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Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

The New Energy System in the Mexican Constitution

This study analyzes the new legal framework and definitions governing Mexico's energy sector as a result of the constitutional reform, and the implications for the hydrocarbons and electrical sectors.

José Ramón Cossío Díaz, José Ramón Cossío Barragán April 25, 2017

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

The Role of Local Governments in the Energy Sector and Implications of the Energy Reform for Local Governments

This paper outlines a governance model that incorporates the participation and feedback of political, private and civic partners from Mexico’s northeast region into the implementation process.

Pilar Rodríguez Ibáñez February 21, 2017

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

The Environmental Challenges of the Energy Reform

This paper analyzes the possible impact of Mexico’s energy reform on the country’s environment, as well as the challenges to preserving natural resources and access to water while also supporting the expanding oil and gas sector.

Luis Serra February 14, 2017

Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Research Paper

The Politics of Economic Reform in Arab Gulf States

This paper analyzes the political and economic implications of the various measures Gulf States have taken in response to the fall in oil prices and government revenues and offers recommendations for sustainable economic reforms.

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen June 1, 2016

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

To Lift or Not to Lift? The U.S. Crude Oil Export Ban: Implications for Price and Energy Security

This study examines the effects of lifting the 40-year-old U.S. crude export ban on crude pricing, energy security and energy sector investment. It includes a statistical analysis that explains what the relationship would be between the prices of crudes of different qualities in an unconstrained setting, which, according to author Ken Medlock, is important to providing a more accurate assessment of the impact of current U.S. policy.

Kenneth B. Medlock III March 24, 2015

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Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

The Shale Revolution: What Do We Know Now and Where Are We Going?

This paper investigates how new potential and proposed regulations will influence the natural gas market in the United States in the coming decades, using the Rice World Gas Trade Model (RWGTM) to examine scenarios in which domestic natural gas development is stressed in a variety of ways. It considers a range of possible policy actions from the federal to the local level.

Kenneth B. Medlock III January 31, 2015

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

Energy in the Western Hemisphere

North America is emerging as a virtual supply center of the international energy market, a development that has implications for the economic and geopolitical stature of the entire continent.

September 4, 2014