Introduction to the Global Oil & Gas Business

• Supply, demand, and pricing
• The markets, policy, and players
• Alternative energy resources

• Field level personnel
• Management
• Energy lending and finance professionals
• Anyone who seeks to understand how, or relies upon, energy markets
• Students

Dr. Samuel A. Van Vactor is an energy economist who has analyzed oil, natural gas, and electricity markets since 1973, and is the president of Economic Insight, Inc. (EII), in Portland, Oregon. His consulting clients have included the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. Department of Justice, foreign governments, and international oil companies. He was an expert witness for the North Slope producers on Alaska tax and royalty issues. Dr. Van Vactor holds a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, and both an M.A.(University of Washington) and a B.S. (University of Oregon) in economics. He also has done research at the London School of Economics. He has lectured on energy and economics at the University of Maryland (European Division), Portland State University, University of Southwest Australia, Cambridge University, Columbia University, and Victoria University of New Zealand.