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April 17th, 2012
Thurber quoted on Argentina's planned re-nationalization of YPF
in the news: Bloomberg News on April 16, 2012PESD associate director Mark Thurber argues in Bloomberg News that Argentina’s government should not expect a near-term boost in domestic fuel production from its planned re-nationalization of oil company YPF, which is majority-owned by Spain’s Repsol. Even over the longer term, national oil companies are not always effective instruments for serving government goals like increased domestic production. The timing is especially sensitive given the nascent development of Argentina’s massive unconventional hydrocarbon resources. Read more »
November 21st, 2008
David Hults, PESD Research Fellow, Speaks on Latin American Oil Companies
David Hults addressed the Center for Latin American Studies at Stanford where he discussed energy policy for three Latin American countries, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela-- within the context of a larger fifteen-country study on National Oil Companies. Read more »
December 4th, 2006
NYU Journal of International Law & Politics publishes PESD study results
Erik Woodhouse publishes the final report from PESD's multi-year study on privately owned power plants in emerging markets. The study, appearing in the next issue of the New York University Journal of International Law & Politics, explains the wide variation in experiences as foreign investors have built and operated overseas power plants. 
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November 1st, 2006
PESD researcher Erik Woodhouse presents at MIGA/Georgetown symposium on international political risk management
On November 3rd, Erik Woodhouse presented key findings from PESD's study on independent power producers around the globe and discuss the study's implications for future investment at a symposium sponsored by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency and Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. Read more »
August 16th, 2006
PESD Participates in Seminar on Atlantic Basin Natural Gas Markets
PESD co-sponsors a seminar with collaborators at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro to examine the shift to LNG in South America. Read more »
May 9th, 2006
PESD Director David Victor addresses chaotic world of energy policy
Op-ed: Financial Times (London) on May 9, 2006The world's energy system seems to have come unhinged. Oil is trading at record high prices because demand keeps rising even as supplies become unreliable. Oil exporters from Iran to Russia and Venezuela are using their petrocash to pursue agendas that undercut western security and interests. Supplies of natural gas also seem less secure than ever. Read more »
March 20th, 2006
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs reports on energy
The United Nations has published David Victor's report, "The Effects of Power Sector Reform on Energy Services for the Poor," via their Division for Sustainable Development. The report examines the connections, if any, between the many efforts to introduce market forces in the power sector with the provision of electric services to world's poorest households. Read more »
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