C.O.B. Tuesday

Sharing energy knowledge. Embracing energy innovation.

Let’s talk about energy.

The energy transition is one of the defining challenges of our lifetime—and while many people feel passionately about the issues, few genuinely comprehend the numbers and constraints behind the energy competition. To address this problem, Close of Business Tuesday (COBT) brings “Truth in Energy.” We invite industry leaders, innovators, investors, academics, regulators, and political leaders to join us for collegial, thoughtful and data-driven discussions about the future of energy.

Featuring guests such as Former Secretary of State and Secretary of Treasury, James A Baker III, General David H. Patraeus, Dr. Dan Yergin, Jigar Shah of the DOE Loans Program, Senator Dan Sullivan, Admiral Bill McRaven, Professor Jesse Jenkins of Princeton, Amy Myers Jaffe of TUFTS University, Eric Cantor of Moelis, Journalist Brian Sullivan, Author Bjorn Lomberg, Walter Isaacson, Katherine Blunt and other thought leaders including industry analysts from Goldman Sachs, Raymond James, Evercore, and more. Close of Business Tuesday hosts  

honest, timely conversations with people who understand the issues in energy today and bring an insightful, pragmatic approach to problem solving. We can’t solve the world’s energy issues alone. But together, we can talk about big problems and uncover insights that will point to a more sustainable energy future.

Veriten also provides additional content through our podcast Gener8 and a weekly energy editorial by Arjun Murti called Super-Spiked. Gener8 dives deep into the world of nuclear, power, and industrial heat and aims to bring concise, thoughtful, and in-depth discussions biweekly with expert guests. Gener8 is hosted by Veriten Director of Nuclear and Power Strategy, Brett Rampal and its COO, Jeff Tillery. Super-Spiked is produced by Veriten Partner in Energy Policy & Macro Arjun Murti and takes aim at an increasingly messy energy transition by examining the clash of energy commodity & equity markets with policy, ESG initiatives, and geopolitics.

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February 8, 2022

“If The Government Would Get Out Of The Way, We Could Get This Done” – Howard Newman

Today we had an absolutely stellar guest for our C.O.B.T. discussion, Howard Newman. Our topics ranged from private versus public investing, terminal values in classic energy, US drilling inventory, charting the energy transition at the Board level, LNG, nature-based solutions, and of course, what does the energy world look like in ten years?

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February 1, 2022

“Getting the People’s Business Done” – Secretary James A. Baker III

We are deeply honored that our first Veriten COBT guest is Secretary James A. Baker, III. A native Houstonian, Secretary Baker is one of the most accomplished and insightful leaders in the past 50 years of American history. It is undoubtedly difficult to neatly summarize Secretary Baker’s accomplishments and contributions to the country and to…

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January 4, 2022

Ep. 96 – Featuring Rob West

For our first COBT episode of 2022, we had the great pleasure of hosting Rob West, Founder and Lead Analyst at Thunder Said Energy. With the ongoing crisis in European gas markets and the tense uncertainties over Russian troop deployments along Ukraine’s border, it was rather fitting that Rob joined us live from Estonia for…

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December 21, 2021

Ep. 95 – Texas Teachers Teach-In with Carolyn Hansard

While we can’t believe we are reaching the end of 2021, today we had a fantastic visit with Carolyn Hansard, Senior Director – Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, from the Teacher Retirement System (“TRS”) of Texas to complete an amazing year of COBT guests. Carolyn’s background includes 9 years at TRS and 17 years at…

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December 14, 2021

Ep. 94 – Featuring Amy Myers Jaffe

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Amy Myers Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab at the Tufts University Fletcher School. Amy has taught energy policy, business, and sustainability courses at several distinguished universities and recently published “Energy’s Digital Future: Harnessing Innovation for American Resilience and National Security.” Our discussion…

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December 7, 2021

Ep. 93 – “From Russia with Slight Optimism”

We are in the middle of an eventful energy news week and are very excited to dig in with all of you for this week’s session. We are so pleased to welcome back our good friend Alexander Zaslavsky, Horizon Client Access, to share his expertise in Russian geopolitics and help us understand the current state…

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November 30, 2021

Ep. 92 – “Icing? We Don’t Even Have the Cake” – a Cyber Security Conversation with Lior Frenkel

We had the pleasure of hosting Lior Frenkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Waterfall Security for today’s informative session about cybersecurity and energy. Lior has over 20 years of experience with hardware and software research and development and his knowledge in the industry is unparalleled. We had an engaging and eye-opening conversation about cybersecurity threats and…

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November 24, 2021

Special Edition – Thanksgiving Day is a Workday in Energy!

First of all, a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We all have much to be thankful for and here at TPH/COBT, we are particularly thankful for your friendship. Last year on Thanksgiving, we gambled and did something that was not only fun but ended up being pretty popular. We did a video featuring energy…

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November 23, 2021

Ep. 91 – “A Basin to Remember – An Update on the San Juan” with Jerry McHugh

Today we had some great learning… or we should say “relearning.” We had a great visit with Jerry McHugh of “San Juan IQ” – a monthly webcast hosted by Jerry where everything that’s happening in the San Juan basin is discussed. Jerry is a long-time veteran of the basin and has been CEO of San…

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