Topic: The Future Price of Oil: A Perspective
In mid-2014, the price of oil began a precipitous drop from about $110/bbl Brent to a low of about $30/bbl in the beginning of 2016. It has since partially recovered -- averaging $66-67/bbl over the past 3 months. This dramatic drop and partial recovery has raised the age-old question: 鈥淲hat can I believe about forecasts of future prices?鈥�
Ron shares his analysis on this question based on his almost 40 years experience in the oil industry. In February 2015, Ron gave a keynote presentation at an energy conference in Houston, which was reported by Hydrocarbon Processing, that the 鈥渘ew normal鈥� for crude oil prices is roughly $65/bbl. In this presentation, Ron gives the basis for his insightful forecast; the many factors that can affect oil prices in the future; and the leading indicators for potentially significant medium-term changes in the future.
Speaker: Dr. Ronald Sills
Dr. Ronald Sills (Ron), Co-Founding Director, XTL&DME Institute, is an internationally-recognized expert on a broad range of energy and alternative fuels topics. His experience includes being a (a) consultant in conversion technologies and analysis of the natural gas/biomass value chain for several major corporations; (b) Board Member of a start-up company making carbon negative fuels from biomass; (c) Senior Advisor, ADI Analytics (d) Business Development for DragonFly Aerial Solutions, and (e) leading the BP Natural Gas Conversion Network. Prior to joining BP/Amoco, he was manager of Mobil鈥檚 Research Planning and Evaluation Group.
Ron holds a PhD and MS in 91成人短视频 Engineering from MIT, and a BS from Columbia University. He has been a member of AIChE for over 50 years.
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