Podcasts - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

In this podcast, OIES China Energy Programme Director Michal Meidan is joined by Senior Research Fellows Anders Hove and Philip Andrews-Speed to discuss what the new year will bring to China's energy policies and markets. In 2023, despite concerns about the real estate sector and consumer confidence, energy demand was strong. Will this be the case in 2024? Michal, Anders and Philip discuss the out...

In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Energy Transition Programme, David Ledesma talks to James Henderson about his thoughts ion the outcomes of COP 28. The podcast starts with an overview of the key objectives of the COP before discussing some of the main achievements, debates and disappointments of the event. From the agreement over the Loss & Damage Fund on Day 1 through the increa...

In this OIES podcast, David Ledesma talks to Maria Olczak about the decarbonisaton of international maritime transport. Maria discusses the current and projected greenhouse gas emissions trends, major challenges regarding decarbonisation and policy developments in the EU (extension of the EU Emissions Trading System to maritime transport) and at the International Maritime Organisation level (new G...

In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood, Anouk Honore and Jack Sharples about their latest Energy Insight on the prospects for the gas market over the next 4-6 months. After an initial review of current price trends, the podcast then covers flows of pipeline gas and LNG to Europe, with a particular focus on imports from Norway and LNG...

On 8 August 2023, the OIES China Programme published an issue of the Oxford Energy Forum on the geopolitics of energy and China. This podcast is part of a series drawing on the rich OEF contributions. The aim of the Forum was to think about China's role in the geopolitics of energy – both fossil fuels and new energy supply chains, both from China's perspective and the view from other regions aroun...

In this podcast David Ledesma talks to Aliaksei Patonia and Veronika Lenivova about Hydrogen pipelines and high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines and how Hydrogen pipelines offer the advantage of transporting larger energy volumes, but existing projects are dwarfed by the vast networks of HVDC transmission lines. The podcast discusses how advocates for hydrogen pipelines see potenti...

In this OIES podcast, Michal Meidan talks to James Henderson and Anders Hove about the upcoming COP in Dubai, which is taking place from 30 November to 12 December. James discusses some of the key themes that will dominate the conversation at COP 28, which he also highlighted in his latest comment including the Global Stocktake (GST), the future of hydrocarbons and the phasing out of unabated foss...

In this latest OIES podcast, produced by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Klaus-Dieter Borchardt about his latest paper "Carbon Capture and Storage: the new driver of the EU decarbonization plan?", which was published in mid-October 2023. The podcasts starts with a review of the EU's attitude towards CCUS over the past 5 years, before moving on to discuss the drivers behind a new intere...

In this OIES podcast, Hasan Muslemani talks to Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura, who is lead author on their latest publication entitled 'The creation of a global carbon market: A taxonomy of carbon pricing under Article 6'. They discuss key pillars of carbon markets including different forms of carbon pricing mechanisms, the various buyers in carbon markets, and what dete...

On 8 August 2023, the OIES China Programme published an issue of the Oxford Energy Forum on the geopolitics of energy and China. This podcast is part of a series drawing on the rich OEF contributions. The aim of the Forum was to think about China's role in the geopolitics of energy – both fossil fuels and new energy supply chains, both from China's perspective and the view from other regions aroun...

In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood and Jack Sharples about the current state of the global gas market and the outlook for winter 2023/24 and summer 2024. After reviewing the stable state of Russian gas flows to Europe, Jack discusses the fluctuations in Norwegian flows and LNG send out in Europe, before Mike looks at global LNG s...

In this latest OIES podcast, Michal Meidan and Ned Downie take stock of the Belt and Road Initiative, ten years after its launch. Ned talks about the key trends in energy and mining investments along the Belt and Road as well as the changes in sectors and geographies. Michal and Ned talk about the reasons for the shift away from oil, toward coal and now increasingly renewables as well as the learn...

In this latest OIES podcast, David Ledesma talks to Martin Lambert, Head of the OIES Hydrogen Programme, about his latest paper "Clean Hydrogen Roadmap: is greater realism leading to more credible paths forward?", which picks up the key themes from the Programme since it started in April 2022. As in the paper, the key themes cover how hydrogen has to compete with other decarbonisation alternatives...

In this slightly extended OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Programme, James Henderson and Jonathan Stern reflect on 20 years of activity in the global gas market since the Gas Programme was formed by Jonathan in 2003. They discuss the impact of liberalisation in the EU gas market, which was one of the first major themes covered by the Programme, before moving onto the role of Russian gas, t...

In this podcast Anders Hove talks with Muyi Yang about the geopolitical implications of the energy transition for China in Southeast Asia, and with Mohua Mukherjee about the changing geopolitics of energy between China and India. Yang, who is Associate Director of Clean Energy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, discusses the challenges Southeast Asia faces in transitioning away from fossil fuel...

In this third episode on the geopolitics of energy and China, Anders Hove discusses China's dominance in critical materials with Patrick Schröder, Henry Sanderson and Philip Andrews-Speed.  They ask why China matters for the mining and processing of critical minerals used in new energy supply chains, how China has established itself as a key player and what this dominance could look like going for...

In the second part of this podcast, Bassam Fattouh continues the discussion with David Ledesma identifying some additional dimensions of the energy transition including the rapid growth in renewables, the role of electrification as a key pillar for decarbonization, financing the energy transition and the difficulties faced by many developing in accessing capital to finance mitigation and adaptatio...

In this latest OIES podcast, recorded by the Gas Research Programme, James Henderson speaks to Mike Fulwood and Jack Sharples about the latest developments in the global gas market. Gas prices have rebounded slightly over the summer to reach $10+/mmbtu in Europe, and a number of new developments are changing the market dynamics. In Europe, flows from Russia have been stable but flows from Norway h...

In this podcast, Hasan Muslemani talks to Andrew Goddard about his latest paper entitled 'Deal or No Deal: Will the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) push Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies over the line?'. The author evaluates the unprecedented support for climate and the clean energy transition under the IRA, in particular in relation to 45Q tax credits...

In the first part of this podcast, Bassam Fattouh discusses with David Ledesma some key dimensions of the energy transition including the multiple objectives of energy policy, the short-run trade-offs facing policymakers, the role of hydrocarbons in the energy transition, the implications for international energy companies' capital allocation decisions, the role of public policy in accelerating th...

In this podcast Anders Hove talks with Herbert Crowther about the role of Chinese clean energy firms in the new geopolitics of energy and the dilemmas they face. Crowther, a 2023 Schwarzman Scholar and an analyst with Eurasia group, discusses the uncertainties facing Chinese renewable manufacturers: While they are set to retain an "unavoidable presence" in global supply chains, they are facing gro...

In this extended podcast, Rob Gross, Director of the UK Energy Research Centre and Malcolm Keay of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies discuss the possible reform of UK electricity markets following the UK Government's 'Review of Electricity Market Arrangements'. The discussion draws on Professor Gross's article 'Arguing over the fundamentals of market reform is undermining investment and impe...

In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Research Programme, James Henderson talks to Jonathan Stern about three important gatherings that have taken place over the summer which have interesting implications for the gas industry. The first was the G7 meeting in Tokyo in May, then second was the LNG23 conference in Vancouver in early July and the third was the LNG consumer-producer co...

In this podcast, David Ledesma discusses with Bassam Fattouh the latest trends in oil markets and assesses the key factors that are expected to shape market outcomes in the second half of the year and in 2024. They discuss the main factors behind the recent rise in oil price, the recent dynamics in physical differentials, the shifts in crude and products trade flows following the EU and G7 embargo...

In this latest OIES podcast, brought to you by the Gas Research Programme, James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood about his latest paper called "A New Global Gas Order (Part 1): The Outlook to 2030 after the Energy Crisis". The conversation starts by reviewing the key drivers of gas demand across the world, mainly in the power sector where the role of coal and renewables will have a big impact on g...