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Gaurav Sharma

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Gaurav Sharma is a London-based energy market analyst and commentator with nearly two decades’ experience covering global markets. A former Vice President and Lead Analyst at Citi, he writes the Oilholics Synonymous blog and specialises in energy futures and oil and gas markets. He is a regular commentator across major international media analysing energy developments across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.

Are we investing enough in upstream oil and gas to guarantee energy security?

With the global energy mix undergoing changes prompted by rising calls for a low-carbon future, investors have a delicate balancing act to perform – of strategically splitting their capital investment between traditional and renewable energy.

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Watch: can ‘electric factories’ become the norm in a net zero world?

Hydrocarbons have been the heat source of factories and plant furnaces for nearly a century. Could electricity replace them in a march to net zero?

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Why the global digital economy will be powered by natural gas for decades

Power demand projections for data centres is at the forefront of the energy community these days. Given the proliferation of digitisation around the world, from artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to quantum computing, and the data centres needed to keep them in play, such an industry focus is hardly surprising.

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Leading cross-sector executives pledge to triple global nuclear capacity by 2030

Nuclear energy must be part of the mix to meet the world’s growing power demand, senior industry heads said at a major global conference.

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Energy leaders call the US a prime investment market

The Group CEO of ADNOC Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber and several of his energy industry peers named the US as their key strategic investment destination at a major global conference.

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US Energy Secretary and oil industry leaders call for a realistic approach to the energy transition

A leading Trump Administration official and the chiefs of several energy companies demanded a realistic approach to the energy transition and investing in oil and gas, at a major energy conference in Houston, US.

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India’s oil demand growth offers abundant opportunities for global suppliers

A quarter of global oil demand growth in 2025 is expected to come from India. That gives New Delhi an immense sway in the international energy markets, writes Gaurav Sharma in his exclusive column for Energy Connects ahead of India Energy Week 2025

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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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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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US is now a global energy superpower giving the market a makeover

In his latest monthly column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma dives deep into how the remarkable transformation of the US from being a net importer to the world’s leading energy producer is ushering in profound market shifts

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