John M. Roberts Joins Natural Gas Europe Team
We are delighted to announce that Mr. John M. Roberts has joined the Natural Gas Europe team as Director of Strategy and Chief Analyst.
Mr. Roberts is widely recognized as one of Europe’s leading energy security specialists. He has testified to UK parliamentary committees on Caspian, Russian, Turkish, Kurdish and Mideast energy security issues. He is a Senior Partner with Methinks Ltd, a consultancy specializing in the inter-relationship between energy, economic development and politics. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the US. He was previously a Managing Editor with Platts and Financial Times Energy.
John has regularly toured the Caspian, the Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as visiting the Alaskan North Slope, the Athabasca Oil Sands, China, Norway and Venezuela. His latest major papers are: Russia’s Gas Challenge: The Consequences for China, Central Asia, Europe & the USA. AIPN, Houston, Texas, (Publication: October 2015); The Impact of Turkish Stream on European Energy Security and the Southern Gas Corridor, (Atlantic Council, Washington DC, July 2015) and Regional Energy Cooperation along the Southern Corridor (Chapter in forthcoming book).
He is currently researching European energy security in the light of the Ukraine crises; the role of the Caspian in global energy security; gas development in Iran; Sino-Russian energy relations; hydrocarbons development in the Eastern Mediterranean; and shale gas in China.
His recent work includes: What is Energy Security? Inaugural Lecture, NATO Training School, Oberammergau, Germany, September 2015; Caspian Gas Exports, Turkmenistan Road Show, London, September 2015; Turkish Stream: Confusion All Around, Energy Policy Group, Bucharest, Aug 2015; What Next for Turkish Stream? Platts Energy Economist, August 2015; Energy and Integration in the Black Sea Region: The Southern Gas Corridor and the Challenge of Turkish Stream. ETH, Zurich, June 2015; Turkish Stream: A Threat or a Challenge to the Southern Gas Corridor? Ankara, March 2015; TransCaspian Gas Pipeline Hopes, Platts Energy Economist, Nov 2014; The Changing Dynamics of Energy Security in Eurasia. AIPN, Budapest, Oct 2014; Gas in Europe: Crisis and Uncertainty, (Constanta, Romania, Oct 2014; Trouble in Baku , Platts Energy Economist, Aug 2014; The Southern Corridor, Ukraine and European Energy Security, Baku, July 2014; Grangemouth and Scottish Independence, Platts Energy Economist, Nov 2013; Energy Development in the Eastern Mediterranean: Avenues for Cooperation between Turkey, the European Union and the United States, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, London Nov 2013; Energy Relations between China & Central Asia, Xian, China, Sept 2013; China’s Unconventional Resources: The Challenge from Global Competitors, Beijing, Sept 2013.