09/24/2025
USAEE/IAEE Conference | Panel Spotlight: Hobbs, Luaces, Moore, and York on Downstream Supply Chains in Refining and Petrochemicals
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Featured Panel: Downstream Supply Chains
in Refining and Petrochemicals
Save on registration for the 2025 USAEE/IAEE North American Conference by booking NOW and then join us November 16-19 in Fort Worth! The conference lineup features an array of leading voices in energy economics, including a panel focusing on "Downstream Supply Chains in Refining and Petrochemicals" that comprises:
- Horace Hobbs, Senior Advisor at Pearson Adair & Co.
- Alfred Luaces, Senior Consultant, Oil Pricing for Chevron Strategy
- Martha Gilchrist Moore, Chief Economist & Managing Director, Economics & Statistics for the American Chemistry Council
- Harold "Skip" York, Chief Energy Strategist for Turner Mason & Company
Be sure to register for the conference by October 16 to avoid late registration increases!
42nd USAEE/IAEE North American Conference
Sunday, November 16 through Wednesday, November 19
Fort Worth, Texas
The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
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In addition to a top tier roster of speakers, conference highlights include:
- Featured sessions with a strong cross-industry, macroeconomic orientation
- High impact networking and career development opportunities
- Special events — including a reception at the world-famous Joe T. Garcia's
- Concurrent sessions featuring well over 100 research papers from academia and industry
- USAEE's traditional robust student offerings
Don't miss out on this must-attend event for anyone serious about staying ahead in their field!
Downstream Supply Chains in Refining and Petrochemical
Refining and petrochemical companies are adjusting to the pressures of decarbonization, trade shifts, and evolving market realities. This session will offer an opportunity to examine how the energy transition might affect supply chains in both refining and petrochemicals, including potential risks and mitigation strategies.
Key questions central to this issue include: How resilient are legacy energy supply chains? How do regional differences influence supply chain flexibility? How are long-cycle and short-cycle investments evolving in response to policy and capital market pressures? How should we interpret demand signals in a world undergoing structural change
Horace Hobbs has spent the past four decades in the downstream energy industry as an engineer, consultant, and executive. Presently, he provides C suite and ministerial level advisory on topics that require a blend of technical, commercial, and global perspective. His consulting engagements have included M&A support, strategic, operational and commercial review, and he has also been engaged as an industry expert for resolution of significant disputes. MORE
Alfred Luaces is a Senior Consultant for Oil Markets in the Chevron Strategy organization. He develops crude oil, NGL, and refined product market views and price forecasts that help guide strategic decisions. He also advises the enterprise on the development of resilient value chain strategies. Prior to his current role, Alfred served as the Downstream & Chemicals senior strategy advisor for crude oil and refining markets. In that capacity he led study teams focused on critical downstream market developments such as Tier III gasoline, IMO Bunker Fuel Studies, and the impact of the U.S. tight oil surge on refinery conversion economics. MORE
Martha Gilchrist Moore is the Chief Economist and Managing Director for Economics and Statistics at the American Chemistry Council. Ms. Moore analyzes the impact of various policy initiatives and energy trends on the chemical industry. In addition, she produces forecasts for the economy and chemical industry. She also directs the Council's research on the direct and indirect economic contributions of the business of chemistry and the benefits to consumers. Ms. Moore has worked on chemical industry issues for more than 25 years and is an authority on the market dynamics for the chemical industry and its end-use customer industries. MORE
Harold "Skip" York is the Chief Energy Strategist at Turner Mason & Company, an energy consulting firm. He looks at strategic directions in the energy industry, with specific expertise in global oil and gas asset portfolio optimization and developing viable business models for new energy companies. He also is a non-resident fellow for Energy and Global Oil in the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. MORE
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