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EXPERIENCE
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Peter Eglington is an experienced economist and energy policy expert. As well as his expertise
in oil and natural gas development, he has worked within each of the energy sub-sectors, for
example dealing with power projects and coal developments, and issues of energy demand,
notably for electricity and petroleum products. He has been the key consultant in developing
comprehensive energy/economic policy for more than ten countries or provinces. This work has
covered regulatory and institutional issues including privatization; legislative issues; inter-fuel
pricing, taxation, fiscal and financial policies; contract arrangements and economics of oil and
gas production and transmission, energy supply and demand forecasting, environmental impact
mitigation, and export strategies.
Internationally, he has drafted energy policy and investment strategy for Thailand (1985), for
Colombia (1986), for Zimbabwe (1987), for Myanmar (1988/89), for Viet Nam
(1991/92/93/96/97/98/00), and for Uganda (1993/94). He has worked for the State companies
Perupetro and PetroVietnam, in establishing royalty arrangements and in negotiating natural
gas prices and contract terms for large projects. Peter Eglington has consulted for the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA); and most extensively for the World Bank.
In Canada, Dr. Eglington was the Chief Economist at Canada’s National Energy Board during
the 1970's. After beginning consulting in 1981, he was responsible for developing a comprehensive Canadian energy policy, which now underpins Canadian policy. He has consulted on
issues such as oil and gas pricing, pipeline regulation & tariffs, corporate taxation and royalties,
for government agencies and energy companies, including power utilities. Since 1989 Peter
Eglington has consulted to the government of the Northwest Territories as advisor for
development of energy, pipeline and mining policies. He has consulted on fiscal issues for
northern development to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. He
has also consulted to the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the Sahtu Secretariat Inc., the Acho
Dene Koe , and the Aboriginal Pipeline Group in the NWT, and to the Council of Yukon First
Nations in Yukon.
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