Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
August 16, 2016

The Outlook for U.S. Shale

The changes in U.S. oil and natural gas markets over the past 10 years have been among the most dramatic in the energy world. The development of technologies that have allowed U.S. companies to produce oil and gas directly from source rocks...
Research
Commentary
August 16, 2016

The Statecraft of Doing Nothing: The U.S. Approach to Venezuela's Ongoing Crisis

Matt Robinson and Richard Nephew argue that the most strategic choice for Washington lawmakers to address the crisis in Venezuela was not to act, but instead to permit the situation in Venezuela  tounravel on its own. In this, the United States has demonstrated a considered approach to statecraft by avoiding the temptation to involve itself in the situation in Caracas.
Research
Report
August 16, 2016

Venezuela’s Growing Risk to the Oil Market 

Beyond the humanitarian concerns that exist, Venezuela has become a supply risk for oil markets. Luisa Palacios explores the increasing risks posed by the troubles in this OPEC nation’s oil patch and the unprecedented economic, social and political crisis. The report notes that while the decline in production has yet to translate into a significant fall in oil exports, the most severe threats to the oil market from Venezuela are likely yet to come.
Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
August 08, 2016

Navigating Shifting Power Markets

Electric power companies across the U.S. are going through a period of unprecedented change. Low-cost natural gas, new technology, rapid expansion of renewables, and initiatives to reduce carbon emissions are some of the major factors shaking up...
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Chris Crane, Exelon CEO, on Navigating Shifting Power Markets (8/8/16)

Electric power companies across the U.S. are going through a period of unprecedented change. Low-cost natural gas, new technology, rapid expansion of renewables, and initiatives to reduce carbon emissions are some of the major factors shaking up...
Research
Report
August 05, 2016

Energy Relations between Russia and China: Playing Chess with the Dragon

Tatiana Mitrova provides detailed evidence of cooperation between Russia and China in the context of their political and commercial relationship. 
Research
Op-ed
August 04, 2016

Ransom payment? Try obligation fulfilled

Writing in The Hill, Richard Nephew explains the history and reality of the so-called “ransom payment” made to Iran by the United States in January 2016 of $400 million, which is now the subject of such controversy.
Event
September 08, 2016

US Coal in the 21st Century: Markets, Bankruptcy, Finance and Law

This program is co-sponsored with the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

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Columbia Energy Exchange Podcast
August 01, 2016

The Energy-Water Nexus

Turning on a light or filling a glass with water from the kitchen tap are two of the simple conveniences we often take for granted. While energy and water are essential resources, the ways in which they are interconnected is generally not well...

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