by Julie Jojo Nielen As a nation of more than 1,2 billion people, the tenth economy of the world and one of the most rapidly developing countries globally, India is becoming an increasingly important player in terms of energy. The urgency of India’s energy needs is not only underlined by its rapid economic growth and…

by Dimitri Papamichaïl In July 2015, negotiators from the P5+1 group (five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) reached a deal with Iran, in which Iran would halt its nuclear research in exchange for the lifting the economic sanctions. At the margin of P5+1 negotiations (five permanent members of the UN Security…

by Giovanni Pagotto On March 15, 2015 in occasion of a dedicated intergovernmental meeting in Kabul, the negotiations over the construction of TAPI (a gas pipeline passing through the territories of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India) removed significant hindrances towards the implementation of the project. According to Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on…

by Jerry Byers July 1, 2015 There is a plethora of debate about the winners and losers in the recent finalization of the Russia-China gas deal. Most of the rhetoric focuses on the seemingly unavoidable trade-off in which Russia has been forced to accept a less than advantageous deal with China and has sacrificed its…

by Max Hoyt The gas market of the European Union is in a transitional phase. Centerpiece to the changes is the 2011 Third Energy Package and its goal of creating a single natural gas market. Natural gas, however, is a huge stumbling block for EU energy liberalization due to the EU’s 65% dependence on foreign…

by Bram Onck On the 28th of January this year, German energy giant RWE announced an impairment – a devaluation of a company asset – of USD 4.5 billion as a result of losses incurred in its power generation activities. This announcement is part of a series of setbacks for European utility companies that are…

by Stephanie Bryant In December 2013, the Mexican government ratified amendments to its constitution that will liberalize the energy sector. Political momentum to liberalize the oil and gas sector has been building since former President Felipe Calderón’s 2008 legislative attempts to introduce private investment. Although these reforms were ultimately unsuccessful, they focused political attention on…