KAPSARC

Est. 2013
51-200 employees Think Tanks

About KAPSARC

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) is an advisory think tank within global energy economics and sustainability providing services to entities and authorities in the Saudi energy sector. KAPSARC is one of the most empowered think tanks in the world.

Based in Riyadh, we are a community of thinkers combining human ingenuity, expertise, and research to solve pressing global energy challenges. Through our advisory services to the energy ecosystem, KAPSARC’s experts provide day-to-day insights and updates using a multidisciplinary team approach to drive long-term value and deliver tangible results at scale.

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Quantifying the Net Value of AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia
  • 17 hours ago

The global race to build domestic artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure has placed AI data center (AIDC) investments at the forefront of this competition. Yet, policymakers commit capital to...

By KAPSARC In Equities, Thematic / Megatrends, Emerging Markets, Private Markets
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The EU Methane Regulation and Its Implications for Oil and Gas Exporters in the Middle East and North Africa
  • 15 Sep 2026

The European Union (EU) Methane Regulation is the first to extend methane obligations to imported fossil fuels. It phases in obligations for EU importers built around importer transparency, methane...

By KAPSARC In Macro, Industry, Commodities, Emerging Markets
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India’s Maritime Trade and Its Implications for Future Energy Demand: Evidence from Shipping Energy Efficiency and Non-Oil Cargo at Major Ports
  • 14 Sep 2026

India’s expanding seaborne trade will increasingly shape regional energy markets, port energy demand, and progress toward the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decarbonization targets.

By KAPSARC In Emerging Markets, Thematic / Megatrends, Commodities, Sustainability
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China and Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: Partnerships Towards Economic and Energy Transition
  • 13 Sep 2026

This book examines how China–GCC relations are evolving as they leverage their energy resource endowments, structurally transform their economies, and ramp up investments in clean technologies, low...

By KAPSARC In Hedge Funds, Emerging Markets, Commodities, Sustainability, Industry
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Energy Diversification and a Shifting Labor Market in Saudi Arabia: Green Jobs and Education Potential in the Development of a Clean Hydrogen Sector
  • 01 Sep 2026

Despite significant reforms and Saudi Vision 2030’s progress, Saudi nationals remain a minority in their own labor market, comprising less than 25% of the 14.45 million employed in 2023.

By KAPSARC In Commodities, Portfolio Construction, Macro, Emerging Markets, Sustainability
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Sustainable Capital for Hydrocarbon Producers: Options, Mechanisms, and GCC Implications
  • 01 Sep 2026

Growing fossil fuel divestment commitments and the mainstreaming of climate risk into financial analysis are increasingly shaping the cost and availability of capital for parts of the hydrocarbon s...

By KAPSARC In Sustainability, Thematic / Megatrends, Emerging Markets, Equities
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A Process-Level Engineering Model for Upstream Oil and Gas Life Cycle Assessment
  • 31 Aug 2026

Certification of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids increasingly requires auditable, asset-specific values rather than pathway defaults. Existing life cycle assessment (LCA) models do...

By KAPSARC In Commodities, Sustainability
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Designing Rates for Always-On Data Centers
  • 31 Aug 2026

Global data-center (DC) IT capacity is projected to roughly double, from about 112 GW in 2024 to 224 GW by 2030, with electricity use rising from 854 TWh to nearly 1,900 TWh.

By KAPSARC In Fixed Income, Industry, Hedge Funds, Private Markets, Commodities
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Understanding Fuel Tankering in Commercial Aviation: Insights From Pilots and Airline Fuel Management Experts
  • 31 Aug 2026

Fuel tankering – uplifting more fuel than a flight requires to reduce costs or buffer against uncertainty – is a longstanding feature of airline fuel management that has attracted increasing scruti...

By KAPSARC In Sustainability
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