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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A new watchdog satellite will sniff out methane emissions from space
Ben Cahill in The Washington Post — March 4, 2024
Qatar’s Gas Boost Will Bring Energy Dominance — and Lots of Cash
Ben Cahill in Bloomberg — March 3, 2024
Canada Looks To Capitalize As U.S. Pauses LNG Export Licenses
Ben Cahill in Business Insider — February 6, 2024
Biden Gas-Export Decision: Smoke, but No Fire With so many permitted projects struggling to secure contracts, pausing LNG approvals was an easy, low-stakes political win
Ben Cahill in The Wall Street Journal — February 1, 2024
U.S. Stalls Gas Export Projects That Activists Say Are ‘climate Bombs’
Ben Cahill in Yomiuri Japan News — January 28, 2024
Worries in Europe Over the White House Move to Delay Gas Terminals
Ben Cahill in The New York Times — January 26, 2024
Biden's LNG pause tees up pre-election risks
Ben Cahill and Joseph Majkut in Axios Generate — January 26, 2024
U.S. stalls gas export projects that activists say are ‘climate bombs’
Ben Cahill in The Washington Post — January 26, 2024
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The Growing Market for Certified Natural Gas
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill, Georges Tijbosch, and Lisa Hyland — March 18, 2024
U.S. LNG Exports: DOE and FERC Roles and Boundaries
Commentary by Kevin Book, Ben Cahill, Michael Catanzaro, and Kyle Danish — March 15, 2024
Global Energy Markets: Views from Energy Aspects and the EIA
Event — March 14, 2024
Geopolitical Significance of U.S. LNG
Commentary by Kunro Irié, Ben Cahill, and Joseph Majkut — February 7, 2024
The Global Role of U.S. LNG
Event — January 31, 2024
2024 Global Forecast: Winning the Economic and Tech Race
Digital Report by James Andrew Lewis, Emily Benson, William Alan Reinsch, Sujai Shivakumar, Joseph Majkut, Ben Cahill, Ilaria Mazzocco, Craig Cohen, and Alex Kisling — January 30, 2024
Biden Administration Pauses New LNG Approvals
Critical Questions by Ben Cahill and Joseph Majkut — January 26, 2024
LNG Terminal Pause
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Joseph Majkut, and Ben Cahill — January 26, 2024
“U.S. LNG Export Boom: Defining National Interests”: Audio Brief with Ben Cahill
Podcast Episode by Ben Cahill — January 24, 2024
State of the Global LNG Market
Event — January 23, 2024