Experts in the News

"If anyone is going to figure this out, it's [the oil and gas companies themselves]. They just need the right incentives," said CES Senior Director Ken Medlock of the energy transition and the path to net zero. Medlock is the James A. Baker, III, and Susan G. Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics.

"Future growth [in the energy landscape] will be in the developing world, and the low-cost producer will win,” said CES senior director Ken Medlock, a featured speaker at the virtual Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. This puts the U.S. — and particularly its unconventional resources — in a good position to use innovation to drive down the costs to help deliver energy services in an environmentally sustainable way.

Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, joined experts in the energy industry for a virtual panel discussion on the state of Houston’s energy sector. 

“Unfortunately, I don’t think that bodes well for the little guy,” said Center for Energy Studies senior director Ken Medlock. “You’re talking about an extended period of extreme stress.” 

"You’re seeing fragilities exposed. Covid-19 is doing things that nobody could have imagined,” said Ken Medlock, CES senior director, of the recent drop in oil prices.