Bhushan is a widely respected authority on global oil markets, with particular reference to OPEC and the Middle East. For more than 35 years he has analyzed decision making and developments in the oil-exporting world, identifying and explaining Middle East and global oil and energy trends. Educated in India, Bhushan achieved worldwide recognition during his 15 years as the Wall Street Journal's international energy correspondent.

In posting in Paris, Geneva and London, he also reported on such key global economic matters as monetary policy, trade negotiations and the founding of the World Trade Organization. Bhushan has attended and observed nearly all OPEC negotiations since 1980. He has also helped build IHS Markit (Now a part of S&P Global) scenarios, which help organizations prepare for the future.