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Aerial View of the Saudi Arabia Oil Crisis

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

Want Power in the Oil Market? Hold Spare Capacity! (But Not Too Much)

Mark Finley explains the cost-benefit analysis behind the Saudi government's recent move to pause plans to increase spare oil production capacity — and why spare capacity still equates to power in the oil market.

Mark Finley February 9, 2024

Oil pump at sunset

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

OPEC+ Cuts Should Tighten the Market

OPEC+ cuts — including additional voluntary cuts, most importantly by Saudi Arabia — look set to significantly tighten the oil market this year.

Mark Finley January 22, 2024

gas industry graph

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

OPEC+ Agrees to Additional Production Cuts: Market Responds With a Shrug

When the OPEC+ group met last week and agreed to extend production cuts through the first quarter of 2024, the market was unimpressed. Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Mark Finley, outlines the meeting’s outcomes and discusses why the recent agreement “could augur a year of difficult meetings ahead” in a new commentary.

Mark Finley December 6, 2023

A sign at a gas station during the gasoline shortage and energy crisis of the 1970s

Center for Energy Studies | Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Commentary

The Arab Embargo 50 Years Ago Weaponized Oil to Inflict Economic Trauma — Sound Familiar?

Like the 1973 embargo, today’s crises have rendered the future of energy massively uncertain, write fellows Jim Krane and Mark Finley.

Jim Krane, Mark Finley October 11, 2023

Offshore oil platform at sunrise/sunset

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

US Gulf Coast Energy: A Hurricane Season Cheat Sheet

Mark Finley offers a cheat sheet summarizing Gulf Coast energy data for the this year's hurricane season.

Mark Finley August 24, 2023

Argentina oil flag

Argentina Program | Commentary

An Oil Workers Union Leader Could Be The Next Governor Of Argentina’s No. 3 Petro-Province, Santa Cruz

On August 13 the Argentine province of Santa Cruz will elect its governor and the 24 members of its unicameral provincial…

Mark P. Jones August 8, 2023

Oil pump in Patagonia Argentina

Argentina Program | Commentary

The July 30 Gubernatorial Election in Chubut, Argentina’s No. 2 Petro-Province

On July 30, Argentina’s second-most important petro-province will hold its quadrennial gubernatorial election. Unlike a…

Mark P. Jones July 26, 2023

Machinery in clean hydrogen plant

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

The U.S. Could Leapfrog The World In Producing Clean Hydrogen—But Only If Treasury Encourages Diverse Investments

In recent days, record-breaking extreme heat has provided a preview of what’s in store as global temperatures continue to…

Rachel A. Meidl July 25, 2023

oil gas

Center for Energy Studies | Commentary

Diverging Storylines in the World of Energy Came Together Last Year

The 2023 edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy (the 72nd annual edition; now under the management of the Energy…

Mark Finley June 30, 2023

Mining at night

Argentina Program | Commentary

Governing Parties Prevail In 4 Argentine Mining & Petro Province Election

On May 7 and May 14, the respective governing parties in the Argentine provinces of Jujuy, La Pampa, Salta and Tierra del…

Mark P. Jones May 16, 2023