Ben Cahill is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He covers oil markets, geopolitics, and macro trends affecting the oil and gas industry. He also leads a research initiative on methane emissions and global gas and analyzes how national oil companies are responding to the energy transition. Ben was previously a director in Energy Intelligence's Research & Advisory group and led its country risk practice, advising oil and gas companies on politics, economics, and policy risks. He also wrote on corporate strategy and covered Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and the Southeast Asian national oil companies. Ben formerly worked at PFC Energy (now part of IHS Markit) in Washington, D.C., and Kuala Lumpur, focusing on country risk and macro trends in the oil and gas industry. He has an MA in international affairs and economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in international relations and English from Boston University.
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Gas Is Here to Stay for Decades, Say Fossil Fuel Heavyweights
Ben Cahill in Bloomberg — June 23, 2023
Fact check: Trump boasts about a massive oil purchase that never happened
Ben Cahill in CNN — June 6, 2023
The chill after OPEC's hot weekend
Ben Cahill in Axios — June 6, 2023
The COVID pandemic was not an oil inflection point
Ben Cahill in Axios — May 9, 2023
OPEC’s Production Cut Will Test Russian Oil Price Caps
Ben Cahill in Barron's — April 12, 2023
One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine: An energy war and massive disruption
Ben Cahill in Washington Examiner — February 24, 2023
A year into the Ukraine war, the world's biggest democracy still won't condemn Russia
Ben Cahill in NPR — February 20, 2023
Oil Stampede Is On in One of the Emptiest Places in the Americas
Ben Cahill in Bloomberg — February 16, 2023
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Cross-Industry Methane Challenges
Commentary by Ben Cahill and Kjersti Swanson — July 17, 2023
Cutting Methane Emissions from Oil and Gas: U.S. and EU Cooperation
Event by Matthew Baldwin , Rick Duke , and Ben Cahill — July 12, 2023
Rebuilding Ukraine’s Energy Sector
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill and Lisa Hyland — June 26, 2023
Transatlantic Efforts to Cut Methane Emissions
Report by Ben Cahill and Allegra Dawes — June 23, 2023
Europe Wants Cleaner Gas. Can the United States Provide It?
Commentary by Ben Cahill — June 5, 2023
OPEC Has a Russia Problem
Commentary by Ben Cahill — June 2, 2023
Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill , Joseph Majkut , and Lisa Hyland — April 4, 2023
OPEC+ Throws a Curveball
Commentary by Ben Cahill — April 3, 2023
What’s Next for Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
Brief by Ben Cahill — March 22, 2023
Peaks and the Global Energy Systems
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill and Lisa Hyland — March 21, 2023