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View article: The global implications of a Russian gas pivot to Asia
The global implications of a Russian gas pivot to Asia Open
Recent years have seen unprecedented shifts in global natural gas trade, precipitated in large part by Russia’s war on Ukraine. How this regional conflict impacts the future of natural gas markets is subject to three interconnected factors…
View article: Rethinking Energy Geopolitics: Towards a Geopolitical Economy of Global Energy Transformation
Rethinking Energy Geopolitics: Towards a Geopolitical Economy of Global Energy Transformation Open
We are in the midst of a global energy system transformation (GEST) which is rewiring the world economy, opening new axes of political contestation, and revolutionising the energetic basis of human civilisation. Energy geopolitics has not …
View article: Global energy scenarios: A geopolitical reality check
Global energy scenarios: A geopolitical reality check Open
The ongoing Global Energy System Transformation (GEST) has attracted the attention of multiple academic disciplines and practitioners, approaching the process with different analytical and conceptual tools. We explore the ‘integration gap’…
View article: Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas
Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas Open
View article: Global Energy Scenarios: A Geopolitical Reality Check
Global Energy Scenarios: A Geopolitical Reality Check Open
View article: ‘We're going all out for shale:’ explaining shale gas energy policy failure in the United Kingdom
‘We're going all out for shale:’ explaining shale gas energy policy failure in the United Kingdom Open
View article: Managing transition risk: Toward an interdisciplinary understanding of strategies in the oil industry
Managing transition risk: Toward an interdisciplinary understanding of strategies in the oil industry Open
How actors react to change is a crucial question for social scientists interested in global energy system transformation (EST). The global oil industry's response to the challenges associated with climate change and EST is a particular top…
View article: The geopolitics of energy system transformation: A review
The geopolitics of energy system transformation: A review Open
In 2009, Geography Compass published a paper on ‘The Geopolitics of Global Energy Security’ that reviewed research on the key geographical factors influencing the secure and affordable supply of energy resources. Now, just over a decade la…
View article: Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions
Covid-19 and the politics of sustainable energy transitions Open
View article: Review of Energy Policy 2019
Review of Energy Policy 2019 Open
Climate change is higher on the agenda with the UK government raising the level of ambition, legislating for a net-zero target for all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This Review focuses on seven themes that form the backbone of UKERC’s …
View article: Four scenarios of the energy transition: Drivers, consequences, and implications for geopolitics
Four scenarios of the energy transition: Drivers, consequences, and implications for geopolitics Open
This opinion article offers insights into the geopolitics of the ongoing global energy transition. In doing so, it draws heavily on a workshop in Berlin in late 2018, and a subsequent paper in the journal Nature . Four scenarios are presen…
View article: Preparing for the new oil order? Saudi Arabia and Russia
Preparing for the new oil order? Saudi Arabia and Russia Open
View article: Model and manage the changing geopolitics of energy
Model and manage the changing geopolitics of energy Open
View article: Sustaining Economic Geography? Business/Management Schools and the UK’s Great Economic Geography Diaspora
Sustaining Economic Geography? Business/Management Schools and the UK’s Great Economic Geography Diaspora Open
View article: Stranded wealth: rethinking the politics of oil in an age of abundance
Stranded wealth: rethinking the politics of oil in an age of abundance Open
This article argues that the oil industry is unlikely to return to the pre-2014 status quo as two profound shifts in technology and markets are dramatically changing the longer-term outlook for the oil industry. In the short term, traditio…
View article: Shale development in the US and Canada: A review of engagement practice
Shale development in the US and Canada: A review of engagement practice Open
Public and stakeholder engagement with shale development is difficult, but essential. We review 26 engagement processes carried out by US and Canadian companies, alliances, government agencies, academics and activists; systematically explo…
View article: Unconventional trade-offs? National oil companies, foreign investment and oil and gas development in Argentina and Brazil
Unconventional trade-offs? National oil companies, foreign investment and oil and gas development in Argentina and Brazil Open
View article: Stranded Wealth: Rethinking the Politics of Oil in an Age of Abundance
Stranded Wealth: Rethinking the Politics of Oil in an Age of Abundance Open
View article: The future role of natural gas in the UK: A bridge to nowhere?
The future role of natural gas in the UK: A bridge to nowhere? Open
View article: Learning from Lancashire: Exploring the contours of the shale gas conflict in England
Learning from Lancashire: Exploring the contours of the shale gas conflict in England Open
This paper explores the conflict over shale gas exploration in Lancashire where the company Cuadrilla is preparing to horizontally drill and hydraulically fracture the first shale gas wells in England. At present, this is the only location…
View article: Making a Global Gas Market: Territoriality and Production Networks in Liquefied Natural Gas
Making a Global Gas Market: Territoriality and Production Networks in Liquefied Natural Gas Open
Energy markets are an important contemporary site of economic globalization. In this paper we use a global production network (GPN) approach to examine the evolutionary dynamics of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector and its role in an …
View article: Public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas and oil in the United States and Canada
Public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas and oil in the United States and Canada Open
The United States and Canada have been at the forefront of shale oil and gas development via hydraulic fracturing. Understanding public perceptions is important given the role that they may play in future policy decisions in both North Ame…
View article: Barrels and bullets: The geostrategic significance of Russia’s oil and gas exports
Barrels and bullets: The geostrategic significance of Russia’s oil and gas exports Open
In 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the hidden costs of what he was to later describe as the "military-industrial complex." Ike said: "We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a…
View article: Tracing the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Description, Theory and Practice
Tracing the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Description, Theory and Practice Open
The ‘nexus’ between water, energy and food (WEF) has gained increasing attention globally in research, business and policy spheres. We review the premise of recent initiatives framed around the nexus, examine the challenge of achieving the…
View article: Making territory through infrastructure: The governance of natural gas transit in Europe
Making territory through infrastructure: The governance of natural gas transit in Europe Open