Podcasts - Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

In this latest OIES podcast, David Ledesma discusses the global oil market dynamics with Bassam Fattouh and Andreas Economou as another turbulent year characterised by extreme shocks, heightened uncertainty and very disconnected narratives draws to a close. They discuss the current state of the oil market and assess the expectations and the eventual realization of oil prices in 2022. Next, they di...

In this podcast David Ledesma talks to Trisha Curtis, CEO of PetroNerds, about US gas and oil production, transportation and markets. US gas production has performed well since COVID and additional supply growth is clearly possible, but investment in infrastructure will require consistent regulatory and political support. Technology is also key, with production rigs having longer lateral lengths t...

In this latest OIES podcast James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood and Jack Sharples about the key development sin the European gas market over the past few weeks. They discuss recent price movements and the impact of cold weather finally arriving in Europe, and also look at the prospect for Russian flows being cut further as the exports through Ukraine appear to be under threat. They consider the...

In this podcast, David Ledesma talks to Hasan Muslemani about the new Carbon Management Research Programme recently launched by OIES. As head of this research, Hasan discusses the structure and objectives of the programme which will focus on three aspects: 1) carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies in energy and industrial sectors, 2) nature- and tech-based carbon removal solutions and 3) th...

The COP27 conference was held in Sharm El Sheikh in November 2022, and although expectations going into the event were tempered by geopolitics and the energy crisis there was hope for movement on a number of key issues. David Ledesma discusses the main conclusions of the conference with James Henderson, who was one of the OIES team who attended the COP. They discuss the progress, or lack of it, on...

Much of the world requires winter heating and in most places this heating is still provided by fossil fuels. In this podcast David Ledesma discusses Northern China with Philip Andrews-Speed, Senior Research Fellow at OIES and Yuchao Xu, graduate from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, where this problem is particularly acute as coal and biomass have long be...

In this podcast, David Ledesma talks with Agnieszka Ason, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the OIES and Manuel Calvo Diaz, Energy and Environment Director of the Naturgy Foundation about the new OIES paper on International Gas Contracts, which was prepared with support from the Naturgy Foundation. The paper explains the fundamentals of Gas Supply Agreements for pipeline gas (GSAs) and Sale and P...

In this podcast David Ledesma discusses with Professor Jonathan Stern 'Carbon-neutral' LNG. Jonathan Stern argues that 'Carbon-neutral' LNG has become progressively limited to a relatively small number of trades in Asia and cannot be considered a credible or relevant environmental standard. Cargos should be 'greenhouse gas verified' and should set out the methodologies used to measure, report, and...

In this latest OIES podcast, David Ledesma talks to David Sandalow and Michal Meidan about their recent book, Guide to Chinese Climate Policy 2022 which they co-authored with Dr Philip Andrews-Speed, Anders Hove, Sally Qiu and Edmund Downie, published by the OIES's in November 2022. In the podcast they discuss the rationale for the book, the changes they note in China's climate policy since the Gu...

In the sixth and final podcast of OIES's pre-COP27 series, David Ledesma talks to Michal Meidan and James Henderson about the challenges facing the participants at the forthcoming COP27 conference that is being held 6-18th November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The discussion covers the key issues for COP27 as well as the most contentious issues that will need to be tackled. The speakers take stock o...

The fifth podcast of the OIES's six-part COP27 series addresses the importance of technology in delivering the COP27 pledges. David Ledesma and James Henderson talk to Dolf Gielen about the Breakthrough Agenda, announced at COP26, and the key technologies which are its focus, to Martin Lambert about his views on the future of green gases, including hydrogen, and to Rez Maddahi, who examines the im...

In the fourth podcast of the OIES's six-part COP27 series, we address the outlook and challenges that will be faced at COP27 by three major regions. The podcast talks to Isabel Hilton about China's climate change policy, Sarah Ladislaw about the recent changes in US climate legislation and its potential impact on COP27 and Klaus Dieter Borchardt on European climate policy and the region's likely i...

In this latest OIES podcast James Henderson talks to Mike Fulwood, Jack Sharples and Jonathan Stern about the continuing impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on gas markets. This episode reviews the current flows of gas into Europe from all sources, in particular looking at the continuing decline in imports from Russia and the surprising continuation of very high imports of LNG. We also consider stock...