Given that global crude oil prices are significantly dropped and business consolidation
transactions are markedly increased in recent years, this paper, to date, is the first to …

This paper studies the competition among oil importers using complex network theory,
combined with several alternative measures of competition intensity, to analyze the …

Ways to accurately identify and measure systemic risk of oil imports continues to be the
focus of intense research because of the increasing importance of energy security. This …

In times of highly volatile commodity markets, governments often try to protect their
populations from rapidly rising food prices, which can be particularly harmful for the poor. A …

We examine the issue of petroleum stockpiling in the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN), computing the optimal build-up and draw-down policies under different …

Oil and gas as the non-renewable resources are considered very valuable for the countries
with petroleum economics. These resources are not only diffused equally around the world …

Executive summary The free flow of oil is critical to world commerce and global economic
prosperity. Oil trade requires the use of maritime trade routes, which can span from …

This paper builds a system dynamics model to simulate the effect of China's strategic
petroleum reserve (SPR) on stabilizing the domestic oil price. By setting the sensitivity of the …

Compared with the developed countries, the developing countries could be more vulnerable
to oil supply disruptions due to their lack of strategic petroleum reserves (SPRs). Several …

This paper investigates the optimal quota/tariff polices for China and India, two of the biggest
developing countries who are facing the threat of possible oil supply disruptions, with taking …