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bp Energy Outlook 2024

Presented by Energy Security and Climate Change Program
July 17, 2024 • 9:00 – 9:45 am EDT

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Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill

The federal permitting process is hindering progress on the United States' energy security and climate change goals. A recently announced bill from Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) could help address this issue. 

Commentary by Quill Robinson, Kunro Irié, Ray Cai, and Cy McGeady — July 25, 2024

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U.S. LNG: Remapping Energy Security

Europe's wartime shift from Russian gas to U.S. LNG is reshaping global energy trade. A new CSIS interactive feature demonstrates how transatlantic cooperation is critical for ensuring European energy security and hastening the energy transition.

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Experts React: Senators Manchin and Barrasso Announce Permitting Reform Bill

The federal permitting process is hindering progress on the United States' energy security and climate change goals. A recently announced bill from Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY) could help address this issue. 

Commentary by Quill Robinson, Kunro Irié, Ray Cai, and Cy McGeady — July 25, 2024

bp Energy Outlook 2024

Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a discussion on bp’s 2024 Energy Outlook with Spencer Dale, Chief Economist of bp.

Event — July 17, 2024

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Oil Market Interventions and Consequences

An audio version of “Oil Market Interventions and Consequences,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Ben Cahill and Adi Imsirovic. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill and Adi Imsirovic — July 17, 2024

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Oil Market Interventions and Consequences

A growing share of global oil consists of sanctioned volumes traded by dodgy intermediaries in an opaque shipping sector. Energy sanctions can deny revenue to oil-producing states, but these measures also have some potentially serious, unintended consequences.

Commentary by Ben Cahill and Adi Imsirovic — July 16, 2024

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Diversifying Investment in Indonesia’s Mining Sector

An audio version of “Diversifying Investment in Indonesia’s Mining Sector,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Gracelin Baskaran. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Gracelin Baskaran — July 16, 2024

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Reflections on Global Oil and Gas Markets

Please join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program for a conversation between Fereidun Fesharaki, Founder and Chairman of FGE, and Ben Cahill, Senior Fellow in the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program.

Event — July 12, 2024

Diversifying Investment in Indonesia’s Mining Sector

The United States and Indonesia should strengthen bilateral investment and trade in responsibly sourced nickel and copper.This can help reduce Indonesia's reliance on China and strengthen U.S. supply chain security, since it has less than 1 percent of the world's nickel.

Commentary by Gracelin Baskaran — July 11, 2024