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EnergyComment Dr. Steffen Bukold
Fuhlsbuettler Strasse 584
D-22337 Hamburg
Tel.: +49.40.2O911848
Email: bukold (at) energycomment.de
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About EnergyComment
Small consultancy based in Hamburg 🇩🇪, established in 2008 and run by Dr Steffen Bukold.
Services: research and policy papers (for background or for publication), consultancy services
Working languages: German and English; plus some Dutch.🇩🇪🇬🇧🇳🇱
Focus: oil and fuel markets, often in the context of decarbonisation, international politics and consumer protection.
My three working areas so far:
1990s/2000s: transport research – maritime transport, ports, rail freight, road freight, transport infrastructure
Since 2005: international oil & gas markets, oil & gas prices, CCS, Big Oil
Since 2022: oil-related politics and policies
Since 2025: decarbonisation of transport fuels (air, sea, road) and heating oil
CV and Activities
Since 2008 head of EnergyComment, featuring interdisciplinary and international research and analysis in the fields of oil, gas and fuels.
Author of a large number of research and analysis papers focused on (fossil) oil and gas markets, Big Oil strategies, and oil/gas prices.
Main client groups: NGOs, political parties/associations, companies.
- Author of „Oil in the 21st century“ (Vol.1/2, 2008, in German)
- Author of „State of the European Infrastructure“ (1995, Rotterdam/Brussels)
- Editor/Author of subscription-based newsletter „China Energy Briefing“ (2011-2013)
- Editor/Author of subscription-based newsletter „Global Energy Briefing“ (2009-2021)
Research and work stays in the Netherlands (7 years, TNO Delft, Panteia/NEA Rijswijk, ECIS Rotterdam), France (1 year, ENPC, Inrets) and Belgium (5 years, EU Commission and others) on the topics of transport, infrastructure and financial markets.
Several research projects at the Technical University of Hamburg on the topics of freight transportation, regional economics, mechanical engineering and technology development.
Academic
- PhD thesis (Dr.rer.pol.) at TU Hamburg/Bremen University on intermodal freight transport in Europe, a comparative path analysis on the emergence of new transport systems.
- Graduated from the University of Hamburg in 1989 with a degree in political science and a master thesis on the containerization of the Port of Hamburg.
- University studies of political science, philosophy as well as public law, English and Scandinavian languages in Heidelberg and Hamburg.