IEF Lecture Series 

By Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID)

The IEF held a lecture on 22 May 2010 “OFID's role in Development & Energy Access” which was presented by Mr. Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish, Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), Vienna, Austria. Download the presentation   

By Mr. Rob Gardner, Manager, Economics & Energy Division, Corporate Strategic Planning Department, ExxonMobil Corporation

The IEF held a lecture on 15 May 2010, ExxonMobil’s “Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030” was presented by Mr. Rob Gardner, Manager, Economics & Energy Division, Corporate Strategic Planning Department, ExxonMobil Corporation. Download the presentation   

By Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy for the United States of America

On 22 February 2010, Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy for the United States of America, visited the IEF headquarters in Riyadh and delivered a speech on the importance of “solving energy and climate issues together”. See the presentation Press release  

By Dr. Fatih Birol, IEA Chief Economist

On Tuesday 12 January 2010 (10.00-11.30) Dr Fatih Birol, the well-known Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), gave an IEF Lecture on the recently published “World Energy Outlook 2009” at the IEF headquarters. Download the presentations Press Release  

By Dr. Hasan Qabazard, Director, Research Division, OPEC

On Sunday, 8 November,  Dr. Hasan Qabazard, Director, Research Division, OPEC visited the IEF headquarters and delivered a “Presentation of the OPEC Oil Outlook and Challenges”. Download the presentation Press release 

By Mr. Christof Ruehl, Chief Economist for global energy giant BP

On 7 July Christof Ruehl, Chief Economist for global energy giant BP, visited the IEF headquarters and presented the recently released BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2009 to a full-house of press, industry and diplomatic corps. The report highlights the impact of the global economic crisis on world energy markets and illustrates a building overhang of spare-capacity in the oil sector, which will have a dampening effect on prices in the coming years according to BP. The ongoing structural move in demand growth away from traditional OECD markets is also highlighted and the issue of volatile oil prices is set in historical context.. However, the volatile oil price swings in 2008 can be   ...

By Mr. Gertjan Lankhorst and Mr. Paolo Scaroni, 

On Sunday 25 January 2009, at the IEF Headquarters, Gertjan Lankhorst, CEO of Gasterra gave a speech on “The Hybrid European Gas Market and the Producer-Consumer Dialogue in Gas” Paolo Scaroni, CEO of ENI delivered (in absentia) a presentation entitled “The Outlook for the Global Oil Market and the Producer – Consumer Dialogue” Noe van Hulst, IEF Secretary General presented an overview of IEF activities entitled ‘Energy Security through Dialogue” Press Realease was released   

By Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven, The Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs

On Monday 13 October 2008, at the IEF Headquarters,  Mrs. Maria van der Hoeven, The Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs gave a speech under the title: “The Jeddah Process: The Dialogue in Action?”.  

By Mark Finley, General Manager of Global Energy Markets for BP

Mark Finley, General Manager of Global Energy Markets for BP, made presentation on BP Statistical Review of World Energy at the IEF Headquarters on Saturday, 5 July 2008. BP Statistical Review of World Energy June 2008 Presentation  

By H.E. Minister Malcolm Wicks, UK Minister of State for Energy

H.E. Minister Malcolm Wicks, UK Minister of State for Energy, delivered a speech entitled “THE ROLE OF THE IEF BETWEEN NOW AND 2010” at the IEF Headquarters on Saturday, 14 June 2008. See the speech 

By Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency

By Administrator Guy F. Caruso, Caruso, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy of the U.S.A

By Guy Caruso, Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration

The outlook on world energy markets through the year 2030 is based on my agency’s International Energy Outlook 2007 (IEO2007) that was released in May 2007. The projections are not statements of what will happen but of what might happen, given certain assumptions. The projections are business-as-usual forecasts, given known technology and technological trends, demographic trends, and current laws and regulations. World energy consumption is projected to increase by 57 percent from 2004 to 2030. Total world energy use rises from 447 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2004 to 702 quadrillion BTU in 2030, an average annual increase of 1.8 percent. Robust projected growth in energy deman  ...

By Ambassador Arne Walther, Secretary General (2003-2007)

It is a pleasure for me, on behalf of the IEF Secretariat, to welcome you to our Headquarters for the 5th IEF Energy Lecture. We are honoured to have with us today Mr. Guy Caruso, the Administrator of the EIA, the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy in the United States. He will share with us his “International Energy Outlook” at a time when energy security tops the political agenda worldwide and oil prices are constantly reaching new nominal highs. A time of many energy and environmental uncertainties. Mr. Caruso is a man worth listening to. What he says, and the figures published by the EIA every week, have immediate impact on oil prices. If anyone has a crystal b  ...

By Ambassador Arne Walther, Secretary General, IEF (2003-2007)

It is a pleasure for me, on behalf of the IEF Secretariat and Embassy of Norway, to welcome you our Secretariat Headquarters this evening. We are honoured to have with us the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, H.E. Olav Akselsen, who will deliver the 3rd IEF Lecture. Mr. Akselsen and his delegation are in Riyadh on official visit at the invitation of H.E. Dr Bandar, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Shoura.Mr. Akselsen has offered to share his perspectives on the links between foreign policy and energy policy at a point in time when energy security tops the political agenda worldwide. And when increasing attention is being paid to th  ...

By H.E. Ambassador Andre Mernier, Secretary General, Energy Charter Secretariat (2003-2007)

By Syed Rashid Husain, Vice-President of the Trading and Consulting House Al-Azzaz Est.

Not long ago while in discussion with a senior Norwegian diplomat on the explosive regional situation and the then ongoing army operation in the energy- rich Balochistan province of Pakistan, I pointed out that many in the region believed that oil and energy assets have proven to be more of a curse than a blessing for the region, in which he quipped "but not in the case of Norway." And he had a point one could not dare negate.Norway, a small country not far from the North Pole with only 4.5 million inhabitants, holds a very interesting energy portfolio. It is the third largest oil producer of the world, behind Saudi Arabia and Russia and also supplies immense volume of gas to the w  ...

By Olav Akselsen, M.P. Chairman, Foreign Relations Committee of the Norwegian Parliament

It is pleasure to be back in Riyadh. My pleasure is very much more than the climatic comfort of leaving a cold and dark Norwegian winter to enjoy the warmth of the Saudi Sun. My pleasure is very political and personal. I have greatly appreciated the warm hospitality of the “Shoura”, the host of my official visit to Saudi Arabia, and have benefited greatly from discussions with Saudi colleagues and high-level representatives of the Kingdom. This is not an easy or delightful time in international politics. And it is a time of energy challenge and concern. We need more dialogue and better international understanding to address successfully the many sensitive political issues of our day – not le  ...

By Ambassador Arne Walther, Secretary General, IEF (2003-2007)

It is a pleasure for me, on behalf of the IEF Secretariat and Embassy of Norway, to welcome you our Secretariat Headquarters this evening. We are honoured to have with us the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, H.E. Olav Akselsen, who will deliver the 3rd IEF Lecture. Mr. Akselsen and his delegation are in Riyadh on official visit at the invitation of H.E. Dr Bandar, the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Shoura.Mr. Akselsen has offered to share his perspectives on the links between foreign policy and energy policy at a point in time when energy security tops the political agenda worldwide. And when increasing attention is being paid to th  ...