The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Natural gas
Scholarly Publications
Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply
January 2012
National oil companies (NOCs) produce most of the world’s oil and natural gas and bankroll governments across the globe.
Factors that Explain Investment in Cross-Border Natural Gas Transport Infrastructures: A Research Protocol for Historical Case Studies
February 2004
Techno-economic energy models consistently project world gas demand to rise sharply in the coming decades.
Algerian Gas to Europe: The Transmed Pipeline and Early Spanish Gas Import Projects
May 2004
A snapshot of the central Mediterranean region starting in the 1970's provides an ideal case for the analysis of decision making in cross-border natural gas transport projects.
Other Publications
Regulatory Barriers to Lowering the Carbon Content of Energy Services
May 2010
A preliminary list of regulatory barriers that restrain the commercialization of technologies that would reduce the carbon content of energy services consumed in the United States.At the request of...
Gas-to-Power Value Chain
September 2018
Many countries with electricity shortages - such as Nigeria, Ghana, Mozambique, and Tanzania - have large gas reserves but face challenges developing gas for power.The gas-to-power value chain can...
News
David Victor quoted in "Forging Links to Natural Gas From Abroad" in New York Times
September 2003
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University receives $2 million to study energy markets
January 2004
Stanford University Program on Energy and Sustainable Development receives $1.95 million grant from BP
Research Fellow presents to California agencies on LNG issues
June 2005
At a June presentation for the California Resources Agency in Sacramento PESD scholar Mark Hayes explained how volatility in gas markets may be affected by imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG)....
Old Events
Special Seminar on the Geopolitics of Natural Gas
May 10, 2004
World natural gas consumption is projected to more than double by 2030 -- surpassing coal as the world's #2 energy resource.
Geopolitics of Gas Capstone Conference
May 26, 2004
The conference seeks to take a fresh look at the geopolitical consequences of a major shift to natural gas in the coming decades; indeed by most estimates global consumption of gas will double by...
The Commitment Problem and Governance: Insights from Natural Gas Export Projects
November 3, 2004
David Victor and Mark Hayes, of the SIIS Center on Environmental Science and Policy (CESP) will speak on their research into the problems associated with governing in countries with high levels of...