Justin Dargin
Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
August, 2010
Addressing the UAE Natural Gas Crisis
Policy Brief
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This policy brief explains the origins of the UAE energy crisis, forecasts developments for 2010-2020, and posits recommendations for overall sector rationalization. If Emirati authorities take a proactive stance and address the structural elements of the natural gas shortage, the more extreme elements of the crisis would be mitigated without lasting damage to Emirati economic growth. As the UAE has prodigious natural gas reserves, slight modification of the natural gas pricing and the power sector tariff structures would be able to resolve the most serious issues facing the UAE in its drive towards industrialization and diversification.
June 17, 2010
Gulf Carbon Trading: How to Develop It and Why It Makes Sense
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Justin Dargin at the Middle East Institute discusses greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Gulf and the pursuit of an effective carbon trading plan.
May 20, 2010
The Development of a Gulf Carbon Platform
Working Paper
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
This paper argues that in spite of the extremely high greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions rates, GCC members will benefit economically, environmentally and geopolitically by constructing a harmonized pan-GCC carbon trading platform that will allow them to make cost-efficient decisions about greenhouse gas abatement.
May 7, 2010
Carbon capping
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to Kipp Report about carbon capping and carbon trading.
May, 2010
The GCC in 2020: Resources for the future
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin quoted in The Economist Intelligence Unit report concerning GCC energy policy.
April 16, 2010
Could CSP power the UAE?
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin talks to CSP Today about UAE energy policy.
April 9, 2010
The Middle East Gulf nations are wrestling with persistent natural gas shortages
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
It is a problem with no simple solution: despite abundant reserves, the Middle East continues to run short of natural gas.
The impact of the shortage, already evident in the feedstock slate for many new petrochemical projects, is gradually being felt in markets as well.
The price rally in many products earlier this year was supported not only by robust demand and delays in the commissioning of projects, but also by lower operating rates at some Middle East plants, the result of reduced gas availability, according to one market player.
April, 2010
Rebuilding Critical Energy Assets in Times of Disaster
Book Chapter
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
The back-to-back disasters that captivated and horrified the American public; the September 11th attacks, the Northeast power blackout of 2003, and Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Ike (2008), bombarded America with images of sacrifice and survivors. The ever present emergency worker has been proclaimed the hero of the early 21st century. Outside of these iconic images, little thought is given to the primary backbone of the support network that springs into action after a large scale disaster, energy. Without energy, in the form of electricity and fuel, there would be no relief workers, little or no sanitation, and for all intents and purposes, the survivors would be stranded.
March 22, 2010
Energy in Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom Running on Empty?
In the News
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin speaks to Wharton School's Arabic Knowledge@Wharton about Saudi Arabian policy on natural gas.
March 22, 2010
The Gulf Gas Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
Presentation
By Justin Dargin, Former Associate, The Dubai Initiative
Dubai Initiative Fellow Justin Dargin presents for the DI Brown Bag series a lecture on the gas market in the Arab Gulf.
