Mikkal Herberg

Mikkal Herberg is the Research Director on Asian Energy Security at The National Bureau of Asian Research and teaches at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego.

Previously he spent 20 years in the oil industry in senior planning roles for ARCO, where from 1997-2000 he was Director for Global Energy and Economics, responsible for worldwide energy, economic, and political analysis. He also headed country risk management and held previous positions including Director of Portfolio Risk Management and Director for Emerging Markets.

He writes and speaks extensively on Asian and global energy issues to the energy industry, governments, research institutions, and the media in the U.S., Asia, and Europe. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and the California Energy Commission. He is cited frequently in the news media, including The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, South China Morning Post, Asahi Shimbun, National Public Radio, NIKKEI News, and Caijing. Recent publications include The Rise of Asia’s National Oil Companies: Geopolitical and Competitive Implications, The National Bureau of Asian Research; “Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region and Policy of the New U.S. Administration”, in America’s Role in Asia: Recommendations for U.S. Policy from Both Sides of the Pacific, Asia Foundation; and China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for the United States, co-authored with Kenneth Lieberthal, The National Bureau of Asia Research. He is currently working on a special analysis for the Pacific Council on China’s ‘Energy Rise’ and The New Geopolitics of Global Energy.

In the News:

• Mikkal Herberg on the growth of China’s energy demand in “The Price of Coal in China: Can China Fuel Growth without Warming the World?”, Scientific American, December 16, 2010
• Mikkal Herberg argues the center of gravity in the energy market is shifting from the Middle East to Asia in “China’s Massive Commodities Appetite Moves Markets”, AFP, October 24, 2010
• Mikkal Herberg on recent Chinese investments in Belarus in “China Thwarts Russian Goal”, Radio Free Asia, April 5, 2010
• Mikkal Herberg in “Energy Shortfalls Prompt Elusive Reform”, Radio Free Asia, February 15, 2010

Additional Information:

• Mikkal Herberg’s homepage

Publications

• The Rise of Energy and Resource Nationalism in Asia
• China’s Search for Energy Security: Implications for the U.S.
• China’s Energy Consumption and Opportunities for U.S.-China Cooperation to Address the Effects of China’s Energy Use (statement before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission)