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Robin Mills

  • Freelance Columnist, The National
  • Chief Executive Officer, Qamar Energy
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Middle East energy guru. CEO of @qamarenergy, fellow @columbiauenergy, author 'The Myth of the Oil Crisis' & 'Capturing Carbon'; columnist @thenationalnews
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The energy shock that never came

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By Robin Mills
| The National Verified
“The year 1848 was the turning point at which modern history failed to turn,” as Cambridge historian GM Trevelyan wrote. In future, we may look back on 2026 as the historic energy shock, which failed to shock us. The frightening statistics are well-known: 20 per cent of global oil production, 20 per cent of liquefied natural gas, and major shares of other crucial commodities such as fertilisers, aluminium, petrochemicals, methanol, helium and sulphur were cut off.
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Iran got what it wanted from the US deal. Will it squander its chance for economic recovery?

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By Robin Mills
| The National Verified
Iranian negotiators are often caricatured as chess players or carpet sellers. These crude stereotypes apart, the country’s energy executives have too often failed to think strategically or take a good deal. Tehran now has in its hands a memorandum with the US which gives it almost all it could wish. If its new leaders can forge a new business approach, they can turn paper into a durable peace and prosperity at home.
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The Iran war has bent the world's metals industry out of shape

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By Robin Mills
| The National Verified
Blood and iron will decide the great questions of the day, as Otto von Bismarck said. Like all conflicts from the Bronze Age onwards, modern wars rely on metal. But the struggle in the Gulf has also bent the global metals industry out of shape. Reforging it will take time. It may be the ticking time bomb under oil supplies that has driven the combatants to negotiations. We should soon see whether travel through the Strait of Hormuz is about to be restored.
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