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Session 12: Oil, Gas, and Policy Options for Energy Security
The current high prices of oil and gas have been blamed on rapid demand growth in China, geopolitical risk, twenty years of under investment, and lack of liquefied natural gas terminals. Will more investment do the trick? Or are we in for a future of scarcity and high prices, and what can be done about it?
Sponsor: Regional-Utility Roundtable
Presentations
Links of Interest
Chevron Texaco Technology Page
Energy Information Administration -- US Department of Energy
Speakers
Yorgos Papatheodorou
Director, Strategic Analysis
CH2M HILL
Yorgos Papatheodorou is Director, Strategic Analysis, CH2m Hill. He has a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Sussex (U.K.), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia (Canada), where his research topic was on energy and the macroeconomy. He is currently serving on the NABE Board of Directors and as chair of the Manufacturing Roundtable.
Charles T. Maxwell
Weeden & Co., LP
Charles T. Maxwell was educated at Princeton University (Jadwin Scholar) and Oxford University (Marshall Scholar) in Middle East languages, literature and history.
He entered the oil industry in 1957 and worked for a major international oil company for 12 years in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In 1968, he joined a well-known Wall Street firm as oil analyst and was ranked by Institutional Investor as No.1 in his field in 1972, 1974, 1977, and 1981-1986. In addition, for the last 17 years he has been an active member of a Oxford-based organization comprised of OPEC and other industry executives from 30 countries who meet twice a year to discuss trends within the energy industries.
Maxwell retired in 1997, and then came back to the oil and gas markets in 1999 owing to his view that important changes in these sectors were ready to unfold. He now works at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, CT as a Senior Energy Analyst and is engaged in dealing with energy developments.
Edgard Habib
Chief Economist
Chevron Texaco Corporation
Edgard H. Habib is the Chief Economist for Chevron Corporation.
A native of Lebanon, Mr. Habib graduated from the University of San Francisco in California with a bachelor’s degree in political science and international finance in 1975. He then went on to earn an MPA in development economics and public finance and a doctorate in economics from The American University, based in Washington, D.C.
In 1988, Mr. Habib joined Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates (WEFA) in Washington, D.C., as Vice President - Middle East and Africa, responsible for directing research on country risk assessments for many major international clients. In this capacity, he performed numerous consulting projects and delivered client briefings worldwide.
He was later named Senior Vice President and Managing Director for WEFA’s Washington operations, overseeing activities in Eurasia, Asia/Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Habib established and maintained extensive client relations globally and developed corporate strategy for initiation and development of business opportunities for those clients.
In early 1997, Mr. Habib became a Senior Advisor for Mitsubishi Corporation, based in Tokyo, on global petroleum markets and country risk assessment. He advised management on energy security and country risk issues to aid in developing long-term business growth opportunities for the company.
In August 1997, he joined the International Energy Agency (IEA) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), based in Paris, as manager of their Middle East and Africa affairs. He advised industry and government representatives on world economy, country risk, and oil security. He was spokesperson for OECD/IEA at many worldwide conferences and was instrumental in developing institutional links for them in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.
Mr. Habib joined Chevron as Chief Economist in October 2000, a position he maintained upon the formation of ChevronTexaco Corporation on Oct. 9, 2001. He is a member of the American Economic Association, the National Association for Business Economics, the United States Association for Energy Economics, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Conference of Business Economists, and the World Affairs Council.
Mr. Habib was born in May 1951.
