Mehrun Etebari

Mehrun Etebari is a senior analyst with the Global LNG team at S&P Global Commodity Insights, focusing on the Middle East, North Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Mehrun regularly authors reports and develops outlook on liquefaction projects and proposals and import markets in his regions of focus. He also researches and writes papers on global LNG issues, including contract trends, trade dynamics, LNG shipping, and emerging LNG importers. Within his region of focus, he has produced a series of papers and presentations on the role of LNG in the development of Eastern Mediterranean gas resources, as well as multiple reports on Qatar's LNG expansion efforts. He also manages the publication of the Global LNG team's liquefaction databases and prices data.

Before joining S&P Global, Mehrun was the policy lead for geopolitics at Securing America's Future Energy; prior to that position, he was a senior research assistant at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, focusing on the politics and economics of Iran and the Gulf states. Mehrun holds a Bachelor of Arts from Brandeis University, United States, and a Master of Arts from Yale University, United States.