Not All Fossil Fuels Are Created Equal – Science and Policy Behind Energy Evolutions

Nancy Lin is a former senior advisor at Exxon Mobil and has career experiences across the oil and gas value chains, including supply chain logistics, crude oil trading, strategic technology and business alignment studies, long-term market outlook development, and environmental health and safety legislative affairs. In this interview, Nancy discusses the evolution of cleaner energy sources in the U.S. and abroad and weighs the different policy options necessary to mitigate rising emissions. She also address critical issues surrounding the role of large corporations in combating climate change in the context of government regulation. With her dynamic perspectives on both natural gas technology development and business, Nancy helps us address these questions among others about our global energy transition towards a more sustainable future. With her B.S.E in Chemical Engineering from Princeton ‘77, Nancy started her career researching project opportunities with Mobil Oil. After pursuing an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern, she shifted to the business side with the supply and logistics group that focused on driving those technologies forward as energy and finance were becoming increasingly intertwined in the 1980s. As Senior Advisor at Exxon, Nancy drove innovation and development of the long-term prospects for natural gas/LNG, and her recommendations to senior management provided input for the corporation’s business decisions outlined in the Exxon Mobil Energy Outlook. After retiring, she consulted part-time for PIRA Energy Consulting Group, an S&P Global company. Nancy is also Co-Chair for the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P).