Mr. Fryklund is vice president and chief strategist for the Upstream Energy Group at IHS Markit.
He has more than 40 years of industry experience focusing on creating value for the global upstream players. As such, Bob has advised on many of the industry’s game changing deals in areas like IPO’s, acquisitions, arbitration, restructuring, and startups. His insights are sought after by global CEO’s and Boards. He spent more than 25 yrs. in Upstream executive management at majors and independents prior to joining IHSMarkit executive team.
Mr. Fryklund is an active industry leader giving back to the profession via his participation on four industry boards- IPAA (Supply and Demand Chair), AAPG (Corporate advisory Board), ARPEL and American Geological Institute (Trustee). In 2018, he received the AAPG Presidents Award for Thought Leadership. His insights regularly appear in the world’s leading press and he is a frequent keynote speaker at the industry’s leading events: World Economic Forum, CERAWeek by IHS Markit, the Offshore Technology Conference, IPAA, AAPG, EAGE, SPE and AIPN.
Mr. Fryklund holds an AB from Hamilton College, and lives in Houston, Texas.