The Energy Sector and Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region at a Crossroad : : Towards a Great Transformation?

• Superior document: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Series
• Author: Hafner, Manfred.
• TeilnehmendeR: Raimondi, Pier Paolo.; Bonometti, Benedetta.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (430 pages)

Table of Contents

• Intro
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Contents
• About the Authors
• Part I Context and Drivers for the Regional Energy Transformation
• 1 The MENA Region: An Economic, Energy, and Historical Context
• 1.1 Demography
• 1.2 Economy
• 1.3 Energy
• 1.4 History
• Bibliography
• 2 Domestic and International Drivers and Challenges for the Energy Transformation in the MENA Region
• 2.1 The Role of Oil Rents: Economic Dependence
• 2.2 The Prevalence of the Public Sector and Cheap Labor
• 2.3 Energy Subsidies: A Pervasive and Unsustainable Role
• 2.4 Growing Domestic Energy Demand and Water-Energy Nexus
• 2.5 Rentier State and Governance: The Consolidation of Rulers
• 2.6 External Drivers and Challenges
• 2.6.1 The International Climate Policy and Regime
• 2.6.2 The MENA Region, Climate Change and Policy: The Domestic Dimension
• 2.6.3 Oil and Natural Gas Demand in a Decarbonized World: Peak Demand for Oil and More Pressure for Natural Gas
• Bibliography
• Part II The Energy Sector in the MENA Region at a Crossroad
• 3 National Energy Sectors: Historical Evolution and Current Situation
• 3.1 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
• 3.1.1 Saudi Arabia
• 3.1.2 UAE and Qatar
• 3.1.3 Other GCC Countries: Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman
• 3.1.4 Iran
• 3.2 Mashreq
• 3.2.1 Jordan and Lebanon
• 3.2.2 Egypt
• 3.2.3 Israel and Palestine
• 3.2.4 Iraq and Syria
• 3.3 Maghreb
• 3.3.1 Algeria
• 3.3.2 Libya
• 3.3.3 Tunisia and Morocco
• Bibliography
• 4 Low-Carbon Energy Strategies in MENA Countries
• 4.1 Drivers of the Low-Carbon Energy Push in MENA Countries
• 4.2 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
• 4.2.1 Saudi Arabia
• 4.2.2 United Arab Emirates
• 4.2.3 Qatar
• 4.2.4 Oman and Bahrain
• 4.2.5 Kuwait
• 4.2.6 Iran
• 4.3 Mashreq
• 4.3.1 Jordan and Lebanon
• 4.3.2 Egypt
• 4.3.3 Israel and Palestine
• 4.4 Maghreb
• 4.4.1 Algeria.
• 4.4.2 Tunisia
• 4.4.3 Morocco
• Bibliography
• Part III Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region
• 5 Geopolitics of Oil and Gas in the MENA Region
• 5.1 The Arabian-Persian Gulf
• 5.1.1 Global Oil Markets Evolutions and the Major Developments in the Middle East
• 5.1.2 GCC Crisis: Political Causes and Energy Implications
• 5.1.3 GCC Versus Iran
• 5.2 Mashreq
• 5.2.1 Oil and Gas Sector in Conflict Countries: Iraq and Syria
• 5.2.2 East Med Gas: A Potential Gas Export Hub
• 5.3 Maghreb
• 5.3.1 Algeria
• 5.3.2 Libya
• Bibliography
• 6 Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation in the MENA Region
• 6.1 Geopolitical Impacts of the Changing Global Energy Landscape on the MENA Region
• 6.2 Key Factors Determining the Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Oil and Gas Exporters
• 6.2.1 Oil and Gas: Different Scenarios, but with Some Common Long-Term Challenges
• 6.2.2 Energy Transition: Not with the Same Pace Across the Globe
• 6.2.3 Export Portfolio Composition and Its Diversification
• 6.2.4 Competition Will Remain and Increase in a Constrained Demand World
• 6.2.5 Low-Production Costs and Carbon Intensity Rate
• 6.3 Key Domestic Factors Determining the Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Countries
• 6.3.1 Population Growth Outlook
• 6.3.2 Governing and Financing the Transformation
• 6.4 Energy Opportunities and Strategies for a Future Geopolitical Role of MENA Countries
• 6.4.1 Energy Transition in the Domestic Energy Sector: Natural Gas and RES
• 6.4.2 Decarbonized Products: Electricity and Hydrogen
• 6.4.3 International Cooperation with Key Energy Geoeconomic Blocs
• Bibliography
• Part IV Overall Conclusions
• 7 Conclusions on the Transformation of the Energy Sector and the Energy Geopolitics
• 7.1 Multiple Challenges Entail Transformation?
• 7.2 Transforming the Energy Sector
• 7.2.1 Growing Ambition of Renewable Energy Targets.
• 7.2.2 Common Ambitions but Different Preferences on Low-Carbon Technologies and Solutions
• 7.2.3 Ambition Versus Reality
• 7.2.4 Factors for Slower Implementation
• 7.2.5 Energy Transformation Entails Substantial Social and Economic Transformation?
• 7.3 Transforming Geopolitical Factors
• 7.3.1 Conflicts and Hydrocarbons
• 7.3.2 Old and New Players-A Regional and International Realignment?
• 7.3.3 Evolving Geopolitics Alongside with the Energy Transition
• 7.3.4 Net-Zero does not mean the end of Petrostates- Strengthening the Competitive Advantages
• 7.3.5 New Opportunities and Strategies for Geopolitical Relevance for All MENA Countries: Decarbonized Products and International Cooperation
• Bibliography.