Profile

Dr. Anas F. Alhajji is a Managing Partner at Energy Outlook Advisors and the former Chief Economist of NGP Energy Capital Management. He led the Firm's macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas and related markets as well as the overall economic environment. He was responsible for the short-term and long term outlooks for oil, natural gas, NGLs, and LNG markets.

Dr. Alhajji is a highly respected academician, author, researcher, and speaker with more than 800 papers, articles and columns to his credit, with focus on energy markets outlook, energy security, and oil geopolitics. His articles have appeared in numerous countries in more than 10 languages, and his work is cited in over 60 books. He has addressed various national and international organizations, institutions and conferences. He also serves on the board of several energy-related publications.

He is a contributing editor for the one of the industry's premier publications: World Oil. He is also the moderator of the industry's oldest virtual Forum: Oil, Gas, & Energy Law (OGEL).

Prior to joining NGP, Dr. Alhajji served as a professor of economics at the University of Oklahoma (1995 to 1997), the Colorado School of Mines (1997 to 2001), and Ohio Northern University (2001 to 2008), where he held the George Patton Chair of Business and Economics. Dr. Alhajji taught courses in economics, energy economics and policy, and energy geopolitics.

Dr. Alhajji was educated in Syria, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. He holds M.A. in Economics, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Oklahoma, with a specialization in energy economics and policy. He received many awards including the Teaching Excellence Award and the Outstanding Mentor Award in addition to many prizes in woodworking.