Tag: Energy Policy

We had a super-unique and stimulating session today all about interactions between the energy industry, the media, public opinion and energy policy. We were lucky to be joined by two experts in the field: Jim Krane, Ph.D., Author and Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute and Chris Tomlinson, Author…

For the last few weeks, we have been asking ourselves “what do all these US energy policy decisions (especially Keystone) look like from the Canadian vantage point?” We set out to find a guest that could help us feed that curiosity. Wow did we score! We found Alex Pourbaix, President and Chief Executive Officer of…

You may already be familiar with the topic of today’s show: ranked choice voting (also known as instant runoff voting). We were thrilled to be joined by two experts on the topic, Harriet Wasserstrum, Co-Founder and Chair of Ranked Choice Voting for Texas, along with Mark Jones, Ph.D., Fellow in Political Science and Chair in…

This week is all about being thankful and on that note, we were especially thankful to visit with our good friend Ken Hersh. Ken is the President and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center located in Dallas, Texas. He was also the CEO of NGP from 1988 to 2015. We couldn’t think of…

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…

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…