Archived Journal Submissions

Domestic demand for petroleum products in MENA

Dr Subhes C Bhattacharyya 18 December, 2008 The purpose of this paper is to analyse the domestic demand for petroleum products in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries employing a recent data series (1982-2005). Understanding the domestic demand of oil producing countries is important due ...

Kazakh-Chinese Energy Relations: Economic Pragmatism or Political Cooperation?

Zhanibek Saurbek 30 May, 2008 This article presents an account and analysis of contemporary Kazakh-Chinese relations in the energy sector as well as the geopolitical and legal dimensions of such cooperation. The current trends and challenges in the energy industry is also analyzed. In order ...

Could sovereign wealth funds be a new source of financial optimism for Turkey?

M Öğütçü and A Newton 28 April, 2008 Since the turn of the century, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have proliferated thanks to a combination of surging energy prices and booming Asian exports. They are typically created when governments have a budgetary surplus and little or no international debt. ...

Mining Royalties. A Global Study of Their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society : Book Review

Evelyn Dietsche 22 March, 2008 Otto, James, Craig Andrews, Fred Cawood, Michael Doggett, Pietro Guj, Frank Stermole, John Stermole, and John Tilton (2006), Mining Royalties. A Global Study of Their Impact on Investors, Government, and Civil Society, World Bank Publications, Washington DC., ISBN-13: 978-0-8213-6502-1 ...

Mining Law and Policy : Replacing the 'Contract of Work' System in Indonesia

B Bhasin and S Venkataramany 15 March, 2008 Indonesia created a novel system to administer Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in mining. This Contract of Work (CoW) system served the country well from 1967 up to 1997 when the national political (democracy revolution) and economic (Asian Currency) crisis, coupled ...

Greece's energy agenda for 2008: ending the beginning

Dr. Constantinos Filis 14 March, 2008 With the Burgas-Alexandroupoli pipeline and Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy in the bag and under construction, and Greece’s participation in the South Stream project likely to be decided upon within the next 12 months, 2008 will be a pivotal year for Greek energy ...

Growing links in energy and geopolitics : China, Russia, and Central Asia

Mehmet Öğütçü and Xin Ma 12 March, 2008 A significant change in the world energy order is in the making. In this process, China is rapidly emerging as a major force in both world energy markets and global energy geopolitics. Key aspects of China’s expanding regional and global ...

Regulatory challenges facing the RGGVY Programme - Working paper

S Bhattacharyya & L Srivastava 12 March, 2008 This working paper presents the regulatory issues emerging from the newly launched programme of universal electricity access in India. The paper focuses on two broad areas: regulatory issues related to the organisation/ structuring of the activities and issues related to ...

Expanding Electricity Capacity in Thailand to meet the twin challenges of supply security and environmental protection

Thanawat Nakawiro et al 12 March, 2008 Rapid growth in electricity demand in Thailand is a major challenge for electric utilities trying to ensure adequate supply. Continued reliance on natural gas for power supply makes the supply mix non-diversified and exposes the country to supply risks while ...

International competition for resources: the role of law, state and of markets - Book Review

Noah Rubins 18 February, 2008 Who would have thought thirty years ago that the end of the first decade of the 21st century would witness such frenzied tension in the energy sector? Oil has breached the US$100 per barrel threshold once thought unattainable. Russia has ...