Dr Adi Imsirovic, Director of Surrey Clean Energy, gives his insights on alternative marine fuels and the future of oil in this week’s ship.energy podcast. Dr Imsirovic has some 35 years of experience in oil trading and has held a number of senior positions in his career, including as Global Head of Oil at Gazprom Marketing & Trading and Regional Manager of Texaco Oil Trading for Asia.

As well as looking at the trajectory of shipping’s energy transition, Dr Imsirovic is extremely well placed to consider the future of oil. How much oil will still be produced, traded and consumed by 2050? How will oil be priced? What will carbon pricing and carbon capture do to oil markets? 

In addition to his roles in the commercial sector, Dr Imsirovic was a Fulbright Scholar, studying at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. He taught Energy Economics as well as Resource and Environmental Economics at Surrey University for several years, where he remains affiliated to its Energy Economic Centre. He has also worked as a Senior Research Fellow the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

He has a PhD in Economics and a Masters degree in Energy Economics. 

Dr Imsirovic has written a number of papers and articles on the topic of oil and gas prices, benchmarks, and energy security. He is the author of ‘Trading and Price Discovery for Crude Oils: Growth and Development of International Oil Markets’, published in 2021 and also editor of ‘Brent Crude Oil: Genesis and Development of the World's Most Important Oil Benchmark’.

His next book to be published is ‘International Oil Markets in the Era of Climate Change’.