Ben Cahill

Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Ben Cahill

Ben Cahill is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He covers oil markets, geopolitics, and macro trends affecting the oil and gas industry.He leads several research initiatives on methane emissions and global gas, and he analyzes how national oil companies are responding to the energy transition. Ben is also a visiting research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, affiliated with the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL). Ben was previously a director in Energy Intelligence's Research & Advisory group and led its country risk practice, advising oil and gas companies on politics, economics, and policy risks. He also wrote on corporate strategy and covered Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and the Southeast Asian national oil companies. Ben formerly worked at PFC Energy (now part of IHS Markit) in Washington, D.C., and Kuala Lumpur, focusing on country risk and macro trends in the oil and gas industry. He has an MA in international affairs and economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in international relations and English from Boston University.

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