A STRONG FOCUS ON OIL SECURITY WILL BE CRITICAL THROUGHOUT THE CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION By Ronan Graham and Ilias Atigui Much has changed in the global energy landscape since the IEA was founded 50 years ago, but the security of oil supply remains a pressing concern for governments across the globe. An enduring focus on [...]

IF OIL DISAPPEARED TOMORROW By HE Haitham Al Ghais, OPEC Secretary General If oil disappeared tomorrow, there would be no more jet fuel, gasoline or diesel. Internal combustion engine automobiles, buses, trucks, lorries and coaches would be stranded. Airplanes powered by jet fuel would be grounded. Freight and passenger rail powered by diesel would halt. [...]

AFRICAN COUNTRIES MUST FAST TRACK NATURAL GAS APPROVALS — GAS PRODUCTION IS BETTER THAN FOREIGN AID By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber Although Africa’s natural gas production is expected to remain relatively flat over the next two years — increasing only slightly, from 268 billion cubic meters (bcm) today to 272 bcm in [...]

REASSESSING GLOBAL ENERGY TRENDS: A ROBUST OUTLOOK FOR FOSSIL FUELS IN AFRICA In a recent interview on Arise TV, NJ Ayuk, the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, offered a compelling reassessment of global energy trends, particularly focusing on the role of fossil fuels in Africa’s energy future. Ayuk’s insights challenge conventional narratives and [...]

THE 28th CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO UN FRAMEWORK CONVECTION: A PEDAGOGICAL REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS ON AFRICA By Omowunmi Iledare, Ph.D., Snr. Fellow USAEE, Fellow NAEE, Fellow EI, Fellow NIPetE, Professor Emeritus in Petroleum Economics and Executive Director, Emmanuel Egbogah Foundation, Abuja, NG Preamble The 28th annual summit of the [...]

ENERGY, THE ECONOMY, AND ENVIRONMENT NEXUS: MANAGING AND PLANNING ENERGY IS CRITICAL By Omowumi Iledare, Ph.D., Executive Director, Emmanuel Egbogah Foundation, Abuja, NG and Dr. Clement Otteng, Institute for Oil and Gas Studies, University and Cape Coast, Ghana. The universal call to action is very explicitly stated in the agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, which [...]

PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER (PEO) 2024 ON NON-ASSOCIATED GAS DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: MATTERS ARISING AND PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES By Omowunmi Iledare, Ph.D., Snr. Fellow USAEE, Fellow NAEE, Fellow EI, Fellow NIPetE, Professor Emeritus in Petroleum Economics and Executive Director, Emmanuel Egbogah Foundation, Abuja, NG Preamble The Presidential Executive Order (PEO) 2024 to incentivize non-associated gas (NAG) Greenfield [...]

WHAT DOES COP28 NEED TO DO TO KEEP 1.5 °C WITHIN REACH? THESE ARE THE IEA'S FIVE CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency The COP28 climate change conference is bringing together world leaders in Dubai at a critical moment for the clean energy transition and international efforts to tackle climate [...]

THE DEVELOPED WORLD’S BROKEN PROMISES: HOW CAN AFRICA FINANCE THE ENERGY TRANSITION? By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber From an African perspective, one of the most important things to come out of COP15, the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, was the formal recognition of the fact that lower-income countries were [...]

WE’VE GOT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING GAS FLARING IN AFRICA By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber In an era when Africa needs oil and gas investments more than ever, attracting those investments has become increasingly difficult. Part of the challenge lies in the mounting pressure on oil companies to shift their focus [...]