
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 also leads a research initiative on methane emissions and global gas and analyzes how national oil companies are responding to the energy transition. 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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Fact check: Trump boasts about a massive oil purchase that never happened
Ben Cahill in CNN — June 6, 2023
The chill after OPEC's hot weekend
Ben Cahill in Axios — June 6, 2023
The COVID pandemic was not an oil inflection point
Ben Cahill in Axios — May 9, 2023
OPEC’s Production Cut Will Test Russian Oil Price Caps
Ben Cahill in Barron's — April 12, 2023
One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine: An energy war and massive disruption
Ben Cahill in Washington Examiner — February 24, 2023
A year into the Ukraine war, the world's biggest democracy still won't condemn Russia
Ben Cahill in NPR — February 20, 2023
Oil Stampede Is On in One of the Emptiest Places in the Americas
Ben Cahill in Bloomberg — February 16, 2023
Economic Watch: Repercussions expected from EU's new price caps on Russian oil
Ben Cahill in Xinhua News Agency — February 7, 2023
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Europe Wants Cleaner Gas. Can the United States Provide It?
Commentary by Ben Cahill — June 5, 2023
OPEC Has a Russia Problem
Commentary by Ben Cahill — June 2, 2023
Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill , Joseph Majkut , and Lisa Hyland — April 4, 2023

OPEC+ Throws a Curveball
Commentary by Ben Cahill — April 3, 2023
What’s Next for Oil and Gas Methane Regulations
Brief by Ben Cahill — March 22, 2023
Peaks and the Global Energy Systems
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill and Lisa Hyland — March 21, 2023

China Holds the Key to Global Energy Demand
Commentary by Ben Cahill , Ilaria Mazzocco , and Chen Huang — February 8, 2023
Update on the Russian Oil Sector
Podcast Episode by Lisa Hyland and Ben Cahill — January 23, 2023

Sanctions and the Russian Economy
Event by Max Bergmann , Maria Snegovaya , Ben Cahill , and Sergey Aleksashenko — January 19, 2023
The Role of Gas in Ukraine’s Energy Future
Brief by Ben Cahill and Leslie Palti-Guzman — January 13, 2023