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The Baker Institute Energy Forum, along with the Center for Energy Economics at University of Texas, hosted the Natural Gas in North America Conference. This conference addressed a series of difficult questions regarding the future of natural gas in North America and suggested appropriate frameworks for both market participants and policymakers to understand the risks associated with various outcomes.
Central to this theme are two studies by Baker Institute researchers released at the conference. The first study, sponsored by the Independent Petroleum Association of America, poses questions regarding access to domestic resources and the growth of international trade in liquefied natural gas and what each means for security of supply. The second study, undertaken with collaboration and support from McKinsey & Co., poses questions regarding potential market size, especially regarding growth in natural gas demand for power generation, and the relationship between crude oil and natural gas prices. |
Conference Agenda |
| Opening Session |
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| Welcome |
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The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian
Founding Director, James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy |
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Session Chair: Amy Myers Jaffe,
Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies
James A. Baker III Institute of Public Policy |
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| Introductory Remarks |
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John B. Walker
Former Chairman, Independent Petroleum Association of America;
President & CEO, EnerVest, Ltd.;
Chairman & CEO, EV Energy Partners, L.P. |
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| Keynote Addresses |
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Katharine A. Fredriksen
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs,
US Department of Energy |
 Presentation |
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Roland George
Board Member, National Energy Board, Canada |
Presentation |
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Francisco Salazar
President of the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) of Mexico |
Presentation |
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Erika de la Garza, Program Director of the Latin American Initiative at the Baker Institute and the Mexicans Look at Mexico Lecture Series |
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| SESSION 1: North American Gas Supply: What can we expect? |
| Session Chair: Dr. Kenneth B. Medlock III, Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute |
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| The North American Natural Gas Resource Base |
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Chris Schenk
Project chief, USGS National Oil and Gas Asssessment |
Presentation coming soon! |
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| Canadian Supply Developments: Implications for North America |
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George Eynon
Vice President, Business Development & External Relations
Canadian Energy Research Institute |
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| Developments in the Mexican Natural Gas Market |
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Juan Rosellon, PhD
Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, and Research Associate, Technische Universität Dresden |
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| Baker Institute Study: Future North American Security of Gas Supply |
| Security of Gas Supply in a Global Market |
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Kenneth B. Medlock III, PhD
Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy |
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| SESSION 2: North American Demand and Competition of Fuels in Gas |
| Session Chair: Dr. Michelle Michot Foss, Head of Center for Energy Economics and Chief Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin |
| Consuming Industries |
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| Outlook for North American Natural Gas Demand |
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Glen Sweetnam
Director, International, Economic and Greenhouse Gases Division,
Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy |
Presentation coming soon! |
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| Fuel Competition in Gas-Consuming Sectors |
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Michelle Michot Foss, PhD
Head of Center for Energy Economics and Chief Energy Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin |
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The Florida Perspective –
Trade offs in Power Generation and State Climate Mitigation Policy |
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Bradley Williams
President, Spitfire Advisors Inc., and
Principal, Floridian Gas Storage Co., LLC |
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| Natural Gas Demand in the Petrochemical Sector |
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David Burns, PhD
Director, Business Development, Praxair, Inc. |
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| SESSION 3: The Crude Oil-Natural Gas Price Relationship |
| Session Chair: Dr. Kenneth B. Medlock III, Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute |
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| What Drives Natural Gas Prices? |
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Mine Yücel, PhD
Senior Economist and Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
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| Baker Institute Study: The crude oil-natural gas price relationship |
| The Relationship between Crude Oil and Natural Gas Prices |
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Jennifer Rosthal
Graduate Fellow, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy |
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| Natural Gas Demand in the US Power Generation Sector |
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Peter Hartley, PhD
George and Cynthia Mitchell Chair & Professor of Economics, Rice University & Rice Scholar, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy |
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| McKinsey & Co. Presentation |
| North American Natural Gas Fundamentals and Market Based Long-Term Pricing |
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Ankush Kumar and Tommy Inglesby
Associate Principals, McKinsey & Co. |
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