Oil and Gas in the Energy Transition

SAIS Energy and Environment Presents: Oil & Gas in the Era of Energy Transition: A Discussion with Michael Cohen and Douglas Hengel.

Join us to discuss how fossil fuels fit into the global clean energy transition with Professors Michael Cohen and Douglas Hengel. Prof. Cohen and Prof. Douglas will engage in a conversation on the role of oil and gas in the era of the energy transition. Following their discussion, the floor will open for a Q&A session with students.

Michael Cohen is Chief US Economist and Head of Oil Analysis in BP’s Group Economics team. In this role, he is responsible for oil, transportation, and US energy policy related analysis in BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy and Energy Outlook. The Economics team helps inform decision making for BP’s board and executive team as well as for the Upstream, Downstream, Government Affairs, Trading, and Fuels/Marketing businesses.

Prior to joining BP in May 2019, Mr. Cohen was Barclays’ Global Head of Commodities Research and was responsible for preparing and delivering differentiated research on commodities markets to Barclays’ global corporate and institutional investor client base. He worked for a decade in the public sector as an Economist with the US Energy Information Administration, the Department of Energy’s Office of Policy and International Affairs, as well as two years in Paris as a senior member of the Oil Markets Division at the International Energy Agency. Prior to government service, Mr. Cohen worked on electricity market design for LECG (now Navigant) and as a trading desk analyst for American Electric Power. He graduated with a BSBA in Business Economics and a BA in Political Science from The Ohio State University and a Masters in International Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Douglas Hengel is a former American diplomat who worked extensively on economic and energy issues, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities. In that capacity, his responsibilities included formulating and advancing U.S. international energy policy and being a member of the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency in Paris.

Mr. Hengel served at the U.S. Embassies in Rome, Bratislava, Prague, Lima, and Caracas, in addition to a variety of assignments in Washington.

In addition to teaching The Geopolitics of Energy at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Mr. Hengel works with a trade association for the U.S. LNG industry and as an energy consultant. He is also a Visiting Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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