Location: Washington, D.C.
Expertise: Global energy, political and economic issues
Yergin is an authority on international politics, economics and energy. A Pulitzer Prize winner for his best-seller “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power,” Yergin is a recipient of the U.S. Energy Award.

Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Expertise: Emerging energy markets
Bailey is an expert in energy markets in developing countries, with specialties in market fundamentals, regulatory structure and strategic planning. He works closely with IHS CERA clients on the investment climate and strategy in Asia and Latin America and is available to provide comments and expertise to the media on Latin America and Energy Markets.

Location: Cambridge, Mass.
Expertise: Global oil markets
Brady is an expert in the global oil market, including downstream price dynamics, political and regulatory influences, and economic trends. His analyses focus on the fundamentals of the North American refined product markets and on energy/environmental legislation and regulatory issues, including the role of alternative fuels. He is available to the media to provide his expertise on biofuels and downstream oil activities.

IHS CERA Global Liquids Productive Capacity Outlook through 2030

IHS CERA World Liquids Discovery and Production, 1930-2007

The IHS CERA DCCI is a proprietary measure of project cost inflation similar in concept to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It provides a benchmark for comparing costs around the world and draws upon proprietary IHS and IHS CERA databases and analytical tools.
ATTRIBUTION: IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA)

April 23, 2008
Starting in 2009 the national energy companies of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan will charge Russia “European-level prices” for natural gas, a major change from the old price structure. The deal will benefit central Asian countries, but the effects will be felt far beyond these four countries. In this interview, Katherine Hardin, CERA Head of Russian and Caspian Energy, discusses the factors that prompted the negotiation, as well as possible outcomes and risks.

January 24, 2008
With oil prices at unprecedented levels, the future of transportation fuels, particularly those derived from oil, has taken the spotlight. Although oil prices are the center of attention right now, environmental issues and energy security questions have also contributed to concerns about transportation fuels. In this interview, David Hobbs, Vice President and Managing Director of Global Research, discusses the factors contributing to the changes and trends in this area. He also discusses CERA’s new Forum, Driving the Future: Energy for Transportation in the 21st Century, which will assess, analyze, and discuss the critical issues facing firms across the range of industries affected by the new transportation fuels mix.

January 23, 2008
Globally, the electric power industry is facing a tough environment, with pressures from cost escalation, concerns about climate change, and the need to increase the use of renewable energy. In this interview CERA Vice President and Senior Advisor Lawrence J. Makovich discusses the tensions in the industry. The CERAWeek 2008 program has been expanded to include a second day of electric power to more fully explore these issues. For more information on CERAWeek, please visit www.ceraweek.com.