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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July 7, 2020

Ep. 19 – Featuring Congressman Bill Flores

Today we had the honor of hosting a great friend of the firm and a great friend of the industry, Congressman Bill Flores (R-TX, 17th District). It was a real pleasure to hear from Bill as he shared his perspective on some of the current challenges policymakers are facing, what he hopes might get done…

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June 23, 2020

Ep. 17 – Featuring Ben Ratner

Welcome to another edition of COBT! This week, we were thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Ben Ratner, a Senior Director for the Environmental Defense Fund, a non-profit seeking to solve the world’s toughest environmental issues in practical and economic ways. We were also joined this week by Craig Webster, TPH’s Head of…

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June 16, 2020

Ep. 16 – Special Edition – Morning in the Mideast

We have a special session for you this morning – direct from Dubai, it’s a “Morning in the Mideast” segment with Amena Bakr, Deputy Bureau Chief of Energy Intelligence. Amena is a highly acclaimed journalist who has been based in the Mideast for over ten years. We had a great visit with her talking about…

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June 16, 2020

Ep. 15 – Featuring Emily Reichert and Brad Burke

Today we had the pleasure of speaking with two Energy Technology stars: Emily Reichert, CEO of Greentown Labs, and Brad Burke, Managing Director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Greentown Labs has just announced that they are expanding to Houston and we couldn’t be more excited for them to join in the effort…

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June 9, 2020

Ep. 14 – Featuring Neal Anderson and Randall Collum

Our guests for this week’s “COBT” were Neal Anderson, President of Wood Mackenzie,and Randall Collum, Managing Director of Natural Gas & Upstream Analytics at Genscape. Neal gave us a peak under the hood at Wood Mac, discussing the trends he sees in the macro picture, including the evolving “energy transition” that now includes carbon capture…

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June 2, 2020

Ep. 13 – Featuring Shawn Reynolds and Mark Viviano

Our guests for this week’s “COBT” were two very well regarded energy thought leaders: Shawn Reynolds, Portfolio Manager at VanEck Mark Viviano, Head of Public Equities at Kimmeridge Energy Management They are great minds and great friends and we had an awesome “around the world of energy opportunities and issues” discussion with them. Thank you…

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May 26, 2020

Ep. 12 – Featuring Alex Epstein

This week, we welcomed to COBT Alex Epstein. Alex is the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels , a New York Times bestseller, and founder of the Center for Industrial Progress. He is perhaps best known for his voice as a philosopher who offers a “positive, pro-human alternative to the green movement” and…

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May 19, 2020

Ep. 11 – Featuring Alexander Zaslavsky

This week we had another great COBT get together. We hit maybe our widest range of topics yet but did manage to finish in a little over 30 minutes. We were filled to the brim with a lot of data this week… so it wasn’t easy! Here was this week’s menu: Mike Bradley hit the…

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May 14, 2020

Ep. 10 – Featuring Mark Mills and Dr. Scott Tinker

This week we had the pleasure of welcoming two renowned and well-regarded voices in the energy world – Mark Mills and Dr. Scott Tinker. In the midst of the global pandemic and a massive energy contraction, we asked them to help us envision the post-COVID energy world. Mark is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan…

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