http://pesd.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from PESDen-usPublic domainhttp://pesd.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://pesd.stanford.edu/60http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3915During a visit to Toulouse, France to present at “The Economics of Energy Markets” conference at the Toulouse School of Economics, PESD Director Frank Wolak was interviewed by Professor Jean-Michel Glachant of the Florence School Regulation about his work monitoring wholesale electricity markets.]]>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3915http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3887In advance of the 2013 Pacific Energy Summit, which will take place April 2-4 in Vancouver, Canada, PESD Associate Director Mark Thurber spoke with the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) about how the U.S. shale gas revolution has pushed coal producers in the U.S. Powder River Basin to look to Asia for a more robust market.]]>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3887http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3833The “peak oil” fallacy is not new; in fact it has long inflicted real harm in the geopolitical sphere despite persistent evidence of its falsity. Roger Stern, Research Assistant Professor of Energy at the University of Tulsa’s Collins College of Business, describes in a new PESD working paper how “oil scarcity ideology” influenced US national security policy in profoundly detrimental ways from 1909 to 1980.]]>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3833http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3818In a public lecture at the University of Tulsa, PESD associate director Mark Thurber critically considers the idea that national oil companies (NOCs) are elbowing aside private players, both on their home turf and abroad. Live feed at 5 pm PST on January 28, 2013.]]>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3818http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3889A Reuters article cites work by PESD researchers Peter Nolan and Mark Thurber that explains why hydrocarbon-rich nations still need foreign companies to develop frontier resources like oil and gas from shales or in the deep offshore. While governments may successfully employ national oil companies in mature petroleum provinces, private companies are usually better at managing the high risks of frontier activities.]]>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3889http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3776FSI's Frank Wolak warns of betting against the international spread of shale gas technologies by attempting to export domestic natural gas.]]>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3776http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3786PESD associate director Mark Thurber appeared on Canada’s Business News Network to discuss new government guidelines that promise greater scrutiny for future corporate takeovers in the oil sands by foreign national oil companies (NOCs). Thurber argued that Canada nevertheless remains comparatively attractive to NOCs working abroad relative to other oil provinces around the world.]]>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3786http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3788PESD researchers commented in the new issue of the Stanford Energy Journal on what the “shale gas revolution” means for both the U.S. and China. Mark Thurber argues that environmentalists in the U.S. should advocate for both fugitive methane regulations and increased use of gas. Jonathan Strahl and Joseph Chang foresee that economic and regulatory barriers may delay a repeat in China of the North American shale “miracle.”]]>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3788http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3700Frank Wolak was appointed to the Emissions Market Assessment Committee (EMAC) of the California Air Resources Board.]]>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3700http://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3699Frank Wolak was interviewed by reporter Anne Makovec of CBS5 of San Francisco about California’s high gasoline prices and how the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is likely to impact the price of transportation fuels in California.]]>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/news/3699http://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/24065Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, April 2013
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Carbon markets may be able to learn from the behavior of China’s coal market, and price caps or floors in the carbon market are likely to be difficult to enforce.]]>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:27:58 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/23768http://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/23744World Oil vol. 233, June 2012
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Proposal to the Global Underdevelopment Action Fund at FSI October 31, 2011]]>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:49:24 PSThttp://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/23597http://pesd.stanford.edu/publications/23377Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, October 2011
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