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Robin Mills
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Middle East energy guru. CEO of Qamar Energy, fellow Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist The National, weekly newsletter https://www.thenationalnews.com/newsletters/energy-this-week
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COP30: Plenty of effort on climate finance, adaptation and forest protection. But 11 years after Paris, the real progress on climate mitigation is moving on from the COP process

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Cop talks are no longer the main driver of climate action
As Cop30, being held in Brazil, reaches its halfway point, has climate diplomacy too gone past the point of no return?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Time for natural hydrogen from the ophiolite rocks of the UAE's Northern Emirates? Decahydron's announcement from Sharjah could be a big step forward www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com @pbuttimer.decahydron.com
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Why it's time to dig through the rocks hiding hydrogen | The National
The UAE, with its long petroleum experience, is well-suited to explore and develop another subsurface energy source
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November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Power equals knowledge: Energy leaders write a new equation at Adipec www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... #energysky
Power equals knowledge: Energy leaders write a new equation at Adipec | The National
Abu Dhabi’s global energy showcase this year saw the industry wanting to explore the AI boom - its reality, its uses and its energy appetite
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November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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On @cnn.com with Becky Anderson today to discuss why Europe doesn't want to swap reliance on Russian gas for similar dependence on the US, and Dr Sultan Al Jaber's views on oil demand above 100 Mbpd "beyond 2040" #energysky

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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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Why the latest Russia oil sanctions could actually hurt its war economy | The National
Earlier bans diverted oil from Europe to India and China, allowing them to extract discounts, but without damaging Moscow’s overall sales
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October 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : feared oversupply hits oil prices, why is China building such massive oil stocks?, & US veto stops shipping climate action
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Aerial view of LPG tanker at sea with damage, fire and smoke just fore of the bridge
October 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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China's huge oil inventories: helping OPEC+, but where, how much and - most importantly - why? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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China is soaking up oil imports, and the US and Russia are reasons why | The National
Beijing is concerned about threats from tighter US trade restrictions and sanctions on Moscow and Tehran
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October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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You'll have seen the Nature paper saying we don't have the underground CO2 storage capacity we thought we did. Why is this wrong? And why doesn't it matter?
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Carbon capture and storage: essential technologies for a cleaner tomorrow
Carbon Capture and Storage Robin Mills
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October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The investor Majlis for @adnoc.bsky.social 's $150 billion worth of listed companies told their story well. The one notable omission - if ADNOC parent ever follows Aramco's lead, what might it be worth? #energysky

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Adnoc's IPO spree has one glaring omission
Various Adnoc subsidiaries now account for almost 18 percent of ADX market cap but the parent company remains unlisted
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October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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What is the future of Middle East energy? How climate change and energy transition has gone from an afterthought to a top priority.
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Industry Insights: In Conversation with Robin Mills, CEO, Qamar Energy | HFW
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October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices drop on Gaza ceasefire & tariffs, @adnocgroup.bsky.social subsidiaries charm investors, & Edison's solar bet paying off
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October 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sorry to hear of the death of Peter Friend. A leading polar geologist and an unfailingly courteous and helpful teacher
davidmpyle.bsky.social David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · Oct 14
Very sad to hear that Peter Friend has died.

Peter was a wonderful teacher and a lovely colleague, and first introduced me to the geology of Almeria in the 1990s for an undergraduate field class.

Here's Peter, still running the trip 4 years into retirement.⚒️

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Photograph of two people standing by some rocks in a gorge, with vegetation in the background. On the left - Dr Peter Friend, on the right Dr Irene Gomez-Perez, in conversation by the Carboneras fault, Granatilla valley, southern Almeria, Spain in April 2005. Peter and Irene were co-leading a Cambridge undergraduate Earth Sciences field class at the time. @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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With abundant solar, hydro, wind & gas, Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world. Why doesn't it? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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Why Africa could have some of the cheapest electricity in the world, but doesn't | The National
Things are changing as the continent boosts imports of solar panels
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October 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Opec+ relief, Ukraine drones ravage Russian refineries, & remembering Dr Jane Goodall
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October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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“Greetings from the Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces." Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy
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Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy | The National
Tech warfare is taking the fight deep into Russia’s oil heartland and testing Moscow's limits
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October 6, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ speculation sinks oil after a strong week, Iraq Kurdistan oil pipeline reopens at last, & electric air taxis coming to RAK
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October 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Iraq-Kurdish-Turkey oil pipeline: deal at last, and a resolution to 2 decades of problems - if it endures @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... #energysky
Iraq-Kurdish oil deal will give country big boost but is only the first step | The National
The Iraqi Kurdistan region is meant to deliver at least 230,000 bpd to Somo for export
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October 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : accelerating declines lead @iea.org call for oil & gas investment, ADNOC drops Santos bid, & efforts needed on 3x Middle East electricity demand
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com on @iea.org 's report on oil & gas field decline rates
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Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill | The National
Reserves are depleting faster than ever and forcing producers into relentless reinvestment with geopolitical consequences
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September 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Great article and spot on

“The UK doesn’t develop oil and gas to lower prices at home, as it plays in a global market. It produces domestic hydrocarbons to earn tax revenues – vital at a time of exceedingly high national debt – to create jobs, and to improve the balance of payments”
September 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Drill every last molecule? Or no new oil & gas fields? What's the pragmatic green path for the UK offshore? #energysky
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A pragmatic path for Britain's oil, gas, and green energy
Some clashes of opposing ideologies produce insights, reconciliations, new ways of looking at the world. Others only dig into extreme and indefensible positions
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September 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : OPEC reset, rebound or revolution? Lebanon's Russia oil swindle, & acceleration for UAE's air taxis?
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September 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution | The National
This month, the oil producers group agreed to start easing the next 1.65 million bpd tranche of voluntary cuts
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September 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders
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Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders
It's not the shrewdest move for aspiring gas supplier Israel to cut off its best customer then to bomb the world’s second-biggest exporter
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September 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Stopping climate change is important, but not as important as indulging @theguardian.com's unscientific political hobby-horses
chrisbataille.bsky.social Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · Sep 12
Dear @theguardian.com, we count on you for reasonably well informed lefty takes on global events. This wasn’t one. #CCUS may have a critical role to play in cement & chemicals and removing excess CO2. The picture you show is of a Norwegian #CCS plant that works. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work
Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs
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September 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM