Geopolitical Implications of Natural Gas Supply and Shipping Challenges
In a recent episode of the Oil Ground Up podcast, Dr. Robert Brooks, founder and CEO of RBAC, joined host Ian Wagner for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of global LNG and natural gas markets. With decades of experience in energy modeling and scenario forecasting, Dr. Brooks brought clarity to an industry facing rapid […]
Will there be a Resurgence in the Gulf of Mexico?
What’s the Window of Opportunity for Energy Professionals? While oil and gas production in shale plays has gotten most of the glory in the last two decades and since 2016 for natural gas with exports opening up, the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) [also recently called Gulf of America] is poised for a comeback. Can it […]
Earth Day: People, Energy, and the Planet
Images from Adobe Stock Environmental protection is a human goal, and thus it follows it must also be (at least in part) for human good. Yet too often, the news and even some campaigners may leave out the very people they aim to protect. At RBAC, we see a different path. Our purpose is to […]
To Be or Not to Be – Russian LNG Revisited
Image from Adobe Stock There is no doubt we hear echos and rumblings of a possible return of Russian gas to Europe—not that it ever left, in actual fact. Let’s take a look at Russian LNG. In early 2024, RBAC’s Dr. Robert Brooks analyzed Russia’s LNG export strategy, highlighting challenges like Arctic logistics, limited market […]
Natural Gas and LNG in the World Podcast Highlights
RBAC’s CEO and Founder, Dr. Robert Brooks once again had an insightful conversation with Armando Cavanha covering what has taken place in the global gas market in the first quarter of 2025. It was an incredible discussion that covered all facets of the market and the interplay between key regions such as North America, Europe, […]
The Double Prime Mover: Electricity Runs the Future, But Natural Gas Keeps It Running
In a recent post, Mark P Mills put it bluntly: “Electricity is the new oil,” pointing out that while oil powered the 20th century’s industrial growth, electricity is now the prime mover of the digital economy — from AI and data centers to EVs and cloud infrastructure. If that is true, then Natural Gas is […]
Beyond the Price Curve: How Natural Gas Market Simulation Reveals Real Opportunities
There IS uncertainty in energy markets. Even before major action on tariffs, on January 23, 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released a report on rising natural gas prices. Rather than look at it from a simple duality, assuming LNG exports affects prices, let’s look deeper and farther about the problem of prices, supply and […]
Catching the Wave of LNG through Natural Gas Market Predictive Analytics
How are countries, governments and industry demanding, supplying (and marketing/trading) Natural Gas on the global market? Let’s do three examples: India – The Rising Tiger: The IEA’s latest report projects that India’s natural gas demand will rise by nearly 60% by 2030, reaching 103 billion cubic meters (bcm) annually. This growth is driven by rapid […]
Modeling Energy Transition Scenarios
As a natural gas market analyst, if you had to model energy transition scenarios then how would you do it? Have you heard of cap & trade? Nowadays more referred as an EMS or Emissions Trading System or Scheme, this system’s purpose is to reduce emissions through market mechanisms. So, if you were asked to […]
Forecasting and Infrastructure
The Challenge of Investing in Natural Gas Infrastructure “If you think about what a bad mix …particularly short-term politics and long-term infrastructure are, and it really is the infrastructure that people have to make decisions on for the long term.” – Alan Armstrong, CEO of Williams Long-term Infrastructure versus Short-term Politics Large infrastructure projects such […]
