“The Middle East and its Oil - Personal Reflections” webinar presentation to APPIH, 4 April 2024

“The Middle East and its Oil - Personal Reflections” Thirteenth Gulf Research meeting, Cambridge, 11-13 July 2023

“Ukraine war, oil producer’s policies, the oil market……” - (comments prepared for Lord Smith of Pembroke College Cambridge 27 Mar 2022 and interviews: Daily Express 15 March and TRT World TV London 8 March 2022)

“Increase in Iran's oil production and the outlook for its oil exports” - telephone interview, Sputnik News, 13 May 2021

“The price of oil - market forces, politics, speculation, conspiracy, or ….?” lecture to Old Beaconsfield Probus (Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK), on 24 February 2021

“Personal reflections on working for OPEC Secretariat - understanding OPEC thinking and policy development in the 1980s” - article in OPEC Bulletin Special Edition, 60 years and beyond, August-September 2020, pages 64-65
https://www.opec.org/opec_web/flipbook/OBAug-Sept2020/66/

“The new order for oil - Manouchehr Takin's narrative of the past, present and future of the world energy market in the face of oil giants” - article in Tejrat-e Farda, Persian Magazine, 2 May 2020, pages 40-41

“Future of Oil Industry” - panel discussion USA-Canada-UK via Zoom (1 hour, 23 minutes), 25 April 2020

“The turbulent world of oil - Manouchehr Takin talks about the consequences of the historic fall in the price of the black gold” - article in Tejrat-e Farda, Persian Magazine, 25 April 2020, pages 34-34

“What was the story of oil becoming negative?” Sputnik Radio Persian service, article based on telephone interview by Mahdieh Tari, 4 pages, 23 April 2020

The United States and Iran: beating the drum of war? - Speaker at session titled: “The United States oil production and foreign policy” at TRT World Forum - Globalisation in Retreat, Istanbul Congress Center, Turkey

A geopolitical dimension of energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean - Chair of session at TRT World Forum - Globalisation in Retreat, Istanbul Congress Center, Turkey

“‘LIFELINE OF OIL’ - Lessons from studying Iran’s oil production in the past half-a-century”, article in the weekly Persian magazine ‘Tejarat-e Farda”, issue 312, 27 April 2019, 11 pages

“The roots of the ‘Declaration of Cooperation’: An interview with Dr Manouchehr Takin” by Maureen MacNeill, OPEC Bulletin, March 2019, pages 62-67

"Iran’s oil production in the past half-a-century”, One-Day Seminar on examining Iranian Revolution in the past forty years, Royal Holloway, University of London, 9th February 2019, published in: ‘Tejarat-e Farda', Persian weekly magazine, issue 312, 27 April 2019, pages 20-23

"Global Oil Reserves, Technology, OPEC and Iran", National Archives' Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, one-day seminar on "Iran's Oil Industry - 110 Years After Its Beginning", delivered in Persian, 13 May 2018

"Opportunities in Iran's Oil & Gas", Society of Petroleum Engineers London Section, Monthly Evening Dinner Meeting, 27 February 2018. Presentation slides published on the Section's website, summary published in SPE Review London, pages 4-5

"Depletable Oil, OPEC and Iran", talk in Persian to the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Engineering University of Tehran, Industry, Mines and Commerce Committee meeting, 18 January 2018. Later published on the Alumni website and national newspaper 'Khabar online'

"Iran's Oil & Gas - what should the new entrants provide?", first speaker presentation to the 5th Iran International Oil, Gas, Energy & Petrochemical Summit, Rome, 11-13 July 2017

"Oil in Iranian economy and challenges in its petroleum industry" presentation at Energy Interdisciplinary Research Centre (IRC) Panel Event, Trinity College, Cambridge University (Panelists: Massoud Karshenas, M. Hashem Pesaran & Manouchehr Takin), 26 May 2017
https://www.energy.cam.ac.uk/news-and-events/Events/challenges-facing-the-iranian-economy

Roundtable on Iran's return to the global oil market - at 'Iran Business Symposium' in Amsterdam, 21 February 2017

Presentation on Iran's oil and gas at 'Iran Business Symposium' in Amsterdam, 21 February 2017

Half-day teaching/seminar for Doctor of Business Administration students at Tehran University's Research Institute for Energy Management and Planning, 9 February 2017

"Iran Oil and Gas", keynote speech at the UK Overview of Iran Business Environment, Ernst & Young LLP, London, 24 January 2017

"Retaking market share", published in Persian in Tehran daily newspaper - donya-e-eqtesad.com, (Economists' Club), 26 Dey 1395 - 15 January 2017

"A major agreement in the world of disputes", published in Persian in Tehran daily newspaper - donya-e-eqtesad.com (Economists' Club), 19 Dey 1395 - 8 January 2017

"Iran Opening - examining the oil and gas sector", presented at the Second Iranian Trade Conference, Royal Garden Hotel, London, 2nd November 2016

"Utilisation of new technologies", published in Persian in Tehran daily newspaper - donya-e-eqtesad.com (Economists' Club), 6 Shahrivar 1395 - 27 August 2016

"Oil Pricing - Only Supply and Demand?", presented at the Symposium on Oil Economics & the State of the Industry, University of Southern California Energy Institute, Los Angeles, USA, 4 August 2016

"The Oil Market, OPEC, Saudi Arabia and the United States", presented at the APPIH Annual Event, San Antonio, USA, 31 July 2016

"Iran's Oil & Gas Potential and Challenges" presented to the APPIH Meeting, Hess Club, Houston, 29 July 2016

"Iran's Oil and Gas - Potential and Challenges" presented to the International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA) Fourth International Conference on the Iranian Economy June 17-18, 2016 Horsaal of Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies Philipps-Universitat of Marburg, Germany.

"Iran Oil & Gas Opening - some reminders for foreign investors" - Introductory presentation as moderator at 'The Iranian Trade Conference - New Propsects for British-Iranian Trade and Investment' conference, London, 11 April 2016

"The Oil Market, OPEC and the Middle East - Economics and Politics", keynote speaker at the University of Southern California, joint (Institute for Economic Thinking & Economic Research Forum) Conference on 'Oil, Middle East and the Global Economy', USC Dornsife - Los Angeles, USA (distant video presentation), 1-2 April 2016 

"The oil market, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East" - talk and discussions at London Tufton Oceanic Fund Management, 29 October 2015  

"The World Oil Market and Strategic Options for Middle East Producers", The Marine and Offshore Finance Forum at Seatrade Offshore Marine & Workboats Conference, Abu Dhabi, 7 October 2015

"Challenges faced by Iran's upstream oil sector", Iran Energy Focus: Senior Executive Briefing at Seatrade Offshore Marine & Workboats Conference, Abu Dhabi, 6 October 2015

"The Middle East and falling oil prices: what does the future hold?", Citigroup teleconference London, New York and Dubai, 22 September 2015

"The price of oil, did market analysts forget about E&P?", presentation to 'Offshore Europe' conference in Aberdeen, 10 September 2015

"The price of oil and OPEC - history repeating?", Oil and Gas Journal, 6 July 2015

"Oil price collapse - how and what next?" - presentation to a conference on 'Rethinking the Future of Energy', 14 March 2015

"Oil-price patterns-2 (conclusions): Biggest uncertainty among forces shaping oil price: politics", Oil and Gas Journal, 5 May 2014

"Oil-price patterns-1: Oil prices reflect uneven growth rates of global demand and supply", Oil and Gas Journal, 7 April 2014

First speaker in opening plenary session in 'Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference and Awards', London, 18-20 February 2014

"The North Sea & OPEC, contrasting policies but comparable oil resources?", Middle East Economic Survey, 31 January 2014

Speaker and Chairman in 'Oil & Gas Outlook North Sea 2013' Conference, Aberdeen, March 2013