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World Energy Markets

World Energy Markets. NS4053 Wk 5.1. World energy use to 2035. US EIA Outlook (2010). Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2012. World energy markets. Oil is the center of gravity of international trade in energy. Jaffe et al: Proven reserves a misleading indicator.

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World Energy Markets

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  1. World Energy Markets NS4053 Wk 5.1

  2. World energy use to 2035 US EIA Outlook (2010)

  3. Source: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2012

  4. World energy markets • Oil is the center of gravity of international trade in energy. • Jaffe et al: Proven reserves a misleading indicator. • Proportional to economic feasibility and technological feasibility. • Argument: higher world oil prices change economic feasibility and technology availability

  5. Conventional and unconventional fuels • Today: underinvestment in conventional oil production and new investment in unconventional fuel sources. • NOCs underinvest in new production and in exploration as revenue diverted to consumption. • Social mobilization against FDI (e.g. Bolivia). • Insurgency (e.g. Nigeria). • OPEC prefers higher prices over higher production. • High prices prompt shift to unconventional fuels.

  6. Possible responses • Policies to mitigate risk associated with uncertain politics in some states with large conventional oil reserves. • Greater investment in unconventional fuel production located in stable developed states. • Greater investment in energy efficiency in developed states. • Notice: not IOCs go out and find more resources.

  7. Possible changes in energy consumption patterns • Electrical markets relatively insensitive to price shocks due to diversification. • Coal, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, etc. • Driven by mix of domestic or regional level factors. • Transportation market highly sensitive to international price shocks re: oil. • Expected results?

  8. US Energy sources and uses

  9. Politics of energy foreign directinvestment (FDI) • Obsolescing bargain model • IOCs have leverage over states when negotiating initial bargain. • Have capital and technology which can be invested many places, states have resource that it is unable to develop initially. • States gain bargaining advantage as IOCs develop larger and larger fixed asset base. • Now capital cannot move and is vulnerable to state.

  10. Explaining conflict over energy FDI • International price of energy drives renegotiation of obsolescing bargains. • Low price = lack of rents = privatization • High price = high rents = renegotiation • Competition among IOC and NOCs • Low competition = low conflict • Alternative sites to invest • States have less bargaining power when IOCs can go elsewhere.

  11. Contemporary politics of international energy • High prices during 2000s • Petro-political cycle predicts market politicization • Resurgent National Oil Companies (NOCs) • Control large proportion of proven reserves (70-90%). • Have grand ambitions, deep pockets. • Make investment decisions based on politics and economics. • Uncertainty over climate change mitigation policy. • Major prescription is decarbonization of economies.

  12. Alternative esponses to international energy market politicization • IOC sector shake out. • Either consolidation or atomization. • IOCs shift towards domestic sources of production, new technologies, and efficiency in developed countries. • Developed countries pursue increasingly ‘hybrid’ approach to energy security. • Developed countries more aggressively backing IOCs.

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