Natural Resources >> Analyst Interviews >> January 26, 2009
Fadel Gheit is a Managing Director and senior analyst covering the oil and gas
sector. He spent six years with Mobil Oil and five years with Stone & Webster.
He has been an energy analyst since 1986 with Mabon Nugent and JP Morgan and has
been with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. since 1994. He has been named to The Wall
Street Journal All-Star Annual Analyst Survey four times and was the top-ranked
energy analyst on the Bloomberg Annual Analyst survey for four years. He is one
of the most quoted analysts on energy issues and has testified before the U.S.
Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives about oil price speculation, and is
a frequent guest on TV and radio business programs. He holds a BS degree in
Chemical Engineering from Cairo University and an MBA degree in Finance from New
York University. Profile
TWST: Fadel, how would you describe 2008 other than a year of ups and downs?Mr. Gheit: A year that everybody is very happy to see ended. It is going into
the history book as one of the most