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
The Energy Institute (EI) is a professional organization for engineers and other professionals in energy-related fields. The EI was formed in 2003 by the merger of the Institute of Petroleum (dating back to 1913) and the Institute of Energy ( ...
. Skrebowski is also a founding member of the
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) and sits on the board of the
Oil Depletion 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
Peak oil is the point when global oil production reaches its maximum rate, after which it will begin to decline irreversibly. The main concern is that global transportation relies heavily on gasoline and diesel. Adoption of electric vehicles ...
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).
"After the oil crunch?" New Statesman, 12 June 2008
/ref> He comments regularly on oil and gas related subjects in the international media.
See also
* Ali Morteza Samsam Bakhtiari
* Kenneth S. Deffeyes
* Richard Heinberg
* Jean Laherrère
* Jeremy Leggett
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* Matthew Simmons
Matthew Roy Simmons (April 7, 1943 – August 8, 2010) was founder and chairman emeritus of Simmons & Company International, and was a prominent figure in the field of peak oil. Simmons was motivated by the 1973 energy crisis to create an inves ...
References
External links
"What they don't want you to know about the coming oil crisis"
The Independent, 20 January 2006.
The Independent, 7 January 2007.
"Crunch time for decision makers"
The Guardian, 9 February 2007.
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.
Washington Post, 10 November 2007.
"Oilmen admit to looming energy crisis"
The New Zealand Herald, 23 July 2007.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 August 2006.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Running Towards Empty"
BBC Radio 4 In Business, 6 May 2004.
"Please Explain: The Price of Oil"
WNYC, 2 June 2006.
21 December 2006.
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Living people
1946 births
BP people