Abstract

Resource populism is a dominant feature of today's energy market: politicians around the world are attacking oil companies with both words and deeds. This battle has caused tension and has amplified business risk, the result being reduced investment in future energy projects. And although there appears to be no end in sight, there is still hope that the trend towards more resource populism is not sustainable in the long term; sooner or later politicians will need to reach out to the oil companies they have made a habit of demonizing.

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