Atmospheric emissions urgently need to reduce for natural gas to fulfill its potential role in the energy transition to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change. This paper establishes the magnitude and trends of flaring and venting in oil and gas operations, as well as their emissions and...

This article examines whether China is on the verge of a ‘shale gas revolution’ with far reaching consequences for energy policy and climate change mitigation. On the contrary, it argues that various technological, environmental, political, regulatory and institutional factors will constrain...

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has revitalized the European concerns of supply disruptions of natural gas as experienced in 2006 and 2009. However, the European supply situation, regulation and infrastructure have changed since: imports are more diversified, EU member states better connected and a...