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

Ben Cahill

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program

Ben Cahill is a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He covers oil markets, geopolitics, and macro trends affecting the oil and gas industry. He leads several research initiatives on methane emissions and global gas, and he analyzes how national oil companies are responding to the energy transition. Ben is also a visiting research fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, affiliated with the Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab (EEMDL). Ben was previously a director in Energy Intelligence's Research & Advisory group and led its country risk practice. He also wrote on corporate strategy and covered Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, and the Southeast Asian national oil companies. Ben started his energy career at PFC Energy (now part of S&P Global) in Washington, D.C., and Kuala Lumpur, focusing on country risk and macro trends in the oil and gas industry. He has an MA in international affairs and economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in international relations and English from Boston University.

Sessions With Ben Cahill

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 03:30pm - 04:00pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 08:30 pm - 20/mar/2024 09:00 pm

    Best Regulatory Practices for Reducing Methane Emissions
    Policy & Regulatory

    Reducing methane emissions and flaring in recent months has reached new levels of definition of regulations and standards, particularly in North America and Europe. At the same time, new technologies are enabling better data transparency and accuracy compared to past regulations. What are the best practices for matching regulations and standards with the tools available to Oil & Gas operators? How can industry and governments ensure such standards are sufficient to incentivize deployment of state-of-the-art measurement and mitigation solutions versus "good enough" methods for statutory reporting? How can standards be adopted in operating areas where best-in-class technologies may not be so easily deployed?