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

Kurt Barrow

S&P Global

Vice President, Oil Markets, Midstream & Downstream Insights

Responsible for research and forecasts of crude oil, NGLs, refined products, petrochemical feedstocks and emerging lower-carbon fuels.  He also has responsible for joint mobility research with S&P Mobility.  Kurt oversees a global team of experts providing data and analysis on market fundamentals, energy policy, and industry trends.  Kurt writes on a range of topics and supports executive and corporate boards with views on downstream markets, strategy and navigating the energy transition.

Sessions With Kurt Barrow

Tuesday, 10 March

  • 02:10pm - 02:55pm (CST) / -

    Plenary - Downstream and the Energy Transition
    Panel Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals

    The energy transition is pressuring downstream oil companies to simultaneously reduce emissions and compete in a slowing—and perhaps declining—product demand market. Across the globe, climate-related policies, regulations, and societal pressures are seeking to reduce carbon emissions from transportation fuels and the oil supply chain. How are environmental regulations impacting refining profitability and the outlook for long-term investments? What are the right strategies—such as more petrochemical integration, advanced biofuels investments, retail market integration—to address expected market changes? How are consumers expected to respond to the cost of new lower-carbon fuels needed for an energy transition?