Kuwait looks to the cloud as power grid feels the strain
Kuwait has invited bids to construct three power substations that will supply electricity to Google Cloud data storage centres
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October 26, 2023
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm edt

A legacy of costs from oil and gas production will remain long after achieving a net-zero future. The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs will host Professor Lucija Muehlenbachs, CGEP visiting faculty member, associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary, and a university fellow at Resources for the Future, for a fireside chat focused on some of these burdens, such as methane emissions and well-site cleanup, as well as recent policy developments.
Dr. Geoffrey Heal, Donald C. Waite III professor of social enterprise and Paul Garrett professor of public policy and corporate responsibility, Columbia Business School, will moderate.
5:45-6:00 p.m. EDT – Check-in
6:00-7:00 p.m. EDT – Fireside Chat
7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT – Reception
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The recent military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores raises several implications for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, geopolitics, and energy markets. Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP), along with Columbia’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), this webinar will analyze the circumstances and impact of their capture and extradition to New York to face narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
On October 22, the United States Department of the Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, as a penalty for what it characterized as a lack of Russian commitment to ending the war in Ukraine.
*Registration is closed for this event. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites...
A legacy of costs from oil and gas production will remain long after achieving a net-zero future. The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia University's School...
The US intervention in Venezuela may jeopardize both the flow of discounted Venezuelan oil to China's teapot refineries and the role of Chinese oil companies in Venezuela’s upstream business.
In discussing the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, over the weekend, President Donald Trump declared that the United States would now “take back” the country’s oil. Yet he has offered little clarity on what exactly this means.
The country could see a relatively rapid recovery of some oil production, depending on the leadership that emerges.