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Do new commitments by China, the U.S. signal big changes in global action on climate change? In a Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy podcast, I discuss the outlook with leading China expert David Sandalow. (Listen Here)
Continue readingWith China’s economy cooling, and oil production still rising in the U.S. and in some OPEC nations, the outlook for world oil supplies and prices remains as uncertain as ever. In a new podcast series for the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, I discuss this continuing volatility with the founder of the think tank, Jason Bordoff. Stay tuned for more installments with newsmakers and analysts from around the world! (Listen Here)
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The nuclear agreement between Tehran and western powers promises to unleash an enormous wave of new investment opportunities in Iran for foreign companies, including oil producers. But closing deals to help Iran revive its oil sector won’t be as easy as it may seem, cautions a former member of the Obama administration team who participated in the nuclear talks. (Read more)
Continue readingWhat exactly does the nuclear agreement that the U.S. and other global powers struck with Iran mean for world oil markets? And do the sanctions imposed on Iran offer insight for the U.S. and other nations as they seek to punish Russia for its actions in Ukraine? In the latest installment of a new podcast series at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, Bill Loveless sits down with the center’s Richard Nephew, who until recently was a member of the U.S. team negotiating with Iran. (Listen Here)
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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz is receiving a lot of attention for his involvement in U.S. negotiations with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program. Helping Secretary of State John Kerry evaluate Iran’s nuclear capability and the potential for an enforceable agreement is undoubtedly one of the weightiest assignments of Moniz’s career. But occurring at the same time for the 70-year-old physicist is a major new report that, until his Iran role, appeared likely to be the crowning achievement of his tenure at the Department of Energy. (Read more)
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WASHINGTON — Top economists at the World Bank continued their push Wednesday to persuade developing nations to abandon policies that subsidize fuel prices, saying the recent plunge in oil prices makes such changes easier to implement. (Read More)
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One of the big factors in considering ways to reduce poverty around the world is the availability and cost of energy. It’s a perennial issue for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and it promises to be as big as ever this week when those institutions hold their spring meetings in Washington. (Read More)
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Back from Saudi Arabia, Robert McNally is more convinced than ever of two things: The kingdom is determined to stick to its plans to produce oil at a high rate despite the plunge in oil prices over the last 10 months, and OPEC as a whole is unlikely to respond to the slump any time soon. (Read More)
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The U.S. and Cuba held their highest-level diplomatic talks in nearly 40 years in recent days, the latest development in efforts by Washington and Havana to end their decades-long freeze in diplomatic and commercial relations. (Read More)
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