“Energy Security: Operational highlights” No 7

“Energy Security: Operational highlights” No 7

We are glad to present you three articles from our seventh volume of “Energy Security: Operational highlights”:

1.     Energy Security in the NATO Framework

Energy security recently became one of the main elements in global security considerations. In the article, NATO’s capability and legal competence to act in the area of energy security are analysed from supranational, multinational and bilateral perspectives.

2.     Unconventional Energy as a Game Changer in the Gulf

The US’ shale gas revolution may, even without a similar rapid increase in natural gas extraction capacity in other countries, indicate the beginning of a period with lower oil prices. Shale gas could, therefore, pose bad news for traditional oil exporting countries in the Gulf.

3.     Operational Energy: A Multi-Faceted Government Approach

Simulation exercises aimed at reducing diesel dependency at military deployable camps and stations in Canada show that a 50% reduction can be achieved in total fuel consumption of cold weather operations. Can those achievements be translated into real-life technology demonstrations using actual military exercises?