Senior long-term oil analyst

As a Senior Long-Term Oil Analyst, you will own Kpler’s strategic multi-decade outlook for crude oil, refined products, and alternative liquid fuels within the evolving global energy system. Bridging macro-economic forecasting and physical trade flows, you will anchor long-term supply, demand, and transition scenarios directly into Kpler’s proprietary cargo-level intelligence. In this high-visibility research role, your insights and published analysis will guide executive decision-makers, commercial traders, and investors navigating structural market transformations, capital allocation, and decarbonization pathways.

Key Responsibilities

Lead long-term market research and scenario modeling: Spearhead Kpler's multi-decade (5 to 25+ year) research coverage and fundamental supply, demand, and trade scenarios for crude oil, refined products, NGLs, and low-carbon fuels.
Analyze structural market drivers and transition pathways: Deliver in-depth research on upstream capital investment, OPEC+ and non-OPEC capacity shifts, refinery configuration trends, transport electrification, and evolving environmental policies.
Anchor macro projections in granular trade flows: Leverage Kpler’s proprietary cargo-level tracking to translate multi-decade macro perspectives into actionable implications for regional balances, trade routes, refining margins, and midstream infrastructure.
Author authoritative research publications: Produce regular, high-impact outlook publications, strategic research notes, and thematic market commentary under Kpler’s Insights banner, clearly framing key assumptions and structural uncertainties.
Synthesize cross-commodity dynamics: Collaborate with Kpler’s Gas, LNG, and Power research analysts to ensure cohesive, system-wide market assumptions, while benchmarking models against international agencies such as the IEA, EIA, and OPEC.
Serve as a trusted market authority: Represent Kpler’s research in executive client briefings, commercial advisory sessions, industry webinars, and specialist media engagements.

Experience & Background

Essential:

5+ years of prior experience in energy market analysis, energy modelling or strategy, with a focus on oil and liquids markets

Proven experience building and maintaining supply and demand or scenario models, including a good understanding of the drivers of long-term outlooks

Strong understanding of the oil and refined products value chain and of energy transition dynamics

Experience in producing independent market analysis and insights

Skilled at conducting complex analyses across multiple datasets using advanced data analytics tools

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desirable:

Knowledge of gas, LNG, power or low-carbon fuels and how they interact with liquids markets

Previous experience using Kpler data or other cargo tracking tools

Experience with SQL, Python, R, or other data science tools