Today Howard Rogers succeeds Professor Jonathan Stern as Director of the Natural Gas Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Director of Gas Research

Howard Rogers  Director of the Natural Gas Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Today Howard Rogers succeeds Professor Jonathan Stern as Director of the Natural Gas Research Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Professor Stern will become Chairman of the Programme and Senior Research Fellow.

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies launched the Natural Gas Research Programme in 2003 when Professor Jonathan Stern was appointed Director of Gas Research. Since its inception the Programme has successfully expanded to address the major evolutionary changes and challenges faced by the gas industry and has established an international reputation as the leading source of independent academic research on economic, political and international relations aspects of natural gas.

Howard Rogers

Howard Rogers joined the Natural Gas Research Programme in 2009 after a 29 year career with BP in which he held roles in oil and gas business development, strategy, mergers and acquisitions and gas contract negotiation.  He gained first-hand experience of the world’s major oil and gas provinces and enjoyed postings to the US, Kuwait and Azerbaijan.  Prior to taking early retirement, Howard was Head of Gas Fundamental Analysis at BP. Since joining the Natural Gas Research Programme he has published papers on LNG arbitrage and regional price linkages, the future of the UK gas market, the rise of shale gas and, with Jonathan Stern, co-authored a paper on the transition to hub-based gas pricing in Continental Europe.
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