C.O.B. Tuesday
250 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago -C.O.B. Tuesday is a weekly one-hour talk show that serves as a knowledge pipeline for the energy industry and the energy curious. We host honest, timely, conversations with people we believe can improve the discussion, can provide new perspectives, can share unique insights into key energy issues, and can discuss inventive, pragmatic solutions for a stronger energy future. Produced by Veriten.
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C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 93 "From Russia with Slight Optimism"
December 08, 2021 07:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBWe are in the middle of an eventful energy news week and are very excited to dig in with all of you for this week's session. We are so pleased to welcome back our good friend Alexander Zaslavsky, Horizon Client Access, to share his expertise in Russian geopolitics and help us understand the current state of energy in Russia and its outlying countries. Oh yes, and one more thing, to help us understand why they might invade Ukraine! With so much to cover after a meaty introduction, we quickly...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 92 "Icing? We Don't Even Have the Cake" - a Cyber Security Conversation with Lior Frenkel
December 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBWe had the pleasure of hosting Lior Frenkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Waterfall Security for today's informative session about cybersecurity and energy. Lior has over 20 years of experience with hardware and software research and development and his knowledge in the industry is unparalleled. We had an engaging and eye-opening conversation about cybersecurity threats and Waterfall's unidirectional gateway technology. Headquartered in Israel, Waterfall's technology protects power plants, pipelin...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: Thanksgiving Day is a Workday in Energy!
November 25, 2021 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBFirst of all, a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving to you all! We all have much to be thankful for and here at TPH/COBT, we are particularly thankful for your friendship. Last year on Thanksgiving, we gambled and did something that was not only fun but ended up being pretty popular. We did a video featuring energy professionals working on Thanksgiving Day. We were lucky enough to get representation from Phillips 66, Diamondback, Plains All American, and Liberty Oilfield Services. I bumped into a...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 91 “A Basin to Remember - An Update on the San Juan” with Jerry McHugh
November 24, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBToday we had some great learning... or we should say "relearning." We had a great visit with Jerry McHugh of "San Juan IQ" - a monthly webcast hosted by Jerry where everything that’s happening in the San Juan basin is discussed. Jerry is a long-time veteran of the basin and has been CEO of San Juan Resources since 1990. As you will hear, we covered a ton of territory with Jerry today. The basin’s latest production, the rig count, the new (and old) players, the types of wells, the outlook, t...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 90 "There's a right way and a wrong way to do Energy Transition"
November 17, 2021 07:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBToday we had a fascinating discussion with the management of California Resources Corporation (CRC) about their low carbon initiatives. President and CEO Mac McFarland and Executive Vice President and CFO Francisco Leon joined us for a walkthrough of their thinking, activities and plans in this super important area. Much like the Apache team joining us to describe their innovative tree program, we hope to continue to highlight companies doing innovative things to make oil and gas cleaner. We...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 89 Live from TPH's D5 Momentum Conference with Everett Redmond and Matthew Crozat
November 10, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBAs you may know, yesterday we hosted our 5th Annual Disruption Conference [D5: Momentum] in Denver. With an audience of over 365 registrants, we had the great opportunity to host the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Representing the NEI today are Everett Redmond, Ph.D. (Sr. Technical Advisor, New Reactor & Advanced Technology) and Matthew Crozat (Senior Director, Strategy and Policy Development). Everett and Matthew walked us through a presentation outlining the NEI, their mission to p...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 88 “From Methane Leaks to Deal Leaks... with Employee Activism Along the Way”
November 03, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBWe often wonder why and how deals leak... and I can imagine many of you wonder the same. Today, we were excited to host the Abernathy MacGregor team to hear their insights on a few topics including the predictability of deal leaks and employee activism. Joining us today are Sydney Isaacs, Managing Director and Head of the Houston Office along with Blair Hennessy, Managing Director based out of Abernathy's New York office. Sydney and Blair were wonderful guests and we had a really great discu...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 87 Flaring Deep Dive Featuring Andrew Howell and Andrew Baxter
October 27, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBWe are back from India just in time for the World Series in Houston and had the pleasure of hosting the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for this week's COBT session. Joining us today are Andrew Howell (Director of Investor Influence) and Andrew Baxter (Director, Energy Transition) to discuss the launch of "ESG by EDF," a new platform which will leverage EDF's deep scientific and policy expertise for the benefit of the investment community. Their first report, "The Burning Question: How to F...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 86 "The New Annual Report" Featuring Castlen Kennedy and Gary Clark
October 20, 2021 06:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBWe have a potpourri of topics for this week's session and are very excited to share them with you all. First, we were delighted to welcome Castlen Kennedy, Vice President, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs and her colleague Gary Clark, Vice President of Investor Relations & Market Intelligence at Apache Corporation. We have all admired the Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program and Castlen and Gary joined to give an excellent overview of the program and its accomplishments. As you ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 85 Fueling Up with Chet Thompson
October 13, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBWe had the pleasure of visiting with Chet Thompson, President and CEO of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) for this week's session. Chet joined us live from Washington where he and his team are working relentlessly to advocate for domestic refiners, petrochemical and midstream companies as well as educating policymakers and the public on the value their members provide for our nation and the world. We had an engaging and timely discussion given the recent proposed tax in...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 84 “Our Energy World” Featuring Jamey Rosenfield & Dr. Atul Arya
October 06, 2021 06:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBToday we had the pleasure of hosting two dear and longstanding friends from IHS Markit: Jamey Rosenfield, Senior Vice President and co-founder of CERA along with Dan Yergin, and Dr. Atul Arya, SVP and Chief Energy Strategist. As always happens when we visit with these renowned energy experts, we had a fun and broad conversation across the core topics of the day and really enjoyed our time together! Jamey and Atul remind us that CERAWeek's India Energy Forum is taking place in New Delhi in j...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 83 "We Do Not Have Enough Materials to Rapidly De-Carbonize the World" Featuring Brad Olsen
September 29, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBToday's guest is not only a great friend but also a TPH alum! We were so pleased to visit with Brad Olsen, Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Recurrent Investment Advisors which focuses their funds on public investments in natural resources and energy infrastructure. Our discussion was fruitful and most importantly good fun! As you will hear, Brad has a lively mind and got us thinking! After throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Brad during our introduction, he started by sharing som...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 83 "We Do Not Have Enough Materials to Rapidly De-Carbonize the World" Featuring Brad Olsen
September 29, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MBToday's guest is not only a great friend but also a TPH alum! We were so pleased to visit with Brad Olsen, Co-Founder and Portfolio Manager of Recurrent Investment Advisors which focuses their funds on public investments in natural resources and energy infrastructure. Our discussion was fruitful and most importantly good fun! As you will hear, Brad has a lively mind and got us thinking! After throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Brad during our introduction, he started by sharing som...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 82 Live from Van Horn, TX at Blue Origin: “Building a Road to Space”
September 22, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBWe are very excited to share this edition of "COBT On the Road" from Van Horn, Texas! This week, we had the amazing opportunity to continue our exploration of space endeavors throughout Texas with a visit to Blue Origin. As part of our behind the scenes visit, we heard the Blue Origin team describe their mission to “build a road to space, step by step ferociously." Our travel squad this week included our good friend Tim Kopra, Former Astronaut and Vice President of Robotics and Space Operati...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 81 “Wallet and Flag” - A Conversation with Mike Sommers
September 14, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBWe had the great opportunity to visit with Mike Sommers, President and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute (API) in today's session. Founded over 100 years ago, the API represents all segments of America's oil and natural gas industry with over 600 current members. Their mission is to promote safety across the industry globally and to influence public policy in support of a strong, viable U.S. oil and natural gas industry. They are fighting hard in today's politically overcharged Washing...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 80 "Culture & Financial Performance" Featuring Les Csorba & Mark Zorbas
September 08, 2021 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBHeidrick & Struggles recently released a new report we think you will all find interesting and informative! The report, "Aligning Culture with the Bottom Line: How Companies Can Accelerate Progress," includes results from surveying 500 CEOs from around the world about how they define culture and how it influences financial performance. We had the pleasure of welcoming back our good friend Les Csorba, Partner in Heidrick & Struggles' CEO & Board of Directors Practice as well as Mark ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep.79 "When In Rome" Featuring Francesco La Camera
September 03, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBAs we head into the Labor Day weekend here in the US, we have something we think you will find most intriguing for a Close-of-Business Thursday! We were lucky enough today to visit with Francesco La Camera, the Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Francesco has over thirty years of experience in climate and sustainability and oversees IRENA's strategy and partnerships with 165 nations that are members of the agency. IRENA is headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Thei...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 78 “Afghanistan Does Not Exist in a Vacuum” Double Feature with Frank Fannon, Nathan Sales and Corey Mazza
August 25, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBFor the past ten days, we have watched the events unfolding in Afghanistan with a mixture of alarm and sadness. Unfortunately, the situation on the ground remains dangerous and unresolved. For guidance, today's main segment features two former State Department officers whose expertise ranges from counterterrorism and human rights to the geopolitics of the energy transition. We are very lucky to welcome back our friend Frank Fannon, Managing Director of Fannon Global Advisors, Senior Advisor...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 77 “There’s No Substitute for Shaking Someone’s Hand” Live from NAPE Summit
August 18, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBThis is a stunningly big week for energy networking. In Denver, EnerCom is hosting The Oil and Gas Conference at the Westin and in Houston, the NAPE Summit is taking place at the George R. Brown Convention Center, and the Offshore Technology Conference is happening at NRG. Holding conferences the same week in Houston, NAPE and OTC have joined forces with their "Synergy in Energy" program which allows attendees to visit both conferences. We salute EnerCom, NAPE, and OTC for their efforts to h...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition featuring Tracee Bentley with the Permian Strategic Partnership - "Let's Go On Offense"
August 16, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBWhen we heard about all of the great things the Permian Strategic Partnership (PSP) is doing for the Permian Basin, we knew we had to visit with them and also knew that all of you would love to hear more about their mission. We had the special opportunity to host Tracee Bentley, President and CEO, to discuss their annual report published just last week. Formed in January 2019, the PSP is a coalition of 17 leading Permian Basin energy companies who joined together to tackle some of the area...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 76 On the Road: Weld County, CO "Feed the World, Fuel the World"
August 12, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBTuesday was incredible. We traveled to Denver and drove about an hour to Greeley, Colorado. Greeley is the largest city (population of ~110K) in Weld County (~325K people). We went to Weld out of pure fascination - fascination with the county that produces over 80 percent of the oil and 60 percent of the total oil and gas in the state. It is a part of Colorado that loves ranching, agriculture, oil and gas, and the land itself. We loved every minute of our full day visit. We start off at Sto...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 75 “How Does 45Q Actually Work?” Featuring Barbara de Marigny & Aileen Hooks with Baker Botts
August 04, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBWe hope you are excited for a 45Q deep dive! We had the great opportunity to learn from some of the most credible 45Q experts in this week's session. Joining us today are Barbara de Marigny, Partner (Tax) at Baker Botts and Aileen Hooks, Partner (Environmental) at Baker Botts. As you may know, the section 45Q tax credit is one of the most promising economic incentive structures for the energy transition. We were certainly glad to spend time with Barbara and Aileen to dive into the nuts and b...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 74 “When Energy Companies Speak To Us, There’s Trust”
July 28, 2021 06:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBHere at TPH we pride ourselves on being 'all energy, all the time'; this week's guests are also 'all energy, all the time'! We had the great opportunity to host the Upstream team to hear all about their paper, how they operate and what they are excited about in energy. With us today is Leia Marie Parker, Editor in Chief, Jennifer Lynn Presley, Americas Bureau Chief and Fabio Palmigiani, South American Correspondent. Our discussion kicked off with Leia, joining us from London, to give us a b...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 73 “A Billion of Us Shouldn’t Be Telling the Other 6 Billion of Us What to Do” Featuring Al Carnrite
July 21, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday we had the pleasure of hosting Al Carnrite, Founder and CEO of The Carnrite Group. Al has been a tremendous resource to many of us in the industry and we had a great visit discussing today's world, current trends the Carnrite team is seeing and what the future of the industry may look like. As you will hear, Al is direct, fun, and very knowledgeable. The Carnrite Group is based out of Houston with remote offices in the UK and UAE. They are a uniquely energy focused boutique consult...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition On the Road: Brownsville, Texas - The Hub for Humanity's Growth as an Interplanetary Species
July 16, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBWith so much in the news recently about the private "Race to Space," you may share a curiosity of ours, and that is "how far along are the commercial space businesses that have planted roots in Texas?" We have specifically been drawn to the exciting developments rapidly unfolding at Boca Chica, Texas just outside Brownsville. Our chance for an in-person tour and expert briefing came when we reconnected with friend, technology entrepreneur, former NASA astronaut, and current President of Robo...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition featuring “A Hub for the Human Species”
July 16, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33 MBYou may share a curiosity of ours, and that is “what’s happening with the space business in Texas?” We have specifically been very curious about what was happening at Boca Chica, Texas just outside Brownsville. Our chance to find out came when we reconnected with friend, technology entrepreneur, and former Astronaut Tim Kopra. Tim shared our curiosity about all the space activity and news coming out of South Texas. He hit the jackpot by connecting with Brownsville’s dynamic mayor Trey Mende...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 72 “Let’s De-Politicize Before We De-Carbonize” Featuring Representative Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07)
July 14, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBToday we had the honor and pleasure of hosting U.S. Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX). Representing Texas's Seventh Congressional District - in the greater Houston area which many of us call home, Congresswoman Fletcher is committed to bridging the toxic hyper-partisan divide that puts blind politics ahead of common-sense solutions we can all get behind for the advancement of freedom and happy growth in our world. We commend her positive and collaborative spirit. We had a terrific visit a...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 71 “And Now for a Rousing Halftime Show!” Featuring TPH Research
July 07, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBWe have an exciting episode for you today! For the first time, representation from the entire TPH Research Team headlined this week's session to share key observations from the first half of the year and key focus areas as we enter the second half of 2021. Our all-star TPH Research lineup and their respective topics included: Matt Portillo, Managing Director, E&P Research | Upstream & Automotive Matt Murphy, Director, Integrateds and Upstream Research | Oil and Gas Macro Matt Taylor,...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 70 What If Putin Was Hit By A Bus: A Discussion with Dr. Angela Stent
June 30, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBA few weeks ago, President Biden met with Russian President Putin in Geneva for their first summit. Since then, we have searched for a Russian expert - and wow, did we get lucky! We found Dr. Angela Stent, Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Dr. Stent is also a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. As excited as we were, it was even better than what we expected. H...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 69 Live from Greentown Labs Houston with Emily Reichert
June 23, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBOne year ago, Greentown Labs announced they were expanding to Houston to open their second incubator. Today, we were thrilled to visit their new space in Midtown and host this week's session live with Emily Reichert, Chief Executive Officer. Their team has made tremendous progress over the past year and we are so pleased to welcome them to Houston and the energy community. Founded in Cambridge, MA, Greentown Labs is the largest climatetech incubator in North America. Their mission is to hel...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 68 "Radical Pro-Environment Thinking" Featuring Greg McLean
June 16, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBThis week we had the great opportunity to visit with Greg McLean, Member of Parliament representing Calgary Centre in the Canadian House of Commons. In 2020, Greg introduced a bill to create a non-refundable performance-based tax credit for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects. We took great interest in hearing Greg's story and were very pleased to visit with him. We started with background on Greg's motivation to switch from a career as a portfolio manager to becoming a...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: Live from Hotter 'N Hell featuring Chris Wright - ESG and Me
June 11, 2021 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBYesterday at our annual Hotter 'N Hell Conference, we saw so many of you and absolutely loved it. I think everyone in the room had a sense of "life is back!" and all loved it. We had some phenomenal guests and a broad array of energy flavors up for discussion. The theme I kept finding myself coming back to is there has never been a more fascinating time to be in energy. The issues and opportunities also feel remarkably global again and that is no doubt going to be a big part of the fun. As...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 67 Featuring Barry Russell, Dan Naatz, and Mallori Miller
June 09, 2021 06:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBWe hit a triple today with this week's guests! We were thrilled to welcome three leadership members from the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). We had the pleasure of hosting Barry Russell, President and CEO, Dan Naatz, EVP of Government Relations and Political Affairs, and Mallori Miller, VP of Government Relations. The IPAA is critical in serving on behalf of the exploration and production segment of the industry to help representatives in Congress fully understand the s...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: The Future of Travel Featuring Jason Schenker
June 04, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBWe have a COBT Special Edition for you this week! We had the pleasure of visiting with a great friend of the firm, Jason Schenker. Jason is Chairman of the Futurist Institute, President of Prestige Economics and a renowned futurist, economist, speaker and author. This special edition is centered around Jason's latest book, "The Future of Travel: Trends and Technologies Shaping the Decade Ahead: The Futurist Institute." The Future of Travel investigates COVID's effects on travel, leisure an...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 66 Corporate Governance Featuring Les Csorba
June 02, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBWe were thrilled to welcome Les Csorba, Partner in the CEO and Board of Directors Practice at Heidrick & Struggles for this week's COBT session. Les is a highly experienced executive placement expert and his work focuses on senior-level assignments including CEO and board members across the entire energy value chain. Les began with providing background on Heidrick & Struggles' energy practice. As you will hear, the energy industry is seeing a tremendous demand for new directors. We had a fa...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 65 Featuring J.P. Bauman, Kelcy Pegler, and Yann Brandt
May 26, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBFor this week's session, we had the opportunity to visit with a great friend of the firm: J.P. Bauman, Principal at Altira Group. As you may know, Altira Group is a Denver-based venture capital firm that takes earned pride in building companies focused on the technology and software that will underpin the sustainable, vibrant, and fun future of supplying energy to all of us. We also had the opportunity to visit with one of Altira's amazing portfolio companies, FlexGen. FlexGen is one of the...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 64 - "Sunshine Is The Best Disinfectant" - A Conversation with Dr. Steven Koonin
May 19, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBOn this week's COBT, we were very honored to be joined by Dr. Steven Koonin, author of a new book entitled "Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters." The title refers to the central thesis of the book... which is that in the rush to proclaim climate science definitive, we are glossing over and failing to speak honestly about so much that remains to be "settled." The book is a highly technical but also highly understandable tour of what we know, of the ma...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 63 - Featuring Todd Kantor (Encompass Capital Advisors)
May 12, 2021 06:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis week we had the great opportunity to visit with Todd Kantor, Founder, Managing Member and Portfolio Manager at Encompass Capital Advisors. Encompass is a highly regarded energy-focused investment firm, headquartered in New York. Today's discussion touched on a bit of everything including current investment trends, the team at Encompass, ESG, natural gas outlook, SPACs, the oil macro, Iran, and the energy transition investment space... just to name a few! Todd is a great friend of th...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 62 - "Texas Sustainability" Featuring Dick Weekley (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
May 05, 2021 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBTexans have forever prided themselves on our hardworking, gritty and friendly nature. We were lucky enough to visit with Dick Weekley this week who embodies all of those qualities and more. Dick is a true champion for the State of Texas - as a Texas Business Hall of Fame honoree, a philanthropist with several Texas based organizations, and with the work he and the team at Texans for Lawsuit Reform (TLR) are doing to keep Texas the pro-business place it is. Today we heard the story of how ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 61 - Discussion with Bill Farris of the National Renewable Energy Lab
April 28, 2021 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBToday we had the pleasure of hosting Bill Farris, Associate Laboratory Director for Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In his role, Bill focuses on the NREL's partnership activity and accelerating commercialization and the transfer of laboratory technologies to the marketplace. He's worked on some pretty fascinating projects and we had a great time learning more about the NREL and their programs. The NREL is headquartered in Golden, Co...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: “Completely Factual but not Factually Complete” - Dr. Scott Tinker | Earth Day from the Houston Museum of Natural Science
April 22, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBIn honor of Earth Day, we are thrilled to bring you this special edition broadcast from the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Today we had the pleasure of visiting with two great guests. First, we had Nicole Temple, Vice President of Youth Education, to hear about Earth Day activities at the HMNS, as well as updates on some of their programs for the nearly 400,000 students that visit the museum annually. More information about the museum's "Celebration: Earth" program is linked here. If ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 60 - "Consider the Sinks, Not Just the Sources" Featuring the Salk Institute Harnessing Plants Initiative
April 21, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBThis week's session was truly remarkable. We had the honor of hosting the Salk Institute Harnessing Plants Initiative team comprised of some of the brightest minds working to mitigate climate change with perhaps the most genius idea since Jonas Salk's polio vaccine: harnessing the natural power of plants to rebalance our carbon cycle. The Harnessing Plants Initiative team includes: Wolfgang Busch, Ph.D.: Professor, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Hess Chair in Plant Scie...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 59 - Featuring Erik Milito (National Ocean Industries Association)
April 14, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBWelcome to another week of COBT! For today's session, we took a trip offshore to visit with Erik Milito, President of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA). NOIA's mission is to advance and promote the interests of the offshore energy industry including both traditional and renewable energy resources. We had a great conversation all about the NOIA organization itself, life in Washington, D.C., the importance of the Gulf of Mexico, and the energy transition. It was a pleasu...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition Weekend Forecast: Sunny with Fewer Oilfield Emissions
April 09, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBWe have cooked up a special weekend edition for you... featuring two areas of focus for us this week at TPH. Hopefully wherever you are it will be nice this weekend and you’ll find our discussion the perfect companion for a walk or a run. Then again, what goes better with a glass of wine than ESG and Solar inverters? :-) Craig Webster kicked us off today. Craig leads the ESG charge at TPH and joined to discuss O&G emissions data that he has been studying for the past few months. There are p...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 58 - Energy and the Media Featuring Jim Krane, Ph.D. (Rice University) & Chris Tomlinson (Houston Chronicle)
April 07, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MBWe 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 and Business Columnist for the Houston Chronicle. With Jim and Chris's backgrounds, we were able to cover several topics including journalism, energy ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 57 - "Adapt and Be Adept" Featuring Terry Anderson
March 31, 2021 06:00 - 55 minutes - 37.8 MBYou never know who you might meet on the ski chairlift! As you'll hear, today we had the pleasure of hosting Terry Anderson, a great friend, author and scholar. Terry is the John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and is the author or editor of nearly 40 books. Terry is also a Bozeman Montana "FOL" - friend of Lance. Lance as in Lance Gilliland, Managing Director and Co-Head of Energy M&A at TPH. Together, we all had a great discussion around Terry...
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: Carbon Neutral Coalition Featuring Corby Robertson
March 26, 2021 21:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBWe have all heard countries, states, cities and companies announce their plans to be somewhat or fully carbon neutral by 2030 or 2035 or 2050 or 2060... but the question remains, how are they... and how are we... going to really do that? For a Special Edition COBT this week, we were thrilled to visit with a great friend, Corby Robertson, to learn about the Carbon Neutral Coalition that is tackling this all important question. Surely significant carbon capture will play a meaningful role. We ...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 56 - “Random But Interesting, Wonky But Important” - COBT Sits Down with Brian Sullivan of CNBC
March 24, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBToday was really fun! We got the chance to spend an hour with Brian Sullivan, host of CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" and a great friend of the firm. Brian has over 20 years of financial journalism and television experience, including serving as an anchor at Fox Business News as well as a producer, reporter and anchor for Bloomberg Television. He is also a Senior National Correspondent for the network. Brian has been sitting in one of the most interesting chairs in the world over the last year....
C.O.B. Tuesday Special Edition: New TPH Research Hydrogen Report
March 19, 2021 22:00 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week the TPH Research Team came out with a "macro" hydrogen piece. Entitled "Jack of All Trades or a Master of None?" the report stares into the future and examines the prospects for all colors of hydrogen. Today we had a walkthrough with our team to learn more. In today's Special Edition, you'll hear Matt Portillo and Jordan McNiven provide some of the highlights and answer a few of our questions. If you are interested in the full report, please reach out to your TPH representative to...
C.O.B. Tuesday Ep. 55 CERAWeek Reflections and the Top 5 Subsurface Observations in North America
March 17, 2021 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBWith baseball opening day right around the corner (April 1), we've dubbed today an "energy doubleheader!" We started with a discussion about this year's CERAWeek conference. We were so pleased to be joined by Dr. Atul Arya, Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist at IHS Markit to speak to the conference's highlights and top themes. With everything from Biden, SPACs, the Energy Transition, and the ever changing future of oil and gas on their minds, over 19,000 attendees gathered vi...