Monday, February 16, 2015
Back to the Future?
The continued role of oil and gas in a changing global energy market
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8:45 – 9:00 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Tom Edgar, Director, Energy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin • Click to view PDF slides. |
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9:00 – 9:45 |
Keynote Jose Bravo, Chief Scientist, Shell “Back to the Future: How Oil and Gas will play a Fundamental Role in our Energy System in the Years to Come” • Click to view PDF slides. |
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9:45 – 11:00 |
Arctic/Frontier Drilling – Technical Issues* Moderator: Chris Tomlinson, Energy Business Columnist, Houston Chronicle Featured panelists: Jeff Wahleithner, VP Wells (Deepwater and Arctic), Shell Oil Co. Fred Florence, Director of Advanced Drilling Technology, National Oilwell Varco • Click to view PDF slides Jerome Schubert, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University |
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11:15 – 12:30 |
Arctic/Frontier Drilling – Safety, Regulation & Environmental Issues* Moderator: Mose Buchele, energy reporter with KUT’s StateImpact Texas Featured panelists: Lois Epstein, Arctic Program Director, The Wilderness Society • Click to view PDF slides Aboyi Olokpo, Product Champion – Rotary Steerable Systems, Schlumberger • Click to view PDF slides Sheldon Parmer, Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Anadarko • Click to view PDF slides Jeff Wahleithner, VP Wells (Deepwater and Arctic), Shell Oil Co. |
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12:30 – 2:15 |
Lunch – Keynote Speaker Christi Craddick (Texas Railroad Commission) |
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2:15 – 3:30 |
Oil and Gas Supply and Economics A highly interactive discussion session with the audience on U.S. and international oil and gas supply, demand and business dynamics. The conversation will be structured around path-breaking research underway at the Bureau of Economic Geology to better understand both shale resources and commercialization and end of U.S. hydrocarbons. Global interactions and geopolitics will be addressed for a full picture of the hydrocarbon sector going forward. Moderator and panelist: Michelle Michot Foss, Chief Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology’s Center for Energy Economics, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin Panelist: Svetlana Ikonnikova, Research Associate and Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin |
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3:45 – 5:00 |
Financing of Oil and Gas Projects* Moderator: John Corrigan, Partner, Strategy& Featured panelists: Mark Berg Executive Vice President, Corporate, Pioneer Natural Resources Thomas Gardner, Managing Director, Global Corporate Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Mike Tweedy, US Procurement Manager, eni US operating Company |
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Evening Sessions and Events |
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5:30 |
Conference reception |
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6:30 – 8:00 |
Town Hall Meeting: The Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing Hosted by the AAPG Student Chapter of the Jackson School of Geosciences, the meeting will feature a panel of experts to field questions from the audience for a conversation about the energy, economic and environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing. Wall Street Journal senior energy reporter Russell Gold will moderate the meeting, and panelists include: Scott W. Tinker, State Geologist of Texas and Director, Bureau of Economic Geology Ian Duncan, Senior Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology Julia Gale, Research Scientist, Bureau of Economic Geology Mukul Sharma, Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering Gretchen Goldman, Lead Analyst, Center for Science & Democracy, Union of Concerned Scientists |
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| Judging of research poster competition | |
| *This panel is hosted by the Longhorn Energy Club. |
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