenzo Totaro

Feeling the green chemistry: why sustainable sourcing is key to energy transition

In his exclusive monthly column, Lorenzo Totaro underscores the critical role of sustainable sourcing, industry collaboration, and innovative business models in tackling the environmental, social, and economic challenges of transitioning to renewable energy and building resilient supply chains for critical raw materials.

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Robin Mills

The critical role of energy systems in accelerating economic recovery

The oil and gas output in Syria could revive to an extent, with better security and waivers to international sanctions. In the longer term, more resources could be found in deeper drilling in the north-east, and in offshore exploration, continuing successful geological trends from Cyprus and Israel, writes Robin Mills.

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Lorenzo Totaro

Balancing innovation: addressing AI's energy appetite

In his exclusive monthly column, Lorenzo Totaro, highlights how AI's immense energy consumption presents a challenge for sustainable technology advancement, with solutions ranging from nuclear power adoption to leveraging AI itself for efficiency, echoing past breakthroughs in computing and energy management.

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Vandana Hari

A year of sluggish demand and geopolitical risks for oil markets

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Robin Mills

A simple break-even oil price: real life is more complicated than that

A simple number that apparently explains everything is always welcome to economists, politicians and commentators. The break-even oil price has taken on that status, illuminating countries’ budgets, OPEC policy and economic diversification efforts. But real life is more complicated, writes Robin Mills.

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Gaurav Sharma

Energy majors accelerate shift to gas in rapidly evolving market

In his exclusive monthly column, Gaurav Sharma highlights how Shell's $70 billion acquisition of BG Group in 2015 signaled a major shift towards natural gas as a cleaner, long-term energy solution, prompting other major energy companies to invest in LNG due to its lower carbon footprint, versatility, and anticipated market expansion, making it a pivotal bridge in the transition to renewable energy.

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Lorenzo Totaro

Blowing in the wind: why harnessing seas of turbines isn’t the definitive answer to climate change just yet

The offshore wind sector has long emerged as part of the solution to climate change, distinguishing itself from traditional fossil fuels by providing a cleaner, renewable energy source that mitigates environmental threats.

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Vandana Hari

Now is the time for OPEC+ to break its “pre-emptive” response rule

In her exclusive column, Vandana Hari, Founder of Vandana Insights, highlights how crude prices faced short-term challenges despite OPEC+ deferring production cuts, with markets cautiously navigating global demand fluctuations and awaiting the Fed's strategic response to support economic stability.

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Robin Mills

Unlocking Africa's renewable energy potential: overcoming high costs and political risks

In his exclusive monthly column for Energy Connects, Robin Mills emphasises that Africa's vast renewable energy potential remains largely untapped due to high capital costs, political risks, and unstable policies, despite its critical need for electricity access and development.

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Gaurav Sharma

Oil and gas M&A activity appears buoyant in 2024 as crude prices dip

In his exclusive monthly column, Gaurav Sharma explores the surge in mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry during 2023, fuelled by profits from soaring energy prices following the Ukraine invasion, and how this trend has persisted into 2024.

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