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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October 20, 2020

Ep. 34 – Featuring Michael Cohen (BP)

Today’s show is brought to you live from the Ronnie K. Irani Center for Energy Solutions at the University of Oklahoma! This week we are thrilled to be joined by Michael Cohen, Chief US Economist and Head of Oil Analysis at BP. The discussion centered around Michael’s presentation, “Energy Outlook 2020 Edition.” As always, the…

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October 13, 2020

Ep. 33 – Trust, but Fortify

We say this often, but today was AWESOME! Last week set a new high bar with many of you as the feedback on Dr. Naomi Boness at Stanford was fantastic. We had our work cut out for us to keep it up this week! The great news is we were lucky enough to find four…

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October 6, 2020

Ep. 32 – Dr. Naomi Boness (Stanford Natural Gas Initiative)

Today we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Naomi Boness, Managing Director of the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative. The Natural Gas Initiative (“NGI”) partners with research groups and industry partners to “generate the knowledge needed to use natural gas to its greatest social, economic, and environmental benefit.” We had a fantastic conversation about a broad…

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September 29, 2020

Ep. 31 – Featuring Bob McNally, Glenn Schwartz and Charlie Gerow

As we previewed in the midday note yesterday, COBT this week featured a robust conversation of the policies and the politics of energy. It was our way of preparing for last night’s first Presidential Debate. Our discussion covered a lot of ground and was particularly focused on the election’s implications for oil and gas. Thank…

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September 22, 2020

Ep. 30 – Featuring Mike Bengtson and Scott Gale

Today we focused the show on the front lines of emerging energy technology. We were thrilled to be joined by Scott Gale, Executive Director of Halliburton Labs. Halliburton recently launched Halliburton Labs to provide early stage companies resources to help advance efforts towards cleaner and more affordable energy. A blend of incubation and acceleration, Halliburton…

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September 15, 2020

Ep. 29 – Featuring Leslie Beyer

Today we have not one but two exciting things for you. First, we did our first “on the road” show, filming from Oceaneering’s ROV center North of Houston. Second, we had the real honor of hosting Leslie Beyer, the President of PESA. PESA… the Petroleum Equipment and Services Association, is a stunning organization. It does…

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September 8, 2020

Ep. 28 – Featuring Gauri Jauhar, Mohit Safar, Rajiv Gupta and David Blumental

Today on COBT we decided to tackle something that was way too big to handle… but we did it anyway. The topic was “India” and luckily we had some fantastic help in thinking through what’s playing out in what will soon be the world’s most populous country. Our esteemed panel of experts on “all things…

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September 1, 2020

Ep. 27 – Featuring David Bat and John Daniel

We have an OFS action-packed day for you today! We were thrilled to host two OFS stars: David Bat, President of Kimberlite Oilfield Research, and John Daniel, Founder and President of Daniel Energy Partners. These two guys both have their own firms, their own views, and lots of experience to boot. We had a great…

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August 25, 2020

Ep. 26 – Featuring Bjorn Lomborg

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to visit with Bjorn Lomborg, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, to discuss his latest book, “False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Cost Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet.” The TPH team kicked off the session: Mike Bradley discussed the Exxon/Dow news as…

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