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Members of The Academic Board
Narsi Ghorban
Date of birth: 1945
 ghorban@caspianstudies.com

 

 

EDUCATION :

  • B.Sc.American University of Beirut

  • Teaching Diploma,American University of Beirut

  • M.Phil , Brunel University,UK

  • Ph.D.,University of London, ( Petroleum Economics )


PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND :

  • Currently;

  • Managing Director, Narkangan Gas To Liquid International Co.

  • Director, International Institute for Caspian Studies (IICS).

  • Director, Energy Department, Asian Pacific Inc (API).

  • Dr. Ghorban has been an independent energy consultant in UK and Iran since 1979. He has worked as a consultant with several organisations and international companies in the past twenty years. He has also worked with the Institute for Political and International Studies, the Institute for International Energy Studies and a number of Iranian companies engaged in oil, gas and Petrochemicals business in Iran.


MEMBERSHIPS :

  • Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum. (IP) London

  • Member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), London

  • Member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), London

  • Member of the Iran Association of Energy Economics (IAEE), Tehran

  • Member of the International Institute for Caspian Studies (IICS) Tehran


PUPLICATION :

  • Oil Production, Revenues and Economic Development, the Economist Intelligence Unit, QER special, No 18, 1974.

  • Economic Development of the Middle East Oil exporting States, the Economist Intelligence Unit, Special 54, 1978.

  • National Oil Companies with reference to the Middle East 1900- 1973, Oil in the World Economy, Edited by R.W. Ferrier and A. Furesenko, Routlego, London, 1989.

  • The Role of the Multinational Oil Companies in the Development of Oil and Gas Resources in Central Asia and Caucasus, The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, IPIS, Spring 1993.

  • Political Development in the Persian Gulf and their Impact on the International Oil Market, Iran Focus, Vol. 6 No 7,July -August 1993.

  • Export of Natural Gas from the Middle East and Central Asia in the 21st Century, CEDIGAZ, November, 1993.

  • An Outlook for Future Cooperation Among the Persian Gulf States, The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, IPIS, Fall/Winter 1993/1994.

  • The Evaluation of Recent Gas Export Pipeline Proposals in the Middle East. The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, summer, IPIS, 1995.

  • Iran’s Role in the Export of Oil and gas from the Caspian Basin, Oil & Caviar in the Caspian, Edited by Charles Gurdon & Sarah Lloyd, Menas Associates Ltd. London, September 1995.

  • Regional Cooperation for Oil and Gas Export from the Caspian Sea, Iran Today, January 1996, No.2.

  • Iran-India Gas Pipeline (Challenges & Prospects), Iran Today, March/April 1996.

  • The Gas Debate, Eghtessad-e- Energy (Energy Economics), Published by Iran Association of Energy Economics, Fall 1996, No1, Vol. 1. PP7-8.

  • Middle East Natural Gas Pipeline Projects: Myth & Reality, The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, fall 1966, Vol.VIII, NO.3 pp 643-652                                                                                              

  • A New Perspective on Natural Gas Exports, Iran Today, January-February 1997/ No.11, PP 22-24.

  • Economics vs. Politics; the Best Outlet for Caspian Oil and Gas, ENVOY, September 1977.

  • The Need to Restructure Iran’s Petroleum Industry, Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) September 22, 1997.

  • Prospects for Investment in Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries, Iran Today, Feb/March 1998, No.19. PP.25-28.

  • Neka-Ray pipeline, Boosting economic integration of Caspian States”, Iran Today, May/June 1998, pp20-21.

  • Caspian Exploration Agreement, ( A Win-Win Scenario for All).Iran Today, December 1998

  • Gas to Liquid in Iran, Middle East Economic Survey (MEES), D1-D5 July 31, 2000.

  • Iran’s Potential Role in the Development and utilization of oil and Gas of the Caspian Region, The Iranian Journal of International Affairs, IPIS, Summer 2000.

 

 

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