What is the Role for Natural Gas in the Energy Transition?
RBAC’s G2M2® Electric Demand Model is not only capable of forecasting country-level natural gas demand in the power sector, but also provides a hint of energy mix in power generation and flexibility in fuel prices, carbon prices and energy policies. In RBAC’s “What is the Role for Natural Gas in the Energy Transition” full report, […]
Dr. Brooks Joins FERC’s Technical Conference Discussing the Impact of Covid-19 on the Energy Industry
Houston, Texas, July 8, 2020, Dr. Robert Brooks, President and founder of RBAC, Inc., will be a panel participant at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Technical Conference regarding impacts of Covid-19 on the Energy Industry, Thursday July 9, 2020 starting at 9a EDT. Negative crude oil prices, production curtailments and shut-ins, LNG exports dropping by […]
RBAC’s 2019 Summer Gas Modeling Internship Program
The entire staff at RBAC, Inc. congratulates Chong Wang on starting his Ph.D. program in Economics. Chong along with fellow graduate students Birdy Chen and Jiaxin Yang have been participating in RBAC’s 2019 Summer Gas Modeling Internship Program in the Economics department at the University of Texas at Austin. They have been working with Dr. […]
Gazprom’s Hard Choices are Europe’s Too
Houston, Texas, April 5, 2019 – In the April 1, 2019 newsletter article “Gazprom Faces Hard Choices: Naftogaz Ukrainy”, Natural Gas World’s Editor in Chief, William Powell, quoted Andrei Kobolev, CEO of the integrated Ukrainian monopoly Naftogaz, as follows: “Russian gas pipeline monopoly Gazprom will not manage to complete Nord Stream 2 by the start […]
Energy Insanity: Russian LNG Expected in Boston
Houston, Texas, January 10, 2018 – RBAC’s Founder, Dr. Robert Brooks, commented recently on the effect of archaic protectionist policies still in effect that create both unnecessary and detrimental barriers to efficient internal energy markets and shine light on the need for the Trump administration to continue its efforts to strengthen the US economy by […]
The Evolving Dynamics of Eurasian Supply and Demand in the Increasingly Integrated Global Gas Market
Houston, Texas, August 8, 2016 – RBAC’s Founder, Dr. Robert Brooks, will share important insights into the evolving dynamics of Eurasian supply and demand in an increasingly integrated global gas market as well as moderating the oil & gas modeling session at the 1st IAEE Eurasian Conference being held later this month in Baku, Azerbaijan. […]
Integrated Modeling of the North American Gas & Power Market
Houston, Texas, August 1, 2016 – RBAC’s Founder, Dr. Robert Brooks shares his insights on two very important issues concerning the future of the energy industry at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2016 in Nashville this November. The first is the importance of integrating Natural Gas and Power Modeling. The second topic will address the growth […]
Gas – Power Market Integration Session at INFORMS Nashville 2016
In the United States abundant supplies of low cost natural gas have begun to supplant coal as the primary fuel source for power generation. At the same time, the contribution of centralized wind and distributed solar to the generation mix has been growing at an even faster rate. Huge amounts of infrastructure investment are required […]
Unlocking the Secrets to the Northeast Natural Gas Flows and Pricing
Forecasting tool predicts effects of exploding production on NE prices Today, RBAC Inc., announced a breakthrough in natural gas price and basis modeling for crucial Northeast receipt and delivery points including Dominion South Point, Tennessee Zone 4 300 Leg, Texas Eastern M-3, Transco Z6 NY, and Algonquin city gates. GPCM® Natural Gas Market Forecasting System™ […]
North America: The Next Great Energy Exporter?
Los Angeles, California, October 18, 2012 – With the rapid development of its prolific shale gas plays combined with the high gas prices overseas, North America is poised to become not only energy independent, but a net exporter to the rest of the world. “Prospects for continued production growth are good, especially in the United […]
