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Energy is pivotal for socio-economic and cultural development. Last century witnessed a drastic increase, on one hand on the consumption of energy and, on the other on greenhouse gases emissions. Traditionally, energy security has been linked with the need to guarantee supply and, in turn,...
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“Being rich in energy resources – a blessing or a curse” finds that an energy resource curse plagues many EU supplier states. This in turn directly affects Europe’s energy supply security and threatens to engulf Europe in unwanted hostilities at home and abroad. The study addresses seven...
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Italian Abstract: La significativa crescita registrata nella produzione di idrocarburi estratti dalle formazioni di scisto (di seguito “shale gas” o “gas non convenzionale”) costituisce uno degli sviluppi più rilevanti nel settore energetico mondiale, resa possibile dall’abbattimento...
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peak oil production is reached. OPEC’s potential to impact the supply and price of oil could enable this organization to … the long run, OPEC may change its typical high oil price strategies to drive the market prices to lower equilibria, making … outlook in order to provide insights into the role of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in maintaining …
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deposits of oil – a clear absolute advantage – would shine far beyond all others as beacons of democracy and freedom …. Unfortunately, nothing seems further from the truth. Studies undoubtedly show that oil dependence leads to a skewing of political …. How is it possible to be so rich, yet so poor? Is this phenomenon, known as the “oil curse,” or in social science parlance …
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control oil prices? What is the relationship between the two organizations (OPEC and WTO)? And what would be the result of a … necessary for economic growth, and OPEC’s monopoly and control over oil prices undermines the stability and transparency of the … diminished use of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. As far as petroleum is concerned, the relevant market is completely …
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The recent developments bring US to a leading natural gas and oil producer position. The attempts in last 20 years to … bring new horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies together have developed a success in shale gas and oil …
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contracted the "Dutch Disease", that is, if a boom in the oil and gas industry has led to a process of de …
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Oil resources are neither a curse nor a blessing. The sound management of these resources can make them beneficial or … otherwise. In order to translate Ghana's oil resources into inclusive development amid high expectations, several laws and …
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Natural resource dependence is believed to have potential impact on institutional development, and there is growing consensus in the academic literature that institutional weakness is central to the explanation of the negative effects of resource booms. Generally, the quality of institutional...
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