Energy experts from government, industry and academia investigate influences on oil and gas investments, as well as future directions for global commodity pricing.

Under this study, the Baker Institute will embark on a comprehensive study on the interaction of the oil investment cycle and the general business cycle, including consideration of how the global economy and patterns of industry capital investment are influenced by oil price shocks.

Countries around the Persian Gulf are falling behind with regard to renewables, both for technical and for political reasons. And they need to diversify — just like the rest of us — if they are going to keep local consumption from using up too much of the oil they would rather sell.

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop an "OPEC" type…

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Throughout the last two decades, China has…

Experts from the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies examines issues in global energy.

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Introduction

Are We Running Out of Oil?

For…