Colin Ward Email & Phone Number

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Research and consulting for the KSA Energy Ecosystem concerning:• Oil Markets/Forecasting• Economic Impacts • Decarbonization (CCUS, Hydrogen, etc.)• Technology (Blockchain and Carbon Tracking) Specific Roles/Tasks:• Oil Market Lead: determine the current and future state of the market, especially concerning supply bottlenecks and investment strategies• Cost Lead: managed and trained staff in the estimation of CAPEX, OPEX, and economics of upstream, midstream, downstream, unconventionals, power and renewables• Energy Adviser: provide industry insights for academic colleagues and other stakeholders• Consulting Management: coordinated Saudi entities for various government projects• Energy and Environment: technical policy analysis on the future of energy in a low carbon world• Publishing: issued peer-reviewed papers concerning energy, environment, and economics• Presentations: frequent speaker at workshops and forums• Collaborations/Contributions: Saudi Government, Saudi Aramco, OPEC, IEA, OGCI, UNFCCC, UNECE, European Commission

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Working remotely, which became much longer due to the pandemic.

Al-Riyadh Governorate, Saudi Arabia

• Management: acting director for the Markets and Industrial Development program including budgeting, hiring, and research direction for a ten-person team• Research Coverage: all aspects of Oil and Gas markets including supply/demand, investment, pricing, risk assessments, refining, and petrochemicals• Representation: promote and support KAPSARC inside and outside the Kingdom• Forecasting: developing an open-source supply/demand/price oil model focused on the Middle East

Dubai, Uae

• Consulting Team Lead: managed teams of up to ten on projects in USA, Brazil, UK, Italy, Turkey, Congo, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, UAE, Kazakhstan, Japan, and Australia• Business Development: core team of four booked and delivered ~$1M per head annually• Business Risk Analysis: political, security, regulatory and economic risks for resource firms• Field Development Planning: CAPEX cost estimation and optimisation with QUE$TOR tool• Operations Analysis: OPEX cost estimation and optimisation with OPE$T tool• Software Training: worldwide QUE$TOR and OPE$T client education• Finance Projects: M&A due diligence and pre-IPO market analysis for energy related firms• Resource Assessments: estimated labour, materials and services for new projects

Houston, Texas Area

• Research Team Lead: managed five researchers covering 27 project input markets in 54 countries• Primary Research: conducted industry surveys and interviews to develop narratives• Modeling: constructed advanced financial and mathematical models to explain and predict cause-effect relationships in the market• Forecasting: generated long term forecasts for key industry inputs (ex. steel, labour, rigs)• Publishing: wrote quarterly updates to the leading industry report on costs for upstream, downstream, power and unconventionals• Presentations: discussed research results at a bi-annual forum in Houston and London• Event Organiser: participated in the running of CERAweek

Houston, Texas

• Labour Research: determined engineering labour supply in N.America, China and India• Business Case Development: identified opportunities for remote Chinese engineering services delivered to the Canadian oil sands worth $50M per year• Sales and Marketing: client lead generation and development

Houston, Texas Area

• Process Analysers: built testing equipment for a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia• Sales Support: designed a detailed refinery model for client demonstrations• Mentor: taught young engineers the workings of Fluor tools and work processes

Houston, Texas Area

• Instrumentation: designed control systems for refineries in Louisiana and Russia• Database Management: administered 10,000+ instrument specifications in InTools• Document Control: managed global revisions for piping and instrumentation diagrams• Training Manager: oversaw the external training program, with 50 courses taught

Mba, Management

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Honors Society)

B.S. In Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Chapter President: Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Honor Society)

B.A. In Philosophy, Logical Reasoning

Activities and Societies: Tulane Rugby