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Vandana Hari

Vandana Hari is founder of Vanda Insights, which tracks energy markets. She has two decades of experience providing essential intelligence on the energy commodities sector

Southeast Asia needs to put muscle into domestic gas push

Policymakers must quickly overhaul rules for upstream development

Asia's LNG latecomers should rethink their plans

Spot-market supplies set to remain tight and prices high

India's Russian oil buying spree isn't anything to worry about

Discounts may not last, but New Delhi can always return to usual suppliers

Asia should rally around UAE's Al Jaber as U.N. climate talks chief

Region needs to keep oil companies at the table for COP28

G-7 is not paying enough heed to Japan's sensible stance on energy

While Tokyo won temporary reprieve for coal and gas, more realism still needed

Asia needs to face up to the downsides of biofuels

Blending mandates distort food markets and can have environmental side effects

Asian nations need to shore up their energy security

Embattled importers must act now to clean up house

2023 outlook: Asia should cement tactical gains in energy security

Region needs to update long-term road map for viable decarbonization

Redirection of Russian oil to Asia is about to get much messier

Dependence on old ships with less insurance raises risks for buyers

China's slowdown will not slake its thirst for foreign oil

Global supply stability hinges on Mideast producers sticking to growth plans

Asia must prepare for looming oil and gas shortages

Slumping production, lagging investment could hamper region's rebound

Japan should stick with Russia's Sakhalin-2 gas project

Tokyo must give priority to ensuring energy security

China and India should reject West's Russia oil-price cap plan

Latest sanction effort likely to backfire and cause market turmoil

Do not expect Biden's Saudi Arabia visit to work miracles

U.S. leverage undermined by policy U-turns and Riyadh's cozy ties with Russia

Japan is right to be prudent when it comes to Russian energy

Knee-jerk boycotts will only worsen global disruptions

A ban on Russian energy will hurt Europe more than it helps Ukraine

Western governments should avoid 'act now, think later' policies

Asia stands to lose the most under emerging world energy order

Ruthless weaponization of energy will leave a debilitating trust deficit

Ukraine crisis exposes West's abysmal understanding of energy markets

Time to put an end to the weaponization of global energy supplies

World needs a long-term plan to avoid repeat energy crises

Counterproductive short-term fixes will only lead to more economic pain

Tapping strategic oil reserves will never tame OPEC and its allies

Crude producers should nonetheless refrain from punishing buyer countries

Energy crisis should force Europe and China to rethink green agendas

Gas, power shortages point to serious flaws in transition policies

Throttling oil and gas to protect the climate will backfire

Environmental agenda cannot ignore energy supply security

OPEC+ nations must not squander the chance for a makeover

Time the anachronistic cartel moved to cement its relevance

Surging oil prices are a crucial test for OPEC+ nations

Producers' alliance must not become a victim of its own success

Australia throws good money after bad propping up local oil refineries

Canberra should know by now that "fuel security" is a mirage