Kate Durian

Kate Durian appears in The secret meeting that launched OPEC as an OPEC watcher explaining the [[UnitedArabEmirates|United Arab Emirates]] exit from OPEC. The episode uses her analysis to connect quota disputes, decarbonization pressure, and regional security conflict.

Durian’s main conceptual contribution in the source is the Green Paradox framing. If oil demand may fall over the long run, a producer with spare capacity has an incentive to pump more now rather than leave barrels underground. The source says UAE quota frustration with Saudi Arabia and disruption around the Strait of Hormuz made that incentive politically harder to keep inside OPEC discipline.

Connections

• OPEC and [[UnitedArabEmirates|United Arab Emirates]] - organization and member-exit case.
• Green Paradox - Durian’s explanatory frame in the episode.
• Saudi Arabia and Production Quota Discipline - quota-baseline dispute context.
• Strait of Hormuz, Chokepoint Shipping Confidence, and Gulf Stability Risk - regional risk and shipping constraint context.
• Planet Money - podcast source context.