This talk offers a lively discussion of five common stereotypes of oil/gas in the Middle East
including ‘Oil and gas is just about the only thing the Middle East exports’; ‘The decline of oil demand in future is bad for the Middle East’, ‘The oil and gas exporting states in the Middle East are climate deniers’. Participants should come away with a clearer understanding of the role of hydrocarbons in the past, present, and future of the Middle East.