China, Japan, Korea; green energy development, then export throughout Asia - Green Oil in the Gulf: Oman's Role as Regional Innovator
Article from: OGEL 4 (2014), in Renewable Energy
Introduction
Wings of change are blowing over the sands. Oman has been the second Gulf country in criticizing the regional model of economic growth based on governmental subsidies and hyper-consumption. During the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference Al-Rumhy, Oman's minister of oil and gas stated that the current waste of energy and resources along with subsidizing policies is unsustainable. The same opinion was expressed one month earlier by Sheikh Jaber al Mubarak al Sabah, prime minister of Kuwait. Despite the big differences between Oman and Kuwait in terms of reserves of ...