David Hobbs
 David Hobbs     (academic) | |
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| Alma mater | Royal School of Mines (Imperial College) |
| Member of | Atlantic Council |
Expert in oil industry structure working for Atlantic Council. | |
David Hobbs is a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. He is an expert in energy industry structure and strategies. Until 2018[1], he was head of research at the Saudi-Arabian King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC).[2]
In 2017, he wrote an article for the World Economic Forum describing Saudi-Arabian efforts to use less energy, relying more on solar power.[3]
Information Provider Company
At the information provider company IHS CERA, Hobbs was a principal author of the major IHS CERA studies Restarting ‘the Engine’ – Securing American Jobs, Investment, and Energy Security, an analysis of the opportunity to create jobs and boost the economy as drilling activity restarted after the Gulf of Mexico moratorium, and Fueling North America’s Energy Future: The Unconventional Natural Gas Revolution and the Carbon Agenda, an examination of the impact of the changed natural gas supply outlook on energy markets, power generation technology choices, and the challenges of procuring a low carbon future.[2]
Saudi-Arabia
While building the research team at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC), Hobbs made sure its work was published in peer reviewed journals and other outlets, including kapsarc.org, a suite of workshop series that address major themes in energy, economics, and the environment. KAPSARC has become an important contributor to policy discussions in Saudi Arabia, playing key roles in designing the energy price reform program implemented during 2017 and advising stakeholders within the ecosystem of the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia.[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Brussels Forum/2008 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA and NATO-close German Marshall Fund. | ||
| Brussels Forum/2014 | 21 March 2014 | 24 March 2014 | Belgium Brussels | Yearly discreet get-together of huge amount of transatlantic politicians, media and military and corporations, under the auspices of the CIA-close German Marshall Fund. The theme in 2014 was A World in Transition |
