• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Kevin Lindemer

S&P Global

Vice President Downstream Consulting Americas

Kevin Lindemer, Vice President, Downstream Consulting, Energy, at S&P Global, has 30 years of experience in the oil and downstream petroleum industries and is an expert on the global oil industry. He has led numerous strategic consulting and research projects around the world in the energy, biofuels, oil, and downstream oil business and has authored numerous articles and papers covering many aspects of the oil and energy industry. He has also testified before the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, been a guest lecturer in business schools in the Boston area, and spoken at numerous industry conferences. Mr. Lindemer’s extensive background in the oil industry includes serving as Executive Managing Director of Global Insight’s Energy Group prior to its acquisition by IHS Markit; Director of Strategy and Business Development at Irving Oil Corporation; Senior Director in the Oil Practice at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which was later acquired by IHS Markit; and as a planning and strategy analyst for CENEX Petroleum. Mr. Lindemer previously founded and operated an independent energy research and consulting practice prior to his current role. He holds a BS from the University of Minnesota and an MS from the University of Wyoming.

Sessions With Kevin Lindemer

Tuesday, 19 March

  • 07:15am - 08:20am (CST) / 19/mar/2024 12:15 pm - 19/mar/2024 01:20 pm

    “Seed to Pump”: The new business of biofuels
    Agribusiness & Biofuels

    The biofuels business is on the cusp of a potential boom. Integrated oil and refining companies have embraced biofuels as an investable low-carbon solution to serve hard-to-decarbonize sectors including aviation and heavy transport. These suppliers, spurred by policy incentives, have ambitious growth objectives—but scaling up the right feedstocks remains a challenge. Airlines and other large consumers are also transforming the demand profile with emissions targets based around biofuels commitments. The changing competitive landscape and economies of scale are driving integration from seeds to the end-user of liquid fuels. But how fast, in which markets and at what scale?    

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 12:00pm - 12:50pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 05:00 pm - 20/mar/2024 05:50 pm

    Integration of Refining and Agriculture: How will these industries change together?
    Transportation & Mobility/Electrification (EVs/built environment)

    Policy is driving the liquid fuels business to invest in lower-carbon intensity products and processing. As a result, the refining and agricultural industries have begun integrating to form new supply chains. What will be the impact on agriculture? Are Iowa, Mato Grosso and Saskatchewan the “new” Permian Basins?  How will two industries with significant size differences and very different commodity cycles manage risk? Will emerging ventures make headway in cultivating new feedstock for advanced fuels?