Global energy markets : changes in the strategic landscape / [compiled by] The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research.

A collection of papers presented to the 17th Annual Energy Conference held on November 1-2, 2011 at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE, organized by the ECSSR.

Conference program handbook (Eng. and Arabic) includes summary of papers and short biography of the scholars who presented the papers to the 17th Annual Energy Conference.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 375 -435) and index.

Foreward / Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi -- Introduction -- Global Energy Markets: A Changing Landscape -- Global Energy Markets and the Fallout from Japan / H.E. Amb. Hamad Al-Kaabi -- The Changing Energy Landscape / Adnan Z. Amin -- The Future of Nuclear Energy in the GCC / Hans Blix -- GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS AND THE WORLD ECONOMY -- Oil Markets and the Strategic Outlook for the Middle East / Herman T. Franssen -- Key Energy Challenges for the World Economy to 2050 / Salman Ghouri -- Changing Oil Fundamentals: Impacts on Energy Security and the Global Oil Market / Mamdouh G. Sameh -- EMERGING TRENDS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY -- Nuclear Energy: Prospects and Market Effects / Vladimir Kagramanyan -- Nuclear Risks: Implications for the Energy Markets and the Environment / Anthony Froggart -- The Economics of Nuclear Power / James S. Tulenko -- PROSPECTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGIES -- The Economic Viability of Renewable Energy / Benjamin K. Sovacool -- Global Outlook for Renewable Energies / W. E. Alnaser -- POLICIES FOR GCC PRODUCERS -- GCC Energy Sectors as {u2018}Islands of Efficiency{u2019}/ Stephen Hertog -- Energy Policies of the GCC Countries / Mohamed A. Ramady.

The impact of the changing global strategic landscape on energy markets is being felt across the world, and is the subject of ongoing debate within industry and governments alike. These changes not only affect the evolution of oil markets and their influence on production rates and pricing, but also a host of other factors, including energy security, the effects of global economic crises, and the growing market presence of Arabian Gulf producers, both in terms of their conventional reserves and their development of alternative and renewable sources. The ECSSR 17th Annual Energy Conference, Global Energy Markets: Changes in the Strategic Landscape, held at the Center on November 1{u2013}2, 2011, and the papers compiled in this volume as a result, provide a variety of informed views on these trends and their consequences for both producers and consumers in the Middle East and elsewhere. The effects of geostrategic developments on energy markets and the formulation of energy policies in the GCC states and abroad are explored in detail, as are the economic viability and outlook of renewable energy sources, both in light of CO2 emissions constraints and the involvement of Gulf hydrocarbon producers in the development of renewables. The potential benefits and risks of nuclear energy production are explored, as is public sentiment toward nuclear development worldwide{u2014}particularly following recent events in Japan, the repercussions of which continue to be felt both in politics and industry. The ongoing effects of the global economic crisis are also discussed, particularly with reference to their consequences for energy markets worldwide.