Robin Mills is CEO of Qamar Energy and a non-resident Fellow of the Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. Author of two books on the strategic future of energy, he has broad and deep commercial, economic and technical experience in the energy and upstream oil and gas business. Robin is an expert in energy strategy and risk analysis with strong knowledge about the Middle East, Russia and the North Sea.
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.
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.
In his exclusive monthly column, Robin Mills, CEO of Qamar Energy, reflects on Hiroshima and how nuclear technology remains trapped between its origins as a weapon, rising geopolitical risks, and its growing potential as a vital, low-carbon energy source in the fight against climate change.
In his exclusive monthly column, Robin M. Mills explains why OPEC+ is ending its voluntary oil production cuts earlier than planned, boosting supply as the group positions itself for a stronger market role despite upcoming challenges.
TINA is not just a name: it is a slogan and an investment strategy. There Is No Alternative (TINA) is a guide when the options before us look unappetising but necessary. And the same applies to energy technologies, particularly the unloved quartet of nuclear power, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon dioxide removal, and hydrogen.
US President Donald Trump’s Gulf state visits proved, as expected, to be more about business deals than politics. AI, crypto, microchips, finance, aerospace, healthcare, real estate, were all on the agenda. But it’s energy that was one of the most attractive destinations for investment – both into the Gulf, and the US.
The oil market really doesn’t like tariffs. As US President Donald Trump unveiled his levies last week, Brent crude plunged almost $2 per barrel over the course of an hour. Robin MIlls analyses the challenges and opportunities arising out of new trade policies, tariffs and shifts in the global market on the energy sector.
In his exclusive column for Energy Connects, Robin M. Mills, CEO of Qamar Energy, analyses how ADNOC, in partnership with OMV, has consolidated its petrochemicals business by merging Borealis and Borouge and acquiring Nova Chemicals for $9.4 billion, creating a $60 billion global polyolefins giant amid shifting Gulf and European industry dynamics.
In the latest episode of the Energy Connects podcast, Chiranjib Sengupta sat down with Robin Mills, CEO of Qamar Energy and columnist for Energy Connects, to discuss the new US energy agenda and how it could reshape and impact the global energy community.
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