Guy Caruso

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
Guy Caruso

Guy F. Caruso is a senior adviser in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at CSIS. Prior to joining CSIS, he served as administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) from July 2002 to September 2008. EIA is the statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that provides independent data, forecasts, and analyses regarding energy. Before leading EIA, Caruso had acquired over 40 years of energy experience, with particular emphasis on topics relating to energy markets, policy, and security. He first joined DOE as a senior energy economist in the Office of International Affairs and soon became director of the Office of Market Analysis. He has also held a variety of other senior leadership positions at DOE.

Prior to joining DOE, Caruso worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as an international energy economist in the Office of Economic Research. In addition, he was project director of the CSIS Geopolitics of Energy study published in January 2000. He was also director of the National Energy Strategy project for the U.S. Energy Association (USEA), which resulted in the publication of Toward a National Energy Strategy (USEA, February 2001) and the follow-up study National Energy Strategy Post 9/11 (USEA, July 2002). Caruso has also worked at the Paris-based International Energy Agency, first as head of the Oil Industry Division, where he was responsible for analyzing world oil supply/demand and developments in the oil industry, and later as director of the Office of Non-member Countries, where he directed studies of energy-related developments in emerging economies. Caruso holds a B.S. in business administration and an M.S. in economics from the University of Connecticut. He also earned an M.P.A. from Harvard University. In January 2008, he was awarded the French National Order of Merit. Recently, Caruso was elected president of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics beginning in January 2018.
 

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Oil Market Update: Checking in on Venezuela

CSIS energy experts Frank Verrastro and Guy Caruso provide an update on the current Venezuelan political crisis and its impacts on global oil supplies in an environment of increased sanctions and declining production.

Commentary by Frank A. Verrastro and Guy Caruso — April 16, 2019

Photo: ANDREW ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images

Note to OPEC: Be Careful What You Wish For...

For the past few years, OPEC has been singularly focused on eliminating the enormous supply overhang, but with the golden ring now in sight, a new adversary potentially sits just over the horizon.

Commentary by Frank A. Verrastro , Sarah Ladislaw , Guy Caruso , Larry Goldstein , and Albert Helmig — April 23, 2018

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OPEC’s Challenge: Sentiment, Events, and Fundamentals Complicate Producer Decisionmaking

OPEC’s rollover deliberations have become more complicated and perhaps more urgent after both market fundamentals and sentiment reversed last week. At the start of the week, industry optimism on the oil price outlook was upbeat, but within days, oil prices had fallen to the lowest levels in months. Here is our take on what happened.

Commentary by Frank A. Verrastro , Adam Sieminski , and Guy Caruso — March 15, 2017

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OPEC’s Challenge

Commentary by Frank A. Verrastro , Guy Caruso , and Larry Goldstein — November 28, 2016

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IEA's Energy & Air Pollution Roundtable

The internet can create massive economic and social change through improved communication, information, and education opportunities. However, 60 percent of the world does not have regular internet access, and the bulk of this offline population lives in developing countries. Increased access could change the landscape of development, but creating tangible improvements in the infrastructure, regulatory environment, and political will required to increase internet access is a complicated task for policymakers in the United States.

Event by Guy Caruso and Dr. Kamel Ben Naceur — September 13, 2016

IEA's Energy & Air Pollution Roundtable