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The Energy Sector and Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region at a Crossroad : Towards a Great Transformation?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hafner, Manfred.
Other Authors: Raimondi, Pier Paolo., Bonometti, Benedetta.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Contents
  • About the Authors
  • Part I Context and Drivers for the Regional Energy Transformation
  • 1 The MENA Region: An Economic, Energy, and Historical Context
  • 1.1 Demography
  • 1.2 Economy
  • 1.3 Energy
  • 1.4 History
  • Bibliography
  • 2 Domestic and International Drivers and Challenges for the Energy Transformation in the MENA Region
  • 2.1 The Role of Oil Rents: Economic Dependence
  • 2.2 The Prevalence of the Public Sector and Cheap Labor
  • 2.3 Energy Subsidies: A Pervasive and Unsustainable Role
  • 2.4 Growing Domestic Energy Demand and Water-Energy Nexus
  • 2.5 Rentier State and Governance: The Consolidation of Rulers
  • 2.6 External Drivers and Challenges
  • 2.6.1 The International Climate Policy and Regime
  • 2.6.2 The MENA Region, Climate Change and Policy: The Domestic Dimension
  • 2.6.3 Oil and Natural Gas Demand in a Decarbonized World: Peak Demand for Oil and More Pressure for Natural Gas
  • Bibliography
  • Part II The Energy Sector in the MENA Region at a Crossroad
  • 3 National Energy Sectors: Historical Evolution and Current Situation
  • 3.1 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
  • 3.1.1 Saudi Arabia
  • 3.1.2 UAE and Qatar
  • 3.1.3 Other GCC Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman
  • 3.1.4 Iran
  • 3.2 Mashreq
  • 3.2.1 Jordan and Lebanon
  • 3.2.2 Egypt
  • 3.2.3 Israel and Palestine
  • 3.2.4 Iraq and Syria
  • 3.3 Maghreb
  • 3.3.1 Algeria
  • 3.3.2 Libya
  • 3.3.3 Tunisia and Morocco
  • Bibliography
  • 4 Low-Carbon Energy Strategies in MENA Countries
  • 4.1 Drivers of the Low-Carbon Energy Push in MENA Countries
  • 4.2 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
  • 4.2.1 Saudi Arabia
  • 4.2.2 United Arab Emirates
  • 4.2.3 Qatar
  • 4.2.4 Oman and Bahrain
  • 4.2.5 Kuwait
  • 4.2.6 Iran
  • 4.3 Mashreq
  • 4.3.1 Jordan and Lebanon
  • 4.3.2 Egypt
  • 4.3.3 Israel and Palestine
  • 4.4 Maghreb
  • 4.4.1 Algeria.
  • 4.4.2 Tunisia
  • 4.4.3 Morocco
  • Bibliography
  • Part III Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region
  • 5 Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in the MENA Region
  • 5.1 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
  • 5.1.1 Global Oil Markets Evolutions and the Major Developments in the Middle East
  • 5.1.2 GCC Crisis: Political Causes and Energy Implications
  • 5.1.3 GCC Versus Iran
  • 5.2 Mashreq
  • 5.2.1 Oil and Gas Sector in Conflict Countries: Iraq and Syria
  • 5.2.2 East Med Gas: A Potential Gas Export Hub
  • 5.3 Maghreb
  • 5.3.1 Algeria
  • 5.3.2 Libya
  • Bibliography
  • 6 Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation in the MENA Region
  • 6.1 Geopolitical Impacts of the Changing Global Energy Landscape on the MENA Region
  • 6.2 Key Factors Determining the Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Oil and Gas Exporters
  • 6.2.1 Oil and Gas: Different Scenarios, but with Some Common Long-Term Challenges
  • 6.2.2 Energy Transition: Not with the Same Pace Across the Globe
  • 6.2.3 Export Portfolio Composition and Its Diversification
  • 6.2.4 Competition Will Remain and Increase in a Constrained Demand World
  • 6.2.5 Low-Production Costs and Carbon Intensity Rate
  • 6.3 Key Domestic Factors Determining the Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Countries
  • 6.3.1 Population Growth Outlook
  • 6.3.2 Governing and Financing the Transformation
  • 6.4 Energy Opportunities and Strategies for a Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Countries
  • 6.4.1 Energy Transition in the Domestic Energy Sector: Natural Gas and RES
  • 6.4.2 Decarbonized Products: Electricity and Hydrogen
  • 6.4.3 International Cooperation with Key Energy Geoeconomic Blocs
  • Bibliography
  • Part IV Overall Conclusions
  • 7 Conclusions on the Transformation of the Energy Sector and the Energy Geopolitics
  • 7.1 Multiple Challenges Entail Transformation?
  • 7.2 Transforming the Energy Sector
  • 7.2.1 Growing Ambition of Renewable Energy Targets.
  • 7.2.2 Common Ambitions but Different Preferences on Low-Carbon Technologies and Solutions
  • 7.2.3 Ambition Versus Reality
  • 7.2.4 Factors for Slower Implementation
  • 7.2.5 Energy Transformation Entails Substantial Social and Economic Transformation?
  • 7.3 Transforming Geopolitical Factors
  • 7.3.1 Conflicts and Hydrocarbons
  • 7.3.2 Old and New Players-A Regional and International Realignment?
  • 7.3.3 Evolving Geopolitics Alongside with the Energy Transition
  • 7.3.4 Net-Zero does not mean the end of Petrostates- Strengthening the Competitive Advantages
  • 7.3.5 New Opportunities and Strategies for Geopolitical Relevance for All MENA Countries: Decarbonized Products and International Cooperation
  • Bibliography.

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