56 News Items Found
December 17, 2020
Saudi Aramco: A Year Like No Other Energy fellow Jim Krane discussed how Saudi Aramco is coping with COVID-19 and climate change.
Listen at the Arab Digest podcast. August 4, 2020
Beginning of a Nuclear Power Race in Gulf States? "For Gulf Arab rulers who fear that Washington is not a reliable long-term guardian, nuclear power generation may offer an alternate path to maintaining a U.S. strategic interest in securing their regimes,” said energy fellow Jim Krane.
Read more at Oilprice.com. July 13, 2020
UAE Powerhouses Tackle Coronavirus in Very Different Ways “Dubai is like the ultimate place for handshakes and hugs and back slaps — Dubai is all-out physical interaction,” said energy fellow Jim Krane. “Dubai just falls apart if you have to shut down travel and social distance and Abu Dhabi is almost unaffected."
Read more at The Washington Post. June 8, 2020
Winners and Losers of OPEC+ Deal “If the concept of compensation for [quota] cheating holds in the future, Saudi Arabia will be all the more powerful and OPEC’s claims more credible," said energy fellow Jim Krane of the OPEC+ 2.0 pact.
Read more at the Washington Examiner. May 20, 2020
Saudi Arabia Facing Unprecedented Budget Crunch Energy fellow Jim Krane discusses the impact of the oil market crash and Covid-19 on Saudi Arabia, one of the richest countries in the world. Among other moves, the country known for its generous energy subsidies and well-paid government jobs has raised taxes at home by 15% and cut benefits for state employees.
Read more at The World.