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Robin Mills

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Robin M. Mills is chief executive of Qamar Energy, and author of The Myth of the Oil Crisis
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Members of the Russian emergencies ministry work to extinguish fire at an oil storage tank after an alleged drone attack in the town of Azov in the southern region of Rostov, Russia, on June 18, 2024. Reuters
Business InsightsUkraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy

Tech warfare is taking the fight deep into Russia’s oil heartland and testing Moscow's limits

EnergyOctober 06, 2025
Workers in Tawke oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan. Reuters
Business InsightsIraq-Kurdish oil deal will give country big boost but is only the first step

The Iraqi Kurdistan region is meant to deliver at least 230,000 bpd to Somo for export

EnergySeptember 29, 2025
A seasonal slowdown in demand because of refinery maintenance in Asia is expected to lead to further price declines. AP
Business Insights Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill

Reserves are depleting faster than ever and forcing producers into relentless reinvestment with geopolitical consequences

BusinessSeptember 22, 2025
The next moves by Opec+ will show what approach it has in mind. Reuters
Business InsightsOpec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution

This month, the oil producers group agreed to start easing the next 1.65 million bpd tranche of voluntary cuts

EnergySeptember 15, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during a meeting at the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation summit in Tianjin, China. Reuters
A meeting of Putin, Xi and Modi shows how global power is shifting eastward

China and Russia agreed to progress the Power of Siberia II pipeline last week that could decisively reorient Russia’s gas exports from west to east

EnergySeptember 08, 2025
The Libyan state National Oil Corporation in Tripoli. Reuters
Business InsightsLibya opens its oil fields and the world is taking notice

Fifteen years of disruption give way to the country’s boldest bid for energy investment since the fall of Gaddafi

EnergySeptember 01, 2025
Aviation contributes about 2.5 per cent of global emissions. Getty Images
Business InsightsWhy aviation's lofty net-zero ambitions are struggling to take flight

Whether SAF, synthetics or hydrogen, airlines and fuel suppliers are passing the buck to each other

EnergyAugust 25, 2025
Saudi Arabia has 10.2 gigawatts of operational renewable energy, mostly solar photovoltaic. Reuters
Business InsightsIs Saudi Arabia closer to fully depending on renewables for power?

Kingdom's power shift likely to transform its domestic energy system

BusinessAugust 18, 2025
A worker turns a valve at UdmurtNeft's Gremikhinskoye oil field east of Izhevsk near the Ural Mountains. Reuters
Business InsightsWhy US tariff sledgehammer approach with India might have opposite effect

Trump’s latest executive order adds a 25% tariff on India’s goods, because of its purchase of Russian oil, on top of the similar levy

EnergyAugust 11, 2025
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after an announcement of a trade deal between the US and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland. Reuters
Business Insights EU-US deal won't materialise - the reason is in the details

US would have to divert all its energy exports to Europe under the agreement

EnergyAugust 04, 2025
Burning gas flares at the Dora (Daura) Oil Refinery Complex in Baghdad. Iraq is the world’s third worst flarer of unused gas from oil production, behind only Russia and Iran. AFP
Business InsightsWhy solving Iraq's gas problem is crucial for its economy and environment

The optimal development of gas in Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq would help the country move on from over-reliance on oil exports

EnergyJuly 28, 2025
European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announces an 18th package of sanctions against Russia at EU headquarters in Brussels on June 10. AFP
Business Insights EU's wave of Russia sanctions three years later doesn't signal urgency

Latest effort takes aim at Russia’s energy earnings

BusinessJuly 21, 2025
Whether oil demand expands robustly to 2050 or peaks soon is a contest waged across geographies and sectors. Reuters
Business InsightsWhy writing oil's death certificate is premature

Opec's latest outlook revises up long-term oil demand by 2.8 million barrels per day by 2050, to 122.9 million bpd

EnergyJuly 14, 2025
Solar panels and wind turbines at the new Huaneng Binzhou power generation project in Binzhou, in China’s eastern Shandong province. AFP
Business InsightsChina, not the US, is dominating clean energy output

Country's grid expects twice as much solar power capacity installed in 2025 than the US has in total

EnergyJuly 07, 2025
An aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has often threatened to close the strait at times of geopolitical tension. Reuters
Business InsightsHas the oil and gas industry learnt lessons from the Israel-Iran conflict?

The market appears to have decided that it will wait to see real physical disruption or destruction before reacting dramatically

EnergyJune 30, 2025
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