Director, North American Natural Gas
CERA

Robert Ineson, CERA Director, leads CERA’s North American Natural Gas team. Mr. Ineson has over 20 years of energy industry experience, with expertise in most areas of the industry, including exploration and production, gathering and processing, intra- and interstate pipelines, gas distribution, electric power, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Ineson’s current research focuses on the developing market for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in North America. Mr. Ineson also specializes in analysis of North American gas markets, natural gas pricing, modeling of the North American gas transmission grid, and corporate strategy. He joined CERA from Coral Energy, where he was Director of Market Forecasting. He previously held analytical positions with Texas Eastern, KN Energy, and Tenneco Energy, and as Principal of the gas consulting practice at Resource Data International (RDI). Mr. Ineson is the author of RDI’s Convergence of Gas and Power and of articles on gas transportation modeling, deregulation, and the North American gas market. His past work includes CERA’s Multiclient Studies New Realities, New Risks: North American Gas and Power Scenarios Through 2020 and The Alchemist’s Challenge: Turning the Southern Cone’s Natural Gas into Gold. His recent research has focused on the impending surge of LNG supply into North America, natural gas and the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and North American gas market fundamentals. Mr. Ineson holds a BA from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania''s Wharton School.