• CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Bhushan Bahree

S&P Global

Executive Director, Global Oil

Bhushan Bahree, Executive Director, Global Oil, at S&P Global, is a widely respected authority on global oil markets, focusing on OPEC and the Middle East. For more than 35 years, he has analyzed decision-making and developments in the oil-exporting world, identifying and explaining Middle East and global oil and energy trends. Educated in India, Mr. Bahree achieved worldwide recognition during his 15 years as The Wall Street Journal international energy correspondent. He also reported on such key global economic matters as monetary policy, trade negotiations, and the founding of the World Trade Organization during postings in Paris, Geneva, London, and New York. As Deputy Managing Editor for AP-Dow Jones newswires, Mr. Bahree directed energy coverage before becoming the Journal’s chief international energy correspondent, a position he held until 2007.

Sessions With Bhushan Bahree

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 07:30am - 08:40am (CST) / -

    Middle East Oil & Politics: After Abqaiq & Suleimani

    Geopolitics/Policy/Regulatory Markets

    Decades-old assumptions about the political and economic future of the Middle East have been scrambled by surging non-OPEC oil supply and the recent, growing use of super-accurate drones and missiles to attack oil facilities and political opponents. What is the outlook for the region, where foreign powers continue to be involved militarily and politically in proxy wars and where disputes defy resolution? How will oil-exporting nations, who are members of OPEC and the Vienna Alliance, face a future of political uncertainty, stiff competition, shrinking market share, and price pressure?