Recently added articles from The Energy Journal:
Natural gas pricing in countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) own 45 percent of the world's gas resources but account for 15 percent of gas production. The latter ratio is projected to increase substantially in the next twenty years. However, the expansion of gas ...
OPEC strategies and oil rent in a climate conscious world.
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION Analyzing the future of oil in a climate conscious world is a delicate task and a highly contentious issue. From a climate policy point of view, one major challenge is that energy exporting countries, especially OPEC and its member countries Saudi Arabia and ...
European carbon prices and banking restrictions: evidence from phase I (2005-2007).
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION On the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) launched in 2005 to help Member States (MS) achieve their Kyoto Protocol's (KP) target to reduce 1990 emissions by 8% during 2008-2012, covered installations are only allowed for banking and borrowing ...
Modelling and forecasting oil prices: the role of asymmetric cycles.
Jul 01, 2009; ... Using a simple unobserved components model, we show that explicitly modelling asymmetric cycles on crude oil prices improves the forecast ability of univariate time series models of the oil price. 1. Introduction The existence of commodity cycles has long been ...
Fuelling growth: what drives energy demand in developing countries?
Jul 01, 2009; ... 1. INTRODUCTION The sharp increase in energy demand observed at the beginning of the new millennium was mostly attributed to the rapid growth of China, India and other emerging economies. This was a stark reminder of how crucial energy is as less developed economies--often based ...