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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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Have COP30 and Paris steered the climate ship a little from disaster?

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November 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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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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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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Attendant in a high-vis jacket filling cars at an ADNOC petrol station
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 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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Black shadow picture of oil pump jack in front of Opec logo on a light blue background
October 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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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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People viewed in front of an OPEC sign with national flags on a screen
October 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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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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A model oil pump on top of a US dollar note
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 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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Two men walking past an OPEC sign
September 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Israeli Qatar attack, despite OPEC+ boost; EU Adnoc demands "invasive", & Ethiopia dam highlights water conflict risk
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Photograph of a red residential building damaged by the Israeli attack in Doha, Qatar, with police vehicles in front of it
September 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ weighs next supply increases, Libya's resurging oil sector faces political fractures, & solar to light up Yemen

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September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : time for "Mebob" price in the Middle East? Taqa's $1.2 bln water buy, & flying low-carbon the Gulf way
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Photographs of the faces of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
August 29, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : no result in US-Russia talks but oil prices down, Saudi's big oil-to-solar power shift advances, & crucial plastic treaty talks stall
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Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump look at each other
August 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : tariffs hit oil prices and US-India relations, Iraq, Syria & Egypt seek energy woe solutions, & "milestone" for UAE nuclear aluminium
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Photographs of Russian president Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : tariffs and Opec+ sink oil, @aramco.bsky.social profits down again but CEO bullish, & "alarming" plastic pollution in Sharjah
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August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Trade & IMF optimism on oil prices, Iraq's gas gets good, bad & ambiguous news, & ICJ climate judgement as Middle East burns & melts
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July 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices undisturbed by new Russia sanctions, drones close down Kurdistan oil, & Acwa Power to send green energy to Europe
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Photo of oil pump jacks in shadow against a deep blue sky
July 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : OPEC bullish on oil demand at Vienna congress, drones over Kurdistan oil, & $16.2 billion clean energy deals for @mubadala.bsky.social & @acwapower.bsky.social
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July 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up despite big Opec+ hike, more Red Sea ship attacks, & China's clean energy dominance
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Oil pump jacks in Kazakhstan, silhouetted against the setting sun
July 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : global energy investments jump but oil slips, Turkey's new oil & gas tool, Trump-Musk feud hits Tesla, & hot oceans awash in plastic
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Picture of the Turkish power generation ship Osman Gazi with a tug-boat in front; ship is red and has the Turkish crescent and star on the side
June 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices gain despite Opec+ boost, XRG seeks 20-25 Mtonnes LNG, & global warming breach needs tough solutions

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Line chart of global warming 1850-2025 with estimated probability
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Iran deal weighs on oil prices but could save its economy, Iraq strikes major gas deals amid political wrangling, "overwhelming" need for data centre energy, & UAE has record hottest May
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May 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Gift of Murban to Donald Trump, gas progress for Turkmenistan, Turkey & Kurdistan, & Make it in the Emirates boosting industry
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May 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Trump's Gulf tour energy deal-making, ADNOC and Aramco results, & the hasty deep-sea mineral scramble

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May 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com Opec+ boost takes down oil prices, Big Oil evolving into Big Gas., & Iberian blackout highlights electricity grid risk
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Bar chart of major oil companies' oil and gas production
May 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : volatile oil prices keep sinking on tariff tremors, more sanctions on Iran as explosion hits port, Portugal-Spain power cut puzzle, & China's EVs promise strategic dominance
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Bar chart of global renewable capacity growth 2019-2024
May 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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In the Battle of Muye, fought in 1046 BCE, the 45,000 soldiers of the rebel Zhou army defeated the 170,000-strong forces of the Shang. The Zhou dynasty became the longest-lived in Chinese history, ruling over most of northern China. Their decisive weapon was chariots drawn by horses
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Chariot from China
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM