Dr. Herman Franssen
President
Docklands Campus
International Energy Associates, Inc
Dr. Herman Franssen has been the President of International Energy Associates Inc of Chevy Chase, Maryland since 1996. The group provides energy economic analysis of global oil markets; conducts political risk assessments; assists companies in establishing relationships with NOC’s and governments in the Middle East and other oil and gas producing regions; and, conducts private sector – government workshops on a variety of oil industry issues. Dr. Franssen is a Distinguished Associate of Fesharaki & Associates, an internationally well known energy consulting company. He is a Senior Fellow with CSIS and an Adjunct Scholar with the Middle Institute in Washington DC, an Associate of GDP Associates of New York, a Senior Associate with Middle East Consultants (MEC) and a Visiting Fellow with CGES (Yamani Centre) in London. He is a member of the Board of the Energy Industry Research Foundation in Washington, DC and serves on the Board and Advisory Board of a number of companies and institutions.
Prior to establishing IEA Inc., Dr. Franssen was Senior Economic Advisor of H.E. the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of the Sultanate of Oman (1985-1996), advising the Minister on crude oil marketing, international oil policy, foreign investments in the oil and gas sectors and OPEC related issues. He originated the formation of IPEC (Independent Petroleum Exporting Countries), an informal group of 14 oil exporting non-OPEC countries and provinces, aimed at helping stabilize global oil prices.
Dr. Franssen acted as principal liaison of the Ministry of Petroleum with the Opec Secretariat as well as individual oil exporting and oil consuming countries. From 1980-1985, Dr. Franssen was Chief Economist of the IEA and in this capacity was responsible for energy economic analysis of the IEA and for the first major IEA World Energy Outlook in 1983. Between 1978 and 1980, he had similar responsibilities in the US Department of Energy as Director of the Office of International Market Analysis.
Prior to working in the Executive Branch of the US Government, Dr. Franssen was a Research Associate on Energy and Science Policy at the Congressional Research Service of the US Congress, providing Senators, Congressmen and Congressional committees with advice on ocean policy, ranging from coastal zone management to mineral exploitation and national security issues. He was responsible for several major Congressional reports on ocean policy, domestic and international energy. As Specialist in Energy and Environmental policy , he provided Congressional energy committees with insight in international energy issues and oil market developments and acted as an energy advisor to both the Senate and House committees of the US Congress. Dr Franssen authored several major Congressional reports on domestic and international energy issues, coastal zone management, ocean policy and strategic studies. He has lectured extensively on international energy issues in more than thirty countries around the world and is responsible for numerous publications related to all aspects of the international energy scene.
