Canadian Oil Sands Energy Dialogue

Jackie Forrest

Senior Director, Global Oil

Jackie Forrest, IHS CERA Director, Global Oil, leads the research effort for the IHS CERA Oil Sands Energy Dialogue. Her expertise encompasses all aspects of petroleum evaluations, including refining, processing, upgrading, and products. She actively monitors emerging strategic trends related to oil sands including capital projects, economics, policy, environment, and markets. She is the author of several IHS CERA Private Reports, including an investigation of US heavy crude supply and prices. Additional contributions to research include reports on the life-cycle emissions from crude oil, the impacts of low-carbon fuel standards, and the role of oil sands in US oil supply. She led the team that developed the North American unconventional oil outlooks and recommendations the 2011 NPC report Prudent Development of Natural Gas & Oil Resources - including the Canadian oil sands, US oil sands, tight oil, oil shale, and Canadian heavy oil. Ms. Forrest was the IHS CERA project manager for the Multiclient Study Growth in the Canadian Oil Sands: Finding the New Balance, a comprehensive assessment of the benefits, risks, and issues associated with oil sands development. Before joining IHS CERA Ms. Forrest was a consultant in the oil industry, focusing on technical and economic evaluations of refining and oil sands projects. Ms. Forrest is a professional engineer and holds a degree from the University of Calgary and an MBA from Queens University.

James Burkhard

Managing Director, Global Oil Group, IHS CERA

James Burkhard, Managing Director of the IHS CERA Global Oil Group, leads the team of IHS CERA experts that analyze and assess upstream and downstream market conditions and changes in the oil and gas industry’s competitive environment. A foundation of this work is detailed short- and long-term outlooks for global crude oil and refined products markets that are integrated with outlooks for other energy sources, economic growth, geopolitics, and security. Mr. Burkhard’s expertise covers geopolitics, industry dynamics, and global oil demand and supply trends.

Mr. Burkhard also leads the IHS CERA Global Energy Scenarios, which combines energy, economic, and security expertise across the IHS Insight businesses into a comprehensive, scenarios-based framework for assessing and projecting global and regional energy market and industry dynamics. Previously he led Dawn of a New Age: Global Energy Scenarios for Strategic Decision Making—The Energy Future to 2030, which encompassed the oil, gas, and electricity sectors. He was also the director of the IHS CERA Multiclient Study Potential versus Reality: West African Oil and Gas to 2020. He is the coauthor of IHS CERA’s respected World Oil Watch, which analyzes short- to medium-term developments in the oil market. In addition to leading the IHS CERA oil research, Mr. Burkhard served on the US National Petroleum Council (NPC) committee that provided recommendations on US oil and gas policy to the US Secretary of Energy. He led the team that developed demand-oriented recommendations that were published in the 2007 NPC report Facing the Hard Truths About Energy. Mr. Burkhard has also testified several times before US Congress on oil and energy issues. Before joining IHS CERA Mr. Burkhard was a member of the United States Peace Corps in Niger, West Africa. He directed infrastructure projects to improve water availability and credit facilities.

Mr. Burkhard holds a BA from Hamline University and an MS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Aaron F. Brady

IHS CERA Director

Aaron F. Brady, IHS CERA Director, Global Oil, is an expert in the global oil market, including downstream price dynamics, political and regulatory influences, and economic trends. His analyses focus on the fundamentals of the North American refined product markets and on energy/environmental legislation and regulatory issues, including the role of alternative fuels. Mr. Brady is a regular contributor to the IHS CERA Global Oil Advisory Service, providing market analysis on supply and demand fundamentals and key trends in the global downstream industry for both the IHS CERA World Refined Product Outlook and the World Oil Watch. He is the author of several IHS CERA Private Reports, including an investigation of peak gasoline demand in the United States and the potential for plug-in hybrid electric cars. He was also a key contributor to the IHS CERA Multiclient Studies Growth in the Canadian Oil Sands: Finding the New Balance and Crossing the Divide: The Future of Clean Energy. Before joining IHS CERA Mr. Brady was a consultant in the oil industry, focusing on downstream regulatory issues including the transition to ethanol in the California gasoline market. Mr. Brady holds a BA from Amherst College and an MA from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Tiffany Groode

IHS CERA Director

Tiffany A. Groode, IHS CERA Director, leads the research effort for the IHS CERA Automotive Scenarios Advisory Service. Her expertise includes the modeling and analysis of the personal and commercial vehicle sectors.

In this capacity Dr. Groode has developed comprehensive structural capital stock vintaging models that provide insights into the implications of vehicle powertrain technologies, fuel prices and government regulations on the future vehicle mix and fuels demand. Her expertise also includes analyzing the environmental impacts of ethanol production by performing life-cycle uncertainty analysis, evaluating well-to-wheels emissions, and assessing the potential scale of bioethanol production from various biomass sources.

As a leader of the IHS CERA vehicle market research effort, Dr. Groode regularly presents our research findings and insights to major automakers, federal government agencies and petroleum and biofuels providers in the United States and abroad. While working at the Sloan Automotive Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dr. Groode presented her bioethanol results and conclusions to a variety of national government agencies to provide insight for policy decisions.

Dr. Groode holds a BS from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MS and a PhD from MIT.

Samantha Gross

Director, IHS CERA

Roger Goodman

Senior Consultant

David Hobbs

IHS CERA Chief Energy Strategist

David Hobbs, IHS CERA Chief Energy Strategist, is an expert in energy industry structure and strategies. He previously managed IHS CERA’s energy research activities. Mr. Hobbs is a principal author of the major IHS CERA studies Fueling North America’s Energy Future: The Unconventional Natural Gas Revolution and the Carbon Agenda, a comprehensive examination of the impact of the changed natural gas supply outlook on energy markets, power generation technology choices, and the challenges of procuring a low carbon future; In Search of Reasonable Certainty: Oil and Gas Reserves Disclosures and Modernizing Oil and Gas Disclosures, comprehensive analyses of the problem of assessing oil and gas reserves and resulting proposed solutions; “Recession Shock”: The Impact of the Economic and Financial Crisis on the Oil Market, a major IHS CERA assessment of the world economic crisis; and of the IHS CERA Multiclient Study Harnessing the Storm—Investment Challenges and the Future of the Oil Value Chain. He was a project advisor to the IHS CERA Multiclient Study Crossing the Divide: The Future of Clean Energy.

Mr. Hobbs is IHS CERA's representative on the management board of the Global Energy Executive MBA program run jointly between the Haskayne School of Business and IHS CERA. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. Prior to joining IHS CERA Mr. Hobbs had two decades of experience in the international exploration and production business. He has directed projects in Asia, South America, North America, and the North Sea. He has led major international investment and asset commercialization operations. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mr. Hobbs holds a degree from Imperial College.