- Mervin Bovaird Professor of Energy Business and Finance (retired), University of Tulsa
Dr. Ronald D. Ripple is currently an independent economist, and President of R. D. Ripple & Associates. He was the Mervin Bovaird Professor of Energy Business and Finance in the School of Energy Economics, Policy, and Commerce in the Collins College of Business at The University of Tulsa between 2013-2019. Ron took up this position lecturing in the TU Master of Energy Business Program after spending nearly fourteen years in Australia, with another year in Hong Kong. Dr. Ripple has studied oil and natural gas markets since 1981, getting his start in the Office of the Governor of Alaska. He wrote his PhD dissertation on Alaska North Slope natural gas, and recently authored a chapter on the Geopolitics of Australia Natural Gas Development for the joint Harvard-Rice Geopolitics of Natural Gas Study. In between these two studies, Ron has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, trade press articles, and reports, typically focusing on oil and natural gas markets and the financial derivatives markets that support them.
Experience
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2013–presentProfessor of Energy Business and Finance, University of Tulsa
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2009–2013Director, Centre for REsearch in Energy & Minerals Economics, Curtin University of Technology
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2009–2013Academic Coordinator, Australian Centre for Natural Gas Management, Curtin University of Technology
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2009–2013Professor of Energy Economics, Curtin University of Technology
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2008–2009Professor of Mineral Economics, Curtin University of Technology
Education
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1988University of Oregon, PhD Economics
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1980The Pennsylvania State University, MA Economics
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