Energy Sustainability in the Gulf States – The Why and the How

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For many decades, the Gulf states’ significant oil reserves have rendered the region among the most important energy suppliers in the world, and there is similar potential for the region’s natural gas reserves. However, the Gulf states’ rapidly rising regional consumption has begun to play a critical role in the region’s future export prospects, including the size and longevity of domestic oil and gas production, both for domestic and export market supply. This paper by Laura El-Katiri aims t...

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Authors: El-Katiri, L

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
• Series: OIES paper
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• Paper number: MEP 4
• ISBN: 9781907555701
• Language: English
• Keywords: Electricity; OIES; energy consumption; Nuclear; Middle East and North Africa; Investment; energy security; energy sustainability; Natural gas; Energy Demand; Persian Gulf; Gulf; MEP 4; Renewables; MEP4; MENA; Reserves; Oil