Même s’il reste à un niveau historiquement élevé, le taux d’indépendance énergétique de la France métropolita ine baisse de deux points en 2016. En effet, la production primaire baisse de 4,8 % en raison d’arrêts prolongés de centrales nucléaires, tandis que la consommation primaire décroît plus modérément de 1,6 %. Compte tenu
India’s government is attempting to revive investments in its upstream sector, following several years of decline. These efforts are focused on achieving a policy objective of reducing energy imports by 10 per cent over current levels by 2022. Following an auction of marginal fields held by its National Oil Companies
The EU has high ambitions for its clean energy transition. Reducing yearly CO2emissions by 80% until 2050 requires large-scale implementation of renewable energy technologies and likely a large-scale electrification of non-energy sectors such as transportation. A major challenge imposed by renewable energy supply is the uncontrollable and intermittent nature of
This article analyses India’s quest for energy diversification and its consequent presence in the Russian hydrocarbon market. It examines New Delhi’s balancing approach in the context of the Ukrainian crisis, the ramifications of sanctions for Russia, the United States’ shale resources as a factor in Indo–Russian hydrocarbon trade, and the
The Algerian economy is strongly dependent on oil exports. Following the 1986 oil counter-shock, Algeria has experienced a persistent decline of its manufacturing sector. Although it has benefited from high oil prices over the last decades and implemented a myriad of economic reforms, this country has failed to develop its
Energy is central to understanding the dynamics of Russia’s politics and economy, from both domestic and international aspects. After emerging from the Soviet Union in 1991 Russia exhibited many of the characteristics of a petrostate—a country whose political and economic dynamics revolve around the export of hydrocarbons. Energy exports have boosted