Global Energy Investment Structure Based on the Shareholding Relations of Global Listed Energy Companies

This study proposed a novel visualization and quantitative method for analyzing the roles and investment relationships of nations as well as the global energy investment structure. We constructed a primitive investment network of two different actors--listed energy companies and their shareholders. Then, based on the two-mode national affiliation relationships, we constructed a derivative investment network of 112 nations. Then, we quantitatively analyzed the national diversity of outward and inward energy investment, the strength of the energy investment relationship between countries (the most powerful group of energy investment) based on the shareholding relationships of global listed energy companies.