• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Ben Luckock

Trafigura

Global Head of Oil

Ben was appointed Global Head of the Oil Divison in 2023, having held the position of Co-Head of Oil since 2018. He was previously Head of Group Market Risk and prior to that, spent six years as Global Head of Crude Oil Department. He joined Trafigura in 2007. Prior to joining Trafigura, Ben spent nearly 10 years with BP as a Crude Oil trader in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand. Ben holds two degrees in Finance and Marketing from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

Sessions With Ben Luckock

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 11:30am - 12:30pm (CST) / -

    Oil Market Outlook: Will the cycle of surplus continue?

    Markets

    Since 2013 the global oil market has been in a cycle of supply surplus, with prices falling five out of the past seven years. The Vienna Alliance has entered a fourth year of production restraint just as a cast of non-OPEC countries is beginning a period of production growth, offsetting decelerating gains from the United States. And now the impact of the coronavirus is leading to the first quarterly decline in world oil demand since the 2008/09 financial crisis. What is the outlook for the oil market as China begins to recover?