HOUSTON – (Dec. 10, 2021) – Oil’s role in global energy transitions will be the focus of an upcoming virtual and in-person event from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
The webinar spotlighting the role oil plays in the International Energy Agency's (IEA) World Energy Outlook will feature expert commentary and a discussion with one of the outlook’s lead authors.
Tim Gould, IEA chief energy economist, will begin the hybrid event with a virtual presentation on the oil dimensions of the World Energy Outlook's long-term scenarios. Those scenarios have been widely used to steer climate policy and objectives, including the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference. An audience Q&A will follow the discussion.
The event is the first in the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies' new Oil in the Energy Transition series.
What: Baker Institute webinar, "Oil in the Energy Transition: The Role of Oil in the IEA's World Energy Outlook Scenarios."
Who: Tim Gould, IEA chief energy economist and co-lead author of its World Energy Outlook 2021; Kenneth Medlock, the Baker Institute's James A. Baker III and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of its Center for Energy Studies; and Bobby Tudor, a partner at Perella Weinberg Partners and chairman of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute, will moderate the discussion.
When: Tuesday, Dec. 14, 9-10 a.m.
Where: The free event is available online to the public and members of the media, plus limited in-person attendance. Registration is required at https://riceconnect.rice.edu/Baker/CES-oil-energy-transitions-webinar for online attendance and at https://riceconnect.rice.edu/Baker/CES-oil-energy-transitions for in-person attendance.