Indra Overland

Indra Overland is Research Professor and Head of the Energy Programme at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). He did his PhD at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge and has since worked on Arctic, post-Soviet and Southeast Asian energy issues.

Overland has been awarded the Toby Jackman Prize, the Marcel Cadieux Prize, the Stuland Prize and co-authored the most cited article published by the Journal of Eurasian Studies.

He has been quoted in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Associated Press, Bloomberg, Hokkaido Shimbun, Toronto Star, Het Financieele Dagblad, Radio Free Europe, the Diplomat, the Conway Bulletin, Dagens næringsliv, VG, Dagbladet and Mandag Morgen.

Some of the issues dealt with in Overland’s work are listed below. Copy-paste the goo.gl links into your browser to access the original PDFs of the publications.

- How will sanctions affect Russian oil production?

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- What are the geopolitical consequences of climate policy and unconventional oil and gas?

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- Is natural gas really low-carbon when it comes as LNG? What about all that gas you have to burn to cool the rest?

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- Who is best at cutting subsidies for fossil fuels, authoritarian or democratic governments?

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- Is there an inherent strategic convergence between China and Russia in the energy sector?

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- What are the future roles of Gazprom and other natural gas companies?

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- What relations does Rosneft have with foreign companies, including ExxonMobil / Trump's Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson

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- Could Russia, Qatar and other major gas producers form a cartel like OPEC?

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274678269

- How can Myanmar attract desperately needed investment in the energy sector?

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