Assessing Energy Policy Instruments: LNG Imports Into Saudi Arabia

Senior Fellow- Oil & Gas Rami Shabaneh is a senior fellow in the Oil and Gas program, with a focus on global gas and hydrogen…

Rami Shabaneh is a senior fellow in the Oil and Gas program, with a focus on global gas and hydrogen markets. Rami has nearly 15 years of research and industry experience analyzing energy markets and energy policy. Before joining KAPSARC, Rami worked at Cenovus Energy as a market fundamentals analyst, providing analytic support on specific issues affecting North American gas, natural gas liquids and condensate markets. His work informed the company’s hedging strategies. Before working at Cenovus Energy, Rami spent three years as a research economist at the Canadian Energy Research Institute. He holds a B.Sc. in actuarial science and an M.Sc. in sustainable energy development from the University of Calgary.

 

Expertise

• Natural Gas and Hydrogen

Visiting Researcher Maxime has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he supervised economic…

Maxime has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining KAPSARC, he supervised economic analyses and energy market forecasts in a large national oil company. Also, as a senior economic advisor at the French Embassy in the U.S., he facilitated alignment work between French government representatives and U.S. counterparts. Maxime headed the Petroleum and Management Master’s degree at the French Petroleum Institute and was lead consultant for eBusiness at Ernst & Young. He has contributed to the Future of Natural Gas in Saudi Arabia project since October 2017. Maxime is also an associate professor in economics at IFP School, France, and an associate investigator at ORDECSYS, Switzerland.