Tilak K. Doshi

Dr. Tilak K. Doshi is an independent energy economics consultant and a Forbes contributor on energy issues. Dr. Doshi is an industry expert with over 25 years of international work experience in leading oil and gas companies and think tanks.

His previous appointments include Chief Economist, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore; Senior Fellow and Program Director, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); Executive Director for Energy, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC, UAE); Specialist Consultant, Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia); Chief Asia Economist, Unocal Corporation (Singapore); Director for Economic and Industry Analysis, Atlantic Richfield Corporation (ARCO, Los Angeles, U.S.).

Dr. Doshi is the author of many articles and three books on energy economics, the most recent of which was “Singapore Chronicles: Energy” (Straits Times Press, 2016). He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawaii on a scholarship provided by the East-West Centre. He was one of two candidates which were granted the 1984 Robert S. McNamara Research Fellow award by World Bank, Washington, D.C., and he received a Distinction for MA in Economics by Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 1982.

Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa - PhD, Energy & Resource Economics 1986 - 1991
• Victoria University of Wellington - MA, Economics 1976 - 1981

Publications

Books

• Houston of Asia: The Singapore Petroleum Industry, monograph published jointly by East-West Centre (Honolulu), and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore: ISEAS, 1989, 147 pp., tables, figures).
• City States and the Emerging Global Climate Change Policy Architecture: The Case of Singapore. (forthcoming, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2011).

Book Chapters

• “The Middle East Crude Oil Premium: Myth or Reality”, chapter in forthcoming book on Dealing with Energy Vulnerabilities: Case Studies of Cooperation and Collaboration in East Asia (forthcoming, 2011)
• ASEAN Energy Integration: Interconnected Power and Gas Pipeline Grids, (15 pp., figures, tables), 2011 to be published in forthcoming book on ASEAN Economic Integration by ISEAS
• “Oil and Climate Change: Consequences for Oil Policy”, chapter in forthcoming book to be published by ECSSR, Abu Dhabi, UAE (forthcoming, 2011).
• “Price Discovery for Middle East Refined Product Exports”, chapter in Energy Perspectives on Singapore and the Region, edited by Mark Hong, (Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2007).
• “Oil Refining and Petroleum Product Specifications in Asia”, chapter in Strategic Positioning in the Oil Industry: Trends and Options, edited by Paul Stevens, (UAE, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 1998).
• “The Energy Economy of a City State: Singapore”, chapter in Energy Market and Policies in ASEAN edited by Shankar Sharma and Fereidun Fesharaki, (Singapore, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 1991).

Refereed Articles

• "Asian Oil and Gas: Coming of Age" , Southeast Asian Affairs 1993 (Singapore, ISEAS).
• “Brunei: The Steady State”, Southeast Asian Affairs 1991 (Singapore, ISEAS).

Articles

• “It’s too soon to predict a bright future for solar power”, The Strait Times, 14 September 2011 (Singapore).
• “Trans-Pacific Energy Trade: Status and Future Prospects”, published by Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, 31 August 2011 (Singapore).
• “Are We Entering A Golden Age of Gas?: Development of Regional Gas Trade in Southeast Asia”, published by International Energy Agency, 6 June 2011 (Paris).
• “Renewable Energy, at what price?”, The Straits Times, 6 July 2010 (Singapore).
• “Goh Keng Swee, the practising economist”, Business Times, 16 June 2010 (Singapore).
• “Conserving Energy: Paradox and Policy”. The Straits Times, 15 March 2010 (Singapore).
• “Singapore can be Carbon Trading Hub for Ships”, The Straits Times, 15 December 2009 (Singapore).
• “Jockeying for Advantage at Climate Summit”, The Straits Times, 6 October 2009 (Singapore).
• “Dubai: Energy hub of the Middle East”, The Petroleum Economist: Fundamentals of Middle East Oil and Gas, November 2008.
• “Petroleum Products in Asia: The View from Singapore”, IAEE Newsletter (International Association of Energy Economics), Winter 1995.
• "20 years after the first oil shock", Business Times, 30 October 1993 (Singapore).
• "Vietnam: the oil route to development is slippery", Business Times, 4 September 1992 (Singapore).
• "Trading paper barrels", Far Eastern Economic Review, 2 March 1989 (Hongkong).
• "Singapore: Optimism for the Houston of Asia", Far Eastern Economic Review, 26 May 1988 (Hongkong).