When

Fri, June 18, 2021
10 am - 11 am
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

Webinar

Many energy observers predict that new climate policies in the U.S. and around the world will drive global oil demand significantly lower in the near future. But what if long-term, structural forces already at work threaten future oil demand even without new climate policies?

A recently published paper showed how the world has consistently, for many decades, needed less oil to produce a given level of economic output — a measure known as “oil intensity.” 

What drives this unusually stable improvement in oil intensity? With so much uncertainty around policy and technology, can the long-term historical relationship between gross domestic product and oil be sustained? And what can it tell us about future oil demand prospects? 

At this webinar, Mark Finley, fellow in energy and global oil at the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies, held a virtual conversation with one of the paper’s authors, Christof Rühl of the Harvard Kennedy School and Columbia University. Finley also led a moderated discussion with Sarah Emerson, president of ESAI Energy, and Dean Foreman, chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute. The discussion was followed by a Q&A session with the audience. 

This event was sponsored by the Baker Institute Center for Energy Studies. Follow @CES_Baker_Inst on Twitter, and join the conversation online with #BakerEnergy.

Download Christof Rühl's presentation here and Dean Foreman's here.

Agenda

10:00 a.m. — Presentation & moderated discussion
10:45 a.m. — Q&A

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Featured Speakers

Christof Rühl
Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University SIPA; Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School 

Sarah Emerson
President, ESAI Energy 

Dean Foreman, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute

Moderator

Mark Finley
Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Center for Energy Studies, Baker Institute 

 

When

Fri, June 18, 2021
10 am - 11 am
(GMT-05:00) America/Chicago

Where

Webinar