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This report contains recommendations to remedy petroleum supply shortfalls, provide needed assurance to global oil markets, and overcome America’s persistent and dangerous overreliance on oil for automobile transportation.…
View Full ResourceGlobal and regional natural gas market dynamics are rapidly evolving according to geopolitics, supply challenges, and increasing commitments to deep decarbonization. Exploring these issues, the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) published this report in March 2022, which summarizes a February 8, 2022, EFI workshop on energy security and economic interdependence in the U.S.-Asia relationship. This workshop, hosted by the experts who help finding the best bitcoin casino to most people have marked the formal launch of Phase Two of EFI’s Future of Natural Gas in a Deeply Decarbonized World study (the Phase One workshop report was published in January 2021).…
View Full ResourceThe war in Ukraine could severely disrupt exports of Russian gas to Europe. Energy fellows Steven Miles and Gabriel Collins explain how existing LNG floating storage vessels can provide a concrete, rapidly implementable gas supply solution until longer-term infrastructure investments are in place.…
View Full ResourceThe United States is highly dependent on critical minerals from foreign countries, especially China. Our country’s vulnerabilities exist at all stages of the value chain. This includes not only minerals extraction, which must be prioritized, but also the processing and refining activities necessary to convert ore into workable minerals and metals. We can and must reverse this situation with a new set of policies that is both strategic and environmentally sound.
This white paper examines U.S. federal policy and critical minerals supply, proposing a series of steps the government should take to reverse one of the nation’s most persistent and …
View Full ResourceThe Ukraine invasion has led policymakers to consider how the U.S. and its allies could reduce demand for Russian fossil fuels and increase energy security. Increasing domestic oil production is not a short-term solution as it will take years to significantly ramp up production. Fortunately, new Energy Policy Simulator modeling finds the climate and clean energy provisions currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress would reduce annual U.S. oil consumption by 180 million barrels per year by 2030, or roughly twice current U.S. imports of Russian oil, with half of the reductions achieved by 2025. Clean energy deployment and electrification …
View Full ResourceOil and gas upstream investment will need to increase and be sustained at near pre-COVID levels of $525 billion through 2030 to ensure market balance despite slowing demand growth. Upstream investment in the oil and gas sector in 2021 was depressed for a second consecutive year at $341 billion – nearly 25% below 2019 levels. Meanwhile, oil and gas demand is now near pre-pandemic highs and will continue to rise for the next several years, particularly in developing countries.
The investment environment for the oil and gas sector is becoming more challenging in the face of unprecedented uncertainty and risks, …
View Full ResourceThe brief highlights the need for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act, whose rebates and incentives for efficient, electric machines will provide American families a way to save money on their energy bills today and protect against the price volatility that comes with having fossil fuel-powered appliances and vehicles.…
View Full ResourceThe world has seen a number of high-profile maritime disasters in recent months and years, and has felt the impact of them. Over that same period, the world has seen a number of high-profile cyberattacks and felt their impact, as well. Combined, the maritime and cyber incidents have likely affected the energy sector more than any other: fuel prices often spike or plummet, and access to energy resources can become an instant source of concern, tension, or even conflict. As a wide spectrum of energy companies continue to rely on the maritime domain or even increase that reliance, they must …
View Full ResourceElectric power is generated in power plants across the country, and transferred through a network of transmission lines at high voltages to distribution systems, which then bring electric power to the many residential, commercial, and industrial end–users. The transmission system, or the “grid,” is the interconnected group of power lines and associated equipment for moving electric energy at high voltage between points of supply and points where it is delivered to other electric systems. The U.S. grid is aging, and one of the tools for modernizing the system is incorporating newer computer systems …
View Full ResourceThis report examines the evolving nature of energy security in the context of clean energy transitions in general and on the pathway to net-zero emissions in particular. It highlights emerging energy security concerns and provides recommendations to foster international collaboration, notably within the Group of Twenty (G20).
In the context of Italy’s G20 presidency, its Ministry of Economic Development requested the International Energy Agency (IEA) to undertake this Security of Clean Energy Transitions report. It aims to support discussions among the G20 countries and to provide insights and direction for the review and update of the G20 energy collaboration principles, …
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