Previous Session | Sessions | Next Session
Session 5: Energy Policy
Is the era of cheap oil (roughly defined as the historic norm of mid-$20 per barrel oil after adjusting for inflation) now over? The panel will discuss this question and comment on the impact that high oil prices have on the economy as a whole.
Sponsor: TTX Company
Links of Interest
Strategic Energy & Economic Research
Presentations
Michael Lynch : Oil - A New Paradigm or Just Sacred Chickens?
Speakers
Jerry Taylor
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
moderator
Kevin Lindemer
Executive Managing Director-Energy
Global Insight
Kevin Lindemer is the Executive Managing Director for Energy at Global Insight based in Lexington, MA with 22 years of experience in the oil and downstream industries. Prior to joining Global Insight in July 2005, he was the Director of Strategy and Business Development at Irving Oil Corporation in Saint John, NB for two and half years and a Senior Director in the Oil Practice at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) in Cambridge, MA for 14 years. Prior to joining CERA, Mr. Lindemer was a planning and strategy analyst for CENEX Petroleum based in St. Paul, MN.
Mr. Lindemer is an expert on the global oil industry and has specialized on downstream (refining and marketing) operations. He has worked on consulting and research projects around the world in the oil and downstream oil business. In addition, he has written several papers covering many aspects of the oil industry.
Mr. Lindemer has a Master's Degree in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wyoming and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Minnesota.
Michael C. Lynch
President
Strategic Energy & Economic Research, Inc.
Mr. Lynch has over twenty years of experience analyzing international energy, particularly oil and gas markets. He has numerous publications in four languages and speaks regularly at international conferences. He is the primary author of Global Petroleum SEER and Global Petroleum Outlook, which provide short- and long-term oil market analyses.
Mr. Lynch's previous work has included computer modeling of the world oil market and estimation of the economics of supply for both world oil and natural gas, including LNG supply, and market behavior under normal and disrupted conditions. He has also given testimony and advice to committees of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Energy Agency.
Before coming to Strategic Energy & Economic Consulting , Inc., Mr. Lynch was Vice President of Oil Services at WEFA, Inc. Prior to coming to WEFA he was Director, Asian Energy and Security, at the Center for International Studies, M.I.T., as well as a Lecturer in the Diplomatic Training Program at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Prior to that, he held a number of research positions at M.I.T., as well as serving as a senior associate for the Washington International Energy Group. His work consisted primarily of advising corporations, governments and industry associations on world oil and gas markets and energy security policy.
Previous Session | Sessions | Next Session
