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Articles by Christopher Gooding
Who Bears the Risk in Gulf Pipeline Deals?
At the October 12 World Petroleum Congress in Riyadh, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman set out plans to raise the kingdom’s pipeline crude oil export capacity to as much as 10 million barrels per day. A domestic gas line could be temporarily converted to carry crude, adding up to 1.2 mb/d within seven to eight weeks.
Future Gulf Economic Resilience in Energy, Infrastructure, and Influence
The Gulf Arab states face a myriad of challenges in the unresolved conflict with Iran. They must defend their populations, their energy infrastructure, the Gulf “model” of economic openness, and their relevance to the global economy and value as geopolitical interlocutors. The administration of President Donald J.
The Iran War and the Gulf’s Clean Energy Ambitions
In mid-July, four and a half months into what has been reported as the largest supply disruption in the history of the oil market, Abu Dhabi’s Masdar closed a $5 billion financing package for a 5.2-gigawatt solar plant and a 19-GW-hour battery system, raised from 13 banks across the United Arab Emirates, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, China, and Japan. The strait that carries one-fifth of the world’s oil remained shut. Iranian drones were striking energy infrastructure across the region.
The Gulf’s solar revolution is running late
Every few weeks a Gulf utility announces another record-low solar tariff, a critical indicator of the viability and attractiveness of renewable energy projects. The lower the tariff, the better and the more efficient the project. Across the region, utility-scale solar prices have fallen to levels that would have seemed implausible a decade ago.
For SME Growth, Gulf Countries Need Supportive Ecosystems
Small and medium enterprises are at the center of national development and diversification strategies for Gulf Cooperation Council countries, yet their potential is constrained by fragmented public support systems and limited financing options. SMEs have to deal with different ministries and agencies. And in the United Arab Emirates, the relevant agencies are emirate specific, such as SME Dubai. Digitalization also took time.
The Gulf’s hydrogen boom has one problem: buyers
The Gulf is building one of the world’s most ambitious green hydrogen industries. But the region’s hydrogen boom has a problem no amount of strategy documents can hide: not enough buyers have agreed to take the product. That matters because hydrogen is not oil. There is no deep global spot market ready to absorb new supply. Projects do not become bankable because governments announce them or developers sign memoranda of understanding.
Sovereign Wealth in Wartime
Despite Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, capital from Gulf sovereign wealth funds keeps flowing. According to Global SWFdata, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the United Arab Emirates’ Mubadala, and Qatar Investment Authority together deployed close to $25 billion in fresh capital during the first quarter of 2026, despite active conflict over one-third of that period, a pace that would have pointed toward a record year under normal conditions.
The Gulf’s other energy crisis
Opinion Renewable Energy On sustainability, the distance between sovereign ambition and functioning regulation is being tested UAE minister of industry and advanced technology Sultan Al Jaber said the country remains committed to energy transition Seventy-five days into the Hormuz crisis, global punditry has focused almost exclusively on what is blocked: oil tankers, liquefied natural gas cargoes, fertiliser shipments.
Reading Oil Market Signals in a Fog of War
The latest outlooks from the International Energy Agency, OPEC, and U.S. Energy Information Administration point to a market in which even the most closely watched institutions no longer agree on the direction of travel. Demand growth forecasts for 2026 now diverge by more than 1.5 million barrels per day. This divergence reflects more than differences in methodology; it is a direct consequence of a geopolitical shock that has both fractured supply chains and clouded visibility.
New Regional Corridors Emerge Amid Iran Conflict
On April 10, Saudi Arabia Railways announced the launch of five new logistics corridors in the freight sector – a recent addition amid a flurry of economic corridors that have emerged since the Iran conflict began February 28. The unprecedented obstructions to the Strait of Hormuz have laid bare the advantages of export route optionality, as Saudi Arabia has benefitted from, with its East-West pipeline that has kept crude oil flowing to global markets.
Can Gulf Green Finance Survive an Oil Price Shock?
For three years, the Gulf defied global trends in sustainable finance. While environmental, social, and governance-labeled bond issuance fell roughly 27% year-on-year in Europe in early 2025, and investor appetite cooled elsewhere, the region kept building. Labeled sustainable debt across the Middle East and North Africa reached approximately $94 billion, with issuance more than tripling between 2020 and 2024. Sovereign green bond debuts from Qatar and Saudi Arabia followed.
The Gulf’s Green Rush: Financing the Future, or Just Repainting It?
Sustainable finance is arguably losing momentum globally, but the Gulf is moving in the opposite direction. In Europe, sustainable bond and loan issuance fell 27% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 to about $199 billion (169 billion euros). The share of sustainable bonds slipped to roughly 11% of the total in 2024, down from 13% a year prior – a sign of investor fatigue amid political backlash over environmental, social, and governance priorities.
Insuring ESG: Why the Gulf’s Financial Future Depends on Risk Pricing
The Gulf’s insurance industry is emerging as a decisive force in shaping how the region approaches sustainability and governance. As European regulators stall on sustainability reporting, Gulf insurers and reinsurers are already absorbing the environmental shocks and governance gaps that determine whether projects thrive, stall, or collapse.
Oman’s Hydrogen Horizon: Linking Local Industry to Global Decarbonization
The United Nations-affiliated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment report “Mitigation of Climate Change” calls urgently for deep reductions of greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors. While electrification is central to decarbonization, certain hard-to-abate sectors – including aviation, shipping, steel, and cement – require alternative solutions.
Saudi Surge in Gas and Renewable Energy
Saudi Arabia has frozen plans to raise its oil production capacity while investing heavily in natural gas and renewable energy, as it targets an end to the use of oil in power generation by the end of the decade. Gas production, from conventional and unconventional fields, has risen by 6% so far this year with further increments to come in the final quarter of 2025.
The Gulf’s ESG Rules Are Redefining Risk
A decade ago, environmental, social, and governance, or ESG, efforts in the Gulf were largely a branding exercise. Companies highlighted renewables projects or philanthropic initiatives, but disclosure requirements were minimal, and investors had little visibility into climate or governance risks. Even five years ago, sustainability reporting was fragmented, with frameworks treated as voluntary guidance rather than binding obligations. That picture has changed rapidly.
Saudi Arabia Ramps Up Renewables
Until 2020, Saudi Arabia had no large-scale renewable power plants. Yet in just a few years, it has installed a series of solar and wind projects and committed to an even larger pipeline of planned developments. As of July, Saudi Arabia had at least 58.6 gigawatts of solar and wind projects either operational, under development, or officially tendered (including both grid-connected and off-grid installations).
What Trump’s LNG Push Means for the Gulf States
President Donald J. Trump’s trade announcements with Japan, the European Union, South Korea, and other international partners were touted as evidence of a “major expansion of U.S. energy exports,” with liquefied natural gas at the center of this vision. These agreements are in line with Trump’s long-held U.S. “energy dominance” doctrine, which prioritizes the use of energy exports as a strategic tool to strengthen U.S. geopolitical influence and secure economic gains.
The Gulf’s Carbon Reckoning
As the global energy landscape pivots toward decarbonization, Gulf states long dependent on hydrocarbon revenue face a strategic challenge. They must reconcile fossil-fuel dependency with a transition to flexible, low-carbon energy systems. Technological integration, strategic market positioning, and governance reform will determine whether Gulf economies merely adapt or lead.
Marquette University should recognize our rights as workers. Stop union busting. | Opinion Original
Daniel Collette, Christopher Gooding, Grant Gosizk, Matt Greife and Giordana Poggioli-Kaftan Marquette University community members plan to protest Kimo Ah Yun's inauguration over union busting concerns. The protest is organized by the United Campus Workers of Wisconsin (UCW-WI), advocating for fair wages and contracts. The UCW-WI criticizes Marquette's refusal to recognize the union despite support from Catholic leaders for worker organization.
Christopher Gooding
Christopher Gooding is an energy transition analyst at Cornucopia Capital, where he focuses on global decarbonisation strategy, investment opportunities in clean infrastructure, and emerging climate technologies. He has experience in renewable energy compliance, carbon certification, and renewable energy market development across Europe and the Gulf and has contributed analysis on sustainability and energy policy for both public and private sector clients.
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Chronic hip pain
A 55 year old woman presented to her general practitioner with a six month history of pain over the lateral aspect of her left hip in the trochanteric region. She described the pain as “a niggling pain that seems to be progressively getting worse.” The pain was exacerbated on weight bearing and by activity, but did not prevent her from being active. The pain woke her at night. She had a medical history of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, essential hypertension, and early stage breast cancer.
Former head of CRDA charged with fraud, forgery
The former head of the Cumberland Regional Development Authority was called to appear in court this week, charged with fraud and nine counts of uttering forged documents. Legal counsel for Rhonda Charmaine Kelly, 54, of Amherst, appeared in Amherst Provincial Court on her behalf April 25, receiving an adjournment in the case until June 25.
'It’s getting pretty scary, boy': Joggins residents steaming after rash of overnight fires
Firefighters battle a blaze in the Masonic Hall building on Main Street in Joggins early May 6. Flames spread to the vacant United Church building next door. Several vacant homes in the area were also on fire at the same time, drawing response from multiple fire departments across the county. The Pitt Road in Joggins was riddled with fire hoses Wednesday morning. Each seeming dropped at the scene in case firefighters needed to return for any reason.
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