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Fereidun Fesharaki

Senior Fellow

PhD, Economics, University of Surrey, England

Email: FesharaF@EastWestCenter.org
Phone: 808-944-7527
Fax: 808-944-7559
Research Interests: Energy policy and planning in Asia; OPEC and the global outlook; Oil and gas market analysis and the downstream petroleum sector.

Born in Iran, he attended the OPEC Ministerial Conferences in the late 1970s in his capacity as energy adviser to the Prime Minister of Iran. Joined the East-West Center in 1979. He has been an adviser to major oil companies, independent companies, trading companies, state-owned companies, and governments in the Middle East, Pacific Basin and Latin America, as well as the U.S. government. Served as 1993 President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the key professional organization representing some 3,000 energy economists in more than 70 countries. Editorial board of the Energy Policy Journal, Hydrocarbon Asia, International Energy and Resources Law and Policy Series, Energy Economics, Mexican Outlook on the Pacific Basin, Journal of Energy Finance & Development; and Energy - The International Journal. Elected a member in 1989 of the Council on Foreign Relations. Since 1991, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Nippon Mitsubishi Oil Company of Japan, Advisory Board member of the Far East Oil Price Index based in Singapore, member of the Pacific Council on International Policy. Elected in 1995 as a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics for distinguished service in the field of energy economics.

Dr. Fesharaki is the author of more than 70 papers and has authored or edited twenty four books and monographs, including: Japan's Long-Term Petroleum Supply Strategy: Policy Options for the Government and Industry (in Japanese, 1993); International Issues in Energy Policy, Development, and Economics (Westview Press, 1992); Fundamentals of Petroleum Trading, (Praeger, 1991); Developments in the Global Oil Market: Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region, 1991 (in Japanese); Energy Market and Policies in ASEAN, (ISEAS, Singapore 1991); Economic and Political Incentives to Petroleum Exploration: Developments in the Asia-Pacific Region (University Press of America, 1990), The Oil Market in the 1990s: Challenges for the New Era (Westview Press, 1989), OPEC and Lower Oil Prices: Impacts on Production Capacity, Export Refining, Domestic Demand and Trade Balances (U.S. Department of Energy, 1989), Electricity in Asia and the Pacific: Power Station Fuel Demand to 2000 (Economist Intelligence Unit, 1989), Spot Oil, Netbacks and Petroleum Futures (Economist Intelligence Unit, 1987), and China's Petroleum Industry in the International Context (Westview Press, 1986).

Dr. Fesharaki was the 1993 President of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), which is the key professional organization representing over 3,000 energy economists in more than 70 countries. He serves on the editorial board of the Energy Policy Journal, Hydrocarbon Asia, International Energy and Resources Law and Policy Series, Trader, and Energy Economics, Mexican Outlook on the Pacific Basin, and Energy-the International Journal. In 1989, Dr.Fesharaki was elected a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Since 1991, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Mitsubishi Oil Company of Japan. He is also an Advisory Board member of the Far East Oil Price Index based in Singapore. In 1995, Dr. Fesharaki was elected as a Senior Fellow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics for distinguished service in the field of energy economics.

Related Publications

Asia’s Energy Future: Regional Dynamics and Global Implications
Background Paper for the APEC Workshop on LNG Best Practices: An Overview of the APEC LNG Markets and Their Evolving Contract Structure
Fundamentals of Petroleum Trading
International Issues in Energy Policy, Development, & Economics
Managing Asia Pacific's Energy Dependence on the Middle East: Is There a Role for Central Asia?
Natural Gas Development in Northeast Asia: Regional Development and Future Cooperation
Natural Gas: The Fuel of the Future in Asia
Oil in Asia and the Pacific: Production, Consumption, Imports, and Policy Options
Pacific Energy Outlook: Strategies and Policy Imperatives to 2010
The State of Natural Gas Data in APEC Economies
Trends in Petroleum Product Specifications in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Supply/Demand Analysis and Government Policy Responses

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