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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2006. Trends in Oil Supply and Demand, the Potential for Peaking of Conventional Oil Production, and Possible Mitigation Options: A Summary Report of the Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11585.

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Workshop Agenda

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005

Setting the Stage—Michael Ramage, Chair

7:30 am

Sign In

8:00-8:10

Overview of Plan for the Workshop

Michael Ramage, chair, Workshop Planning Group (retired executive vice president, ExxonMobil R&D Company)

8:10-8:45

Issues in the “Peaking of Global Oil Production” Debate

David Greene (corporate fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

8:45-9:20

World Oil Demand: Key Trends and Uncertainties

Nicola Pochettino (senior energy analyst, International Energy Agency)

9:20-9:55

Global Overview of Petroleum Resources

Thomas Ahlbrandt (project chief, United States Geological Survey)

Future Global Oil Supply and Demand Balance—Scott Tinker, Chair

9:55-10:00

Introduction

Scott Tinker (director, Bureau of Economic Geology, and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin)

10:00-10:35

A View from Cambridge Research Associates

Peter Jackson (director, Oil Industry Activity, Cambridge Energy Research Associates)

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2006. Trends in Oil Supply and Demand, the Potential for Peaking of Conventional Oil Production, and Possible Mitigation Options: A Summary Report of the Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11585.

10:35-11:10

A Case for a Near-Term Peak in Global Oil Production

Jeremy Gilbert (Barrelmore Ltd.)

11:10-11:45

Questions Regarding Saudi Arabian Petroleum Supplies

Matt Simmons (Simmons & Company International)

11:45-12:20 pm

Exploration Trends, Diminishing Success, and Implications for Future

Crude Supplies

Michael Rodgers (senior director, Exploration and Production Portfolio and Business Development Unit, PFC Energy)

12:20-1:40

Recess

1:40-2:15

The View from ExxonMobil

Scott Nauman (manager, Energy and Economics, Corporate Planning Department, ExxonMobil Corporation)

2:15-2:50

Looking In from the Outside

Kjell Aleklett (Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) and professor of physics, Uppsala University)

2:50-3:25

A View of Global Oil Peaking

Herman Franssen (president, International Energy Agency)

3:25-4:00

OPEC Outlook on Oil Supply and Demand

Adnan Shihab-Eldin (acting secretary general, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)

4:00-5:15

Group Discussion

5:15

Adjourn

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2005

Mitigation Options and Time to Implementation—David Greene, Chair

7:30 am

Sign In

8:00-8:05

Introduction

David Greene (corporate fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)

8:05-8:50

Overview of Mitigation Strategies

Robert Hirsch (Science Applications International Corporation)

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2006. Trends in Oil Supply and Demand, the Potential for Peaking of Conventional Oil Production, and Possible Mitigation Options: A Summary Report of the Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11585.

8:50-9:35

Key Technology Trends Impacting Exploration and Production

Donald Paul (chief technology officer, Chevron Corporation)

9:35-10:10

The Potential of Heavy Oil

Robert Heinemann (president and CEO, Berry Petroleum Company)

10:10-10:45

Oil Sands Development and Future Outlook

Eddy Isaacs (managing director, Alberta Energy Research Institute)

10:45-11:20

The Potential of Shale Oil

Stephen Mut (Shell Exploration and Production Company)

11:20-11:55

Producing Liquid Fuels from Coal

David Gray (director, Energy Systems Analysis, Mitretek Systems)

11:55-1:00 pm

Recess

1:00-1:35

Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas

Emil Jacobs (vice president, R&D, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering)

1:35-2:10

Producing Liquid Fuels from Biomass

Daniel Sperling (professor and director, Institute for Transportation Studies, University of California at Davis)

2:10-2:55

Opportunities for Reducing Oil Demand for Transportation

John Heywood (director, Sloan Automotive Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

2:55-3:10

Break

Potential Follow-up Studies and Activities—Robert Hirsch, Chair

3:10-3:15

Overview and Purpose of the Session

Robert Hirsch (Science Applications International Corporation)

3:15-4:30

Group Discussion

4:30-5:00

Summary of Salient Points from the Group Discussions and Suggestions for Follow-on Studies

Robert Hirsch (Science Applications International Corporation)

5:00

Adjourn

Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2006. Trends in Oil Supply and Demand, the Potential for Peaking of Conventional Oil Production, and Possible Mitigation Options: A Summary Report of the Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11585.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2006. Trends in Oil Supply and Demand, the Potential for Peaking of Conventional Oil Production, and Possible Mitigation Options: A Summary Report of the Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11585.
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