During his 45+ year career in the petroleum industry, Mr. Auers has performed a wide range of activities with a focus on the downstream segment. He started his career with Exxon Corporation in 1980, where he held various positions at its Baytown, TX refinery. In 1987, Auers joined Turner, Mason & Company (TM&C), an international downstream petroleum consulting group based in Dallas, TX. He spent 35 years at TM&C, serving the final 25 years as Executive Vice President. At TM&C, Mr. Auers developed and managed their subscription industry forecast publications, including The Crude and Refined Products Outlook, The World Refinery Construction Outlook, The World Crude Outlook, The North American Crude and Condensate Outlook and a variety of other regular and special industry publications and reports. He also served as the chief economist for the firm and led assignments in a wide range of areas, including refining economics and planning, LP modeling, merger & acquisition advisory services, downstream asset valuation, refined product market analysis, crude oil valuation, capital investment review, strategic planning, government policy impact assessment and litigation support. Upon retirement from TM&C in July 2022, Mr. Auers formed Refined Fuels Analytics as a subsidiary group within RBN Energy, where he continues to carry out similar assignments and has started a new comprehensive long-term industry market report, The Future of Fuels. Mr. Auers speaks regularly at various national and international industry conferences and workshops, has testified in both Houses of Congress and in other governmental and academic forums on energy policy issues. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nebraska, an MBA from the University of Houston-Clear Lake City and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas and Nebraska.
