GCC Energy Intensity

An international dialogue facilitated by Chatham House to support fuel intensity improvement in the GCC countries; tweeting news and reports of interest

[Dr Mari Luomi @mariluomi]

Good point: it hasn't been a transition so far in the global energy mix, but an 'addition". #EnergyTransition
https://t.co/7UubL3OsB5

via @GoogleNews

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Great piece on the climate threat to the Middle East/West Asia

[Robin Mills @robinenergy]

Middle East faces double risk as climate changes - tipping points of climate and politics https://t.co/TsxbuyHY5M

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

“Hopefully, cycling will become a lifestyle in Saudi Arabia and we will see people cycling to work one day” https://t.co/y1MnbSN3jQ

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Slowdown in #GCC domestic fuel consumption - are the reforms working?
https://t.co/N0Juegare2 #oil #economy

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Worth reading: #Kuwait faces existential crisis burning oil to keep cool #HottestCity #GCC #ClimateChange #Energy https://t.co/vDXW6880gv

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

تواجه دولة #الكويت أزمة وجودية حارقا النفط لتبريد الأجواء #الطاقة #تغيرالمناخ https://t.co/vDXW6880gv

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

The Spanish-built high speed Mecca-Medina al-Haramain Railway scheduled to open in 2018 #Saudi #Rail https://t.co/j9N6Kli96u

[مشاريع السعودية @SaudiProject]

رئيس هيئة النقل العام : سيتم تشغيل #قطار_الحرمين رسميًا مطلع العام المقبل 2018.

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Apicorp estimates #MENA will spend $622bn on energy in next 5 yrs #Oil = $195bn #gas = $159bn power sector = $207bn https://t.co/z9ZKYXTwTZ

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Affiliate of national petrochems giant, Sabic, becomes first in #Saudi Arabia to achieve UN #carbon credits https://t.co/7W7XQZQj3F

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Burning less oil at home will help Saudi exports and Aramco IPO https://t.co/M1tcqwTJO6 via @Reuters

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Required reading for all working on #energy #efficiency - what is holding G20 countries back? new from @e3g https://t.co/7VKl2JJLH9

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Comes up every year at #CHMenaEnergy, still as shocking, still not fixed https://t.co/pxUHEdeIU6

[The Carboun Institute @CarbounInst]

1 billion cubic meters of #naturalgas is flared in #Iraq every day! #CHMenaEnergy #waste #fossilfuel #MENA

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

@EnergyGCC @LauryHaytayan @ValerieMarcel thx for the RT! The chart is from this paper in case of interest https://t.co/nxZi8vKm2P

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Effects of #Saudi #energy #water price reforms will begin to hit industry and inflation in 2018, 2019 so compensation measures needed then

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

#Saudi has set up about 4000 smart metres in homes and begun educating people on how to use energy efficiently, plans more #CHMenaEnergy

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

How #GCC countries began to address the social contract in order to balance their budgets as #oil price fell #CHMenaEnergy

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

For more on #energy & other price reforms in #GCC & what it means for business, see https://t.co/nxZi8vKm2P by @Glada_Lahn #CHMenaEnergy

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

'The good thing about the #Saudi reform is that they are actually sticking to it' #CHMenaEnergy

[GCC Energy Intensity @EnergyGCC]

Diversification has been on the #Gulf agenda since the 1970s but little action - lower oil prices create conditions for reform #CHMenaEnergy