The Al-Attiyah Foundation

In the podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Professor Graham Weale. Professor Weale is a recognised authority on energy markets with over 40 years’ experience. He has been Professor of Energy Economics at the Ruhr University Bochum since 2016. His expertise lies in carbon pricing and the EU Emissions Trading System; German power market – renewables, thermal plants and power prices; ener...

In this podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Neil Fleming - the Global Head of Editorial Argus Media - to discuss peak oil, growing coal demand and more.

In the podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Joumana Hosri, board member of the Fernand Hosri Group, to discuss the future of solar power in the global energy mix, women in construction and her various leadership roles.

The Al-Attiyah Foundation and Sheikh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, the Deputy Chairman and CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), discuss Kuwait's role in the global energy market, the country's sustainability goals and COP28

Joel Couse is a special advisor to the International Energy Agency – commonly referred to as the IEA – specialising in Energy Markets and Security. Previously he was Chief Energy Economist for Total Energy

In this podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Dr. Michal Meidan to discuss China's role in the global energy industry. Dr. Meidan is the Director of China Energy Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES). Before joining OIES in July 2019, she was Vice President Research at Energy Aspects and headed China Matters, an independent research consultancy.

Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega is the Director of the Centre for Energy at the French Institute of International Relations, commonly known as IFRI.  Prior to joining IFRI, he spent six years at the International Energy Agency (IEA), mostly notably as Russian and Sub-Saharan Africa Programme Manager where he conducted oil and gas market analysis and was responsible for institutional relations with these...

About the Guest:  In this podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Mr. Jihad Azour the Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  AT the IMF, Mr. Azour oversees the Fund’s work in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Caucasus. Previously, he served as Lebanon’s Finance Minister in 2005-08, during which time he coordinated th...

Mr Saad Rahim is Chief Economist at the Trafigura Group, a Singapore based multinational commodity trading company founded in 1993.  The Trafigura Group trades in base metals and energy. It is the world's largest private metals trader and second largest oil trader having built or purchased stakes in pipelines, mines, smelters, and ports.

Welcome to the Al-Attiyah Foundation’s latest interview, in a series of podcasts where we seek to address the urgent energy topics of today, by hearing the opinions and insights from our invited experts. Before the outbreak of coronavirus, substantial progress had been made in the pursuit of the goal of providing access to sustainable energy for all. A recent multi-institutional report indicated t...

Jos Delbeke, Professor at the European University Institute and at the KU Leuven, and also the Former Director-General of the European Commission's DG for Climate Action, joined the Al-Attiyah Foundation to share his insights on:  - The role of energy in a post-COVID world.  - What does the “New Normal” entail for the energy sector?  - Stimulus packages for revitalising economies.  - A carbon...

Providing access to sustainable energy for all is currently one of the top priority issues in the global sustainability agenda. The quest for a transition to a less carbon-intensive and more sustainable energy system is becoming more urgent, particularly in the face of growing concerns about the impact of climate change. Achieving the desired transformation of the world energy system will not come...

The Al-Attiyah Foundation is pleased to share the second episode in a new interview series. Professor Paul Stevens, Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House joins us in his expert capacity as a professor of Petroleum Policy and Economics to discuss: 1. “Demand Destruction”. 2. The OPEC+ cuts, are they too little too late? 3. The changing landscape of fuel supply. 4. After the pandemic is over, what o...

The Al-Attiyah Foundation is pleased to share our first episode in a new interview series. Robin Mills, CEO at Qamar Energy and Fellow at Columbia University's SIPA joins us in his expert capacity as an energy strategist and fuel economist to discuss:  1. The unprecedented volatility currently seen in the crude oil markets.  2. The OPEC+ cuts and their effect on supply.  3. Gas price implicat...

Dr. Mitrova is a Research Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. She has twenty-five years of experience in dealing with Russian, and global energy markets. From February 2017 to December 2020, she was the Executive Director of the Energy Centre of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, a graduate business-school. Furthermore, Dr. Mitrova is a member of the board o...

About the Guest: In the Al-Attiyah Foundation's latest podcast, recorded on 19/10/2022, Stephen Cole is joined by the former Vice President for External Relations of Engie, Mr. Jean-Marc Leroy.  Mr. Leroy holds several non-executive roles. He is President of Gas Infrastructure Europe, a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Gas Centre within the World Energy Council, and Chairman of...

About the Guest: In this latest podcast, the Al-Attiyah Foundation is joined by Mr Laurent Vivier, Senior Vice President MENA - Exploration & Production, TotalEnergies. Mr Vivier has been with TotalEnergies for 26 years, beginning his career in 1996 in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) trading. In 2011, after holding a number of positions, he was appointed Vice President Strategic Planning for the...

In this Podcast interview, Patricia Roberts from LNG-Worldwide Ltd joins the Al-Attiyah Foundation to discuss the future of LNG. LNG-Worldwide was incorporated in 2005 and has advised clients on large-scale LNG infrastructure projects and commercial arrangements for businesses under development, in start-up and ongoing operations. As the Managing Director, Patricia is actively involved in all the...

Marianne Kah joins the Foundation in this Podcast to discuss Implications for Energy policy after the 2020 US Elections. Ms. Marianne Kah is a Senior Research Scholar and Advisory Board Member at The Centre on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA and was previously the Chief Economist of ConocoPhillips at its Houston headquarters for 25 years where she was responsible for developing th...

As the world looks for a solution to its energy-devouring paradigm, the energy industry has set its sights firmly on green growth. However, finding a balance between a high-energy substitute to carbon, which can also mollify and solve environmental problems, has been problematic. One budding option coming into view, which could build new industries and substitute for carbon without the negative co...

Dramatic changes are occurring in the oil industry, in both obvious and subtle ways. Changes propelled by various weighing influences reported on every day, such as climate change and the ongoing global agenda to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. These changes have come from an undeniable growing need for energy and the inescapable fact that 'green growth' is essential. There are many fac...

Alan Gelder, Vice President of Refining, Chemicals & Oil Markets with Wood Mackenzie Ltd. joins the Foundation in this podcast interview, to delve into refineries. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a reduction in demand for crude oil. However, what is less spoken about is how that reduction affects the chain of actors in the oil production process.  Practically all crude oil is refined into fin...

The actions needed to combat climate change are quickly becoming well established. However, the idea that the world should simply use less new material of all types and more recycled material is substantially less established. The talk today explores what needs to be done to establish the concepts behind The Circular Economy as a part of normal business practice, and how the concept may be affecte...

The world, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, is seeing infection and death rates reducing in some countries, and increasing in others. The growing global debate across all industries and sectors is “has the world changed?” and/or “what is the new normal?” Major reductions in demand for energy fuels have been felt worldwide, promoting the question, will the planet go back to its pre-Covid-19 p...

The world, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, is seeing infection and death rates reducing in some countries, and increasing in others. The growing global debate across all industries and sectors is “has the world changed?” and/or “what is the new normal?” Major reductions in demand for energy fuels have been felt worldwide, promoting the question, will the planet go back to its pre-Covid-19 p...