Robin Mills

In the short term, production cuts can maximise revenue, however, in the longer term, they become increasingly dangerous

An energy war would cut supplies by 12 million barrels of oil a day, says Iran-backed Iraqi militia

The accelerating flight of large numbers of people will worsen social tensions and have powerful and unpredictable political consequences

Leaders must wake up to the threat to global gas supply As the governments of Israel and Iran and various affiliated militias trade threats, the risk to oil supplies from the Gulf has been most in focus.

Commitments by tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon underpin urgency to meet vast energy requirements

Known for spearheading the rise of the region to become an oil hotspot, he also faced several controversies

Breakthroughs in technology might deliver an energy system centred on atoms or molecules rather than electrons

A simple number that apparently explains everything is always welcome to economists, politicians and commentators. The break-even oil price has taken on that status, illuminating countries’ budgets, OPEC policy and economic diversification efforts. But real life is more complicated.

Forty-six per cent of people in Saudi Arabia surveyed by Lloyds Register Foundation were not concerned about climate change , the highest figure in the world.

But as the second Trump administration promises a repeat of its “energy dominance” strategy, who is going to be dominated?