Biography
Gabriel Collins is the Baker Botts Fellow in Energy & Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice University's Baker Institute. He was previously an associate attorney at Baker Hostetler, LLP, and is the co-founder of the China SignPost™ (洞察中国) analysis portal. Collins has worked in the Department of Defense as a China analyst and as a private sector global commodity researcher, authoring more than 100 commodity analysis reports, both for private clients and for publication.
Collins’ research portfolio is global. His work currently focuses on legal, environmental and economic issues relating to water — including the food-water-energy nexus — as well as unconventional oil and gas development, and the intersection between global commodity markets and a range of environmental, legal and national security issues. His analysis draws from a broad swath of geospatial and other data streams, and often incorporates insights from sources in Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
Collins received his B.A. from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He is licensed to practice law in Texas.
Contact him at gabe.collins@rice.edu or (713) 348-5939.
Recent Publications
Texas Was Made for Pickup Trucks, but an Electric Revolution is Underway. Will Drivers Buy in?
Towing heavy loads may be a problem for new electric pickup trucks fellow Gabe Collins points out. Still, switching to cleaner technologies would be beneficial for work-based truck users who require significantly more fuel than others.
Could Economic Indicators Give an Early Warning of a War Over Taiwan?
Could economic indicators signal China’s intent to go to war? Increased oil reserves would be one of the most useful signs of an impending invasion of Taiwan or another potential conflict, fellow Gabriel Collins told The Economist.
Energy Transition: It Takes More Than a Village
“If we’re thinking globally about both energy abundance and sourcing our energy more cleanly, the Permian and our associated gas profile overall in the U.S. is critical to that," fellow Gabe Collins told Hart Energy.