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Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

Energy in the Western Hemisphere

September 4, 2014
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Energy Western Hemisphere

CES Research: North America Energy Policy, 2014-17

Executive Summary: Houston Energy Dialogues

Study: Geopolitical dimensions of US oil security by Jim Krane and Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University's Baker Institute.

Testimony: Hearing on The Evolution of Energy Infrastructure in the United States and How Lessons Learned from the Past Can Inform Future Opportunities by Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University's Baker Institute.

Study: The Trump Administration, Trade and Energy by Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University's Baker Institute.

Study: Apocalypse Now: Venezuela, Oil and Reconstruction by Antoine Halff, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy; Francisco Monaldi, Rice University's Baker Institute; Luisa Palacios, Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy; and Miguel Angel Santos, Harvard University's Center for International Development.

Study: Electricity Reform and Retail Pricing in Texas by Peter Hartley, Kenneth B. Medlock III, and Olivera Jankovska, Rice University's Baker Institute. The authors study the impact of competition on retail electricity prices. 

Study: The Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S LNG Exports by Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University's Baker Institute; Adrian Cooper, Oxford Economics; Michael Kleiman, Oxford Economics; and Scott Livermore, Oxford Economics. This Department of Energy-sponsored study examines the cumulative impacts of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports.

Study: "Framing Energy Issues: An Impact Analysis of Public Policy, Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Gas Development"
Funding for the study was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

  • The Market Impacts of New Natural Gas-Directed Policies in the United States by Kenneth B. Medlock III and Peter Hartley

Study: Geopolitics of Natural Gas by Kenneth B. Medlock III, Rice University's Baker Institute; Meghan O'Sullivan, Harvard University's Kennedy School; Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis

Study: To Lift or Not to Lift? The U.S. Crude Oil Export Ban: Implications for Price and Energy Security by Kenneth B. Medlock III

Conference: "The Shale Revolution: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?"
  • The Shale Revolution: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going? A Conference Report by Kenneth B. Medlock III
Events:
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  • Political Uncertainty and Mexico's Energy Reform
  • A Conversation with Ecuador's Minister of Hydrocarbons: The Outlook for the Country's Oil Sector
  • Global Energy Transitions Summit
  • Electricity Reform in Texas: A Retrospective
  • Pemex's Strategy and Mexico's Energy Reform: Looking Ahead
 
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  • The Mining Boom in Latin America: Rents, Development and Democracy by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • Exploiting Latin America's Oil Potential Hampered by Politics by Francisco J. Monaldi
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  • La Industria Petrolera Venezolana: Una Nueva Oportunidad Historica by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • Decentralizing Power in Latin America: The Role of the Governors in the National Arena by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • La Economía Política del Petróleo y el Gas en América Latina by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • The Political Economy of Oil Contract Renegotiation in Venezuela by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • The Political Economy of Oil Production in Latin America by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • Análisis Institucional de la Gobernabilidad y Contratación en el Sector Petrolero: Casos de la Región Andina by Francisco J. Monaldi
  • Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Venezuela by Francisco J. Monaldi
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