Chris Skrebowski
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Chris Skrebowski is a well-known commentator on the oil industry and an expert on global oil supply. He is the founding Director of Peak Oil Consulting and consulting editor for Petroleum Review, the magazine of the UK Energy Institute
. Skrebowski is also a founding member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO
) and sits on the board of the Oil Depletion and Analysis Centre (ODAC
). He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and advises the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas (APPGOPO).
Initially sceptical about peak oil
predictions, he was persuaded by Colin Campbell
of the unreliability of oil reserves data and the risks this posed to energy supply projections. His insight was to recognise that future production flows, rather than oil reserves, were the key determinant of global oil supply. Consequently, he developed Peak Flow Analysis based on the future oil flows identified in his own Global Oil Megaprojects Database. Using this methodology he concluded that major supply/demand imbalances would occur by 2007 with actual peak oil flows occurring no later than 2011.
Skrebowski has 38 years experience in the oil industry, starting work in 1970 as a long-term planner for BP
. His career has been divided between industry planning/market analysis and oil journalism. He was Senior Analyst for the Saudi Oil Ministry in London (1985-1994), editor of Petroleum Economist
(1994-97) and editor of Petroleum Review (1997-2008). He comments regularly on oil and gas related subjects in the international media.
Energy Institute
The Energy Institute, commonly referred to as EI, is the main professional organization for the energy industry within the UK that promotes the safe, environmentally responsible and efficient supply and use of energy in all its forms and applications...
. Skrebowski is also a founding member of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO
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) and sits on the board of the Oil Depletion and Analysis Centre (ODAC
ODAC
ODAC may refer to:* Oil Depletion Analysis Centre, an independent UK-registered educational charity* Old Dominion Athletic Conference, a collegiate athletics conference in the southeastern United States* Oncology Drug Advisory Committee...
). He is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and advises the All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas (APPGOPO).
Initially sceptical about peak oil
Peak oil
Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline. This concept is based on the observed production rates of individual oil wells, projected reserves and the combined production rate of a field...
predictions, he was persuaded by Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell (geologist)
Colin J. Campbell, PhD Oxford, is a retired British petroleum geologist who predicted that oil production would peak by 2007. The consequences of this are uncertain but drastic, due to the world's dependency on fossil fuels for the vast majority of its energy...
of the unreliability of oil reserves data and the risks this posed to energy supply projections. His insight was to recognise that future production flows, rather than oil reserves, were the key determinant of global oil supply. Consequently, he developed Peak Flow Analysis based on the future oil flows identified in his own Global Oil Megaprojects Database. Using this methodology he concluded that major supply/demand imbalances would occur by 2007 with actual peak oil flows occurring no later than 2011.
Skrebowski has 38 years experience in the oil industry, starting work in 1970 as a long-term planner for BP
BP
BP p.l.c. is a global oil and gas company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the third-largest energy company and fourth-largest company in the world measured by revenues and one of the six oil and gas "supermajors"...
. His career has been divided between industry planning/market analysis and oil journalism. He was Senior Analyst for the Saudi Oil Ministry in London (1985-1994), editor of Petroleum Economist
Petroleum Economist
Petroleum Economist is a monthly magazine that provides macro-economic and geopolitical analysis of the energy industry. It is owned by Euromoney Institutional Investor, part of the Daily Mail and General Trust.-History:...
(1994-97) and editor of Petroleum Review (1997-2008). He comments regularly on oil and gas related subjects in the international media.
See also
- Ali Morteza Samsam BakhtiariAli Morteza Samsam BakhtiariAli Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari was a senior expert employed by the National Iranian Oil Company . He held a number of senior positions with this organization beginning in 1971. He was also an advisor to the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre.He held a PhD in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal...
- Kenneth S. DeffeyesKenneth S. DeffeyesKenneth S. Deffeyes is a geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert, the creator of the Hubbert peak theory, at the Shell Oil Company research laboratory in Houston, Texas. Deffeyes holds a B.S. in petroleum geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a Ph.D. in geology from Princeton University,...
- Richard HeinbergRichard HeinbergRichard Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of ten books...
- Jean LaherrèreJean LaherrèreJean H. Laherrère is a petroleum engineer and consultant, best known as the co-author of an influential 1998 Scientific American article entitled . Laherrère worked for 37 years with Total S.A., a French petroleum company. His work on seismic refraction surveys contributed to the discovery of...
- Jeremy LeggettJeremy LeggettJeremy Leggett, a geologist by training, began his career as a consultant for the oil industry, while teaching at the Royal School of Mines . His research on earth history was funded by oil companies BP and Shell,among others...
- Matthew SimmonsMatthew SimmonsMatthew Roy Simmons was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent advocate of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an investment banking firm catering to oil companies. In his previous capacity, he served as energy...
External links
- "What they don't want you to know about the coming oil crisis" , The Independent, 20 January 2006.
- "Oil. The fast-vanishing drug the world can't yet live without", The Independent, 7 January 2007.
- "Crunch time for decision makers", The Guardian, 9 February 2007.
- "Coming oil crisis feared", The Guardian.
- "After the Oil Crunch", The New Statesman, 12 June 2008.
- "US Saudi Oil Axis faces Day of Truth", The Telegraph, 19 May 2008.
- "Oil Price Rises Global Shift in Wealth", Washington Post, 10 November 2007.
- "Oilmen admit to looming energy crisis", The New Zealand Herald, 23 July 2007.
- "Oil Prices Will Keep Rising", The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2006.
- "Peak Oil?", Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- "Running Towards Empty", BBC Radio 4 In Business, 6 May 2004.
- "Please Explain: The Price of Oil", WNYC, 2 June 2006.
- Open Letter to CERA, 21 December 2006.