Joseph Murphy
Editor in Chief
Joseph has been reporting on energy markets in the former Soviet Union and Europe for seven years. During that time he has served as editor of two Moscow-based publications covering oil and gas and coal and electricity in the CIS and CEE regions. He has also written research reports on oil and gas in the Caspian Sea region, Kazakhstan and Eastern Siberia.
Dale Lunan
Americas Editor - Calgary, Canada
Dale has been covering the Canadian oil and gas industry for more than 35 years, starting out as an associate editor of Oilweek, Canada’s leading oil and gas news magazine, in 1981, as the industry was being pummelled by the hated National Energy Program. In 1984, he joined the staff of the Daily Oil Bulletin, the country’s leading daily oil and gas industry news service, serving in various editorial capacities, including associate editor. In 2000, he re-joined Oilweek, now a monthly publication, as news and statistics editor, before being named editor of the publication in 2007, a position he held for the next nine years.
Callum Cyrus
News Editor
Callum started his reporting career at Newsbase in 2014 covering the fallout from the sharp decline in oil and gas prices. He was most recently assistant editor at IoT World Today, a tech publication focused on the Internet of Things, and also spent three years covering the intersection of corporate venture capital and tech, specialising in artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
Anna Kachkova
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Anna Kachkova is a freelance writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has over 12 years' experience of covering the oil and gas industry, including eight years as NewsBase's North American editor, five of which were spent in Houston, Texas. She specialises in covering energy in North America and Europe, as well as global unconventional oil and gas and LNG
Shardul Sharma
Asia Editor - Mumbai, India
Shardul holds a bachelors degree in economics and post graduate degree in management. Since 2005 has worked in economic think tank, commodity brokerage and media houses covering agricultural commodities. He has been tracking the natural gas market across Asia and contributing to Natural Gas Asia since 2011. Takes a keen interest in global economical and political developments.
Ross McCracken
LNG Condensed Editor - UK
Ross left S&P Global Platts in September 2018 after 13 years as managing
editor of the company's flagship analytical newsletter Energy Economist.
He was formerly Platts crude oil manager EMEA and also worked on
upstream publication North Sea Letter. Ross has written extensively on
oil, gas and power markets, with a particular interest in long-term
energy forecasts, new technologies and China. He graduated with an MSc
from the London School of Economics in 1993 and from the University of
East Anglia with a BA Hons in 1991.
Jennifer DeLay
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jennifer DeLay is a writer and journalist who has covered the global oil and gas industry for more than 20 years. She launched E&P - Energy & Politics, the newsletter that served as the basis for NewsBase's FSU Oil & Gas Monitor, and is now focusing on developments in Africa and Latin America.
Charles Ellinas
Chief Features Writer - London, UK
Charles Ellinas is CEO of e-CNHC which offers advisory services and project management in the energy and oil and gas sectors. Previously, as CEO of KRETYK he was responsible for implementing Cyprus government’s strategy for the development of its hydrocarbons sector. He was previously a Director of Mott MacDonald and the Managing Director of Mott MacDonald’s Oil, Gas & Petrochemical business world-wide, with over 35 years experience in the sector. He started his career in industry with JP Kenny. Charles Ellinas is a Non-resident Senior Fellow, US Atlantic Council.
Jeremy Bowden
UK
Jeremy Bowden is a freelance energy journalist and writer.Clients include leading global management consultancies, accountancies, specialist publications and marketing companies.Before freelancing, his full-time experience spanned over 15years in the utility and media sectors in a variety of positions inEurope and Asia, including five years at HIS in Singapore. Qualifications include a Master’s degree in International Business and Finance from Reading University in the UK, and a degree in economics.
