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Summary
Abbas Ghandi is a fourth year Ph.D. student in Transportation Technology and Policy at the University of California, Davis.His areas of research interests include energy economics, transportation economics, environmental economics, and transportation energy. As part of his Ph.D. research, he has studied oil production behavior of Iran's national oil company. In particular, he has modeled the dynamically optimal oil production on Iran's offshore Soroosh and Nowrooz fields, which have been developed by Shell Exploration through a buy-back service contract. He has concluded this project with a working paper titled: "Do Iran’s Buy-Back Service Contracts Lead to Optimal Production? The Case of Soroosh and Nowrooz."
Current Project
Abbas’ current research is on analyzing the rate of return that IOC faces and risk factors that affect its rate of return in Iran's buy-back service contract. The goal of this research is to determine the contract related factors that affect the IOC's decision to take part in these contracts and to use this research to recommend a better contractual framework that also provides more incentives to the IOCs.Education
- Ph.D. in Transportation Technology & Policy, University of California, Davis, Expected 2012
- M.A. in Economics, University of California, Davis, 2006
- M.A. in Energy Economics, Azad University, Tehran, Iran, 2005 Emphasis: Marketing for Hydrocarbon Sources’ Energy
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, 2002 Emphasis: Process Design in the Petroleum Industry
PAPERS and CONTRIBUTIONS
Ghandi, A. and Lin, C.-Y.C. (2011) Do Iran’s Buy-Back Service Contracts Lead to Optimal Production? The Case of Soroosh and Nowrooz. Working Paper. University of California Davis.International Energy Agency, IEA. (2010). Transforming Global Markets for Clean Energy Products Energy Efficient Equipment, Vehicles and Solar Photovoltaics. IEA Report for the Clean Energy Ministerial. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD.
Work Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways (STEPS) Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California-Davis, September 2007-PresentTransport Energy Analyst, Energy Technology Policy Division (ETP), International Energy Agency, Paris, France, March 2010- June 2010
Contact Information
Institute of Transportation StudiesSustainable Transportation Energy Pathways (STEPS) Program
University of California-Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Email: "aghandi" and then "@ucdavis.edu"
