• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Matthew Palmer

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Executive Director

Matthew Palmer, Executive Director, S&P Global, is an authority on North American natural gas markets with upstream oil and gas and financial risk management experience. He is an expert at developing fundamentals-based supply, demand, and price forecasts and an understanding of the associated risks. Mr. Palmer has developed a wide range of analytical models and tools to assess markets, has prepared presentations, and has written reports on the natural gas, electric power, and oil markets. This includes broad industry outlooks, regional analyses, and granular market assessments. He has a deep understanding of oil and gas infrastructure, regional supply and demand, and locational price differentials across the United States and Canada. Before joining S&P Global, Mr. Palmer was Director, Fundamentals, at Encana, where he was responsible for natural gas and power market fundamentals analysis and oversaw Encana’s risk management activities for natural gas. Mr. Palmer began his career with S&P Global (formerly CERA), where he led the development of natural gas demand forecasts, researched the relationship between oil and natural gas prices, and followed the western North American regional gas market. Mr. Palmer holds a BS and an MS from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Sessions With Matthew Palmer

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 08:30am - 09:00am (CST) / 20/mar/2024 01:30 pm - 20/mar/2024 02:00 pm

    ACES Delta Hub: Groundbreaking production and storage facility
    Hydrogen

    Located in Delta, Utah, ACES Delta is adjacent to a power plant using green hydrogen to produce electricity with lower lifecycle carbon emissions. Producing, storing and transporting green hydrogen at utility scale involves several key steps and technologies, including collaboration among stake holders. Is the first phase of the project on schedule? What challenges have been overcome by innovation and collaboration? What are the next steps to eventually deliver 100% green hydrogen-powered, carbon-free electricity?

  • 04:10pm - 04:50pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 09:10 pm - 20/mar/2024 09:50 pm

    Strategies for U.S. Natural Gas
    Gas & LNG

    The U.S. natural gas industry’s growth has been fueled over the past decade by rising demand from LNG exports and the power sector. But ambitious decarbonatization goals, in the United States and across the globe, could see continued growth from these sectors challenged. Are decarbonization efforts and use of natural gas at odds? What are the options for natural gas in the United States? What strategies are companies pursuing to ensure growth opportunities remain?    

Thursday, 21 March

Agenda