Stranded wealth
Rethinking the Politics of Oil in an Age of Abundance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3701934 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thijs Van De Graaf (0000-0003-3372-3830), Michael Bradshaw (0000-0001-8842-3953) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1309-1328 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiy197 |
| OpenAlex | W2899592481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article argues that the oil industry is unlikely to return to the pre-2014 status quo as two profound shifts in technology and markets are dramatically changing the longer-term outlook for the oil industry. In the short term, traditional producers will feel persistent pressure from the shale revolution, a disruptive technology that has altered the cost curve and elasticity of oil supply. In the medium term, the industry must confront a structural slowdown and eventual peak in demand owing to innovation and evolving consumer preferences, related in part to concerns over climate change. Together, these shifts reflect a new energy order in which oil is no longer an exhaustible resource, new trading patterns emerge and oil prices exhibit greater short-term volatility amid a long-term declining trend. These new rules of the game force us to reconsider some of the theories and concepts of the international political economy of oil. We flag three key political effects from these market shifts: first, key oil-producing states face economic and political turmoil; second, OPEC cannot influence the price of oil in the long term by cutting output; and third, power is redistributed in the international system.
Economics · Economy · Financial economics · Market economy · Natural resource economics · Petroleum industry · Political science · Politics · Status quo · Volatility (finance) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Market Dynamics and Volatility · Natural Resources and Economic Development
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
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| Citations per year | 3,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |