Aviation Fuels & Energy Transition
Roy Thomas
Aviation Fuels & Energy Transition Correspondent
Roy Thomas covers jet fuel and sustainable aviation fuel, plus the biofuels, hydrogen, and carbon economics reshaping the industry. He reports from Calgary and brings 9 years on the beat to work that demands fluency in both refinery jet yields and SAF feedstock supply. He presses airlines and producers on whether their transition targets pencil out, and he does the arithmetic himself.
Contact: roy.thomas@theoilslick.com
Career
- Aviation Fuels & Energy Transition Correspondent, The Oil Slick (2021-present)Leads jet fuel, SAF, and energy-transition coverage from Calgary.
- Energy Transition Reporter, Oil & Gas Journal (2018-2021)Covered biofuels, hydrogen, and decarbonization for the incumbent industry.
- Downstream & Aviation Fuels Reporter, Argus Media (2016-2018)Reported on jet fuel markets and emerging low-carbon fuel standards.
- Business Reporter, Calgary Herald (2014-2016)Covered the oil sands and the regional energy economy.
Notable coverage
- Reported the SAF scale-up, mapping the gap between airline net-zero pledges and the fuel actually available.
- Covered the oil sands' emissions-reduction and carbon-capture plans and tested the cost assumptions behind them.
- Ran a series on hydrogen's realistic role in transport fuels, sorting the deliverable use cases from the hype.
Education
M.Sc., Sustainable Energy Engineering, University of Calgary. B.Sc., Environmental Science, University of Alberta.
Awards & recognition
Canadian Association of Journalists Award for Business Reporting, shortlist (2020)National Magazine Award (Canada), Science, Technology & Environment (2022)
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