RSVP by 1/24: Offshore Oil & Gas in the Arctic: The Next Five Years

WHEN:	January 26, 2012, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WHERE:	Environmental Law Institute 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 620 (Sixth Floor) Washington, DC Click here for directions.
RSVP:	The event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP. To do so, please email Marcia McMurrin at mcmurrin@eli.org by Tuesday, January 24, 2011. Please indicate whether you will be attending in-person or by teleconference; teleconference information will be emailed one day prior to the event.

U.S. demand for energy resources continues to increase, along with growing concern about the short- and long-term impacts of domestic oil and gas development and consumption. In few areas is this tension so clearly exemplified as in the U.S. Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently published a mean estimate that the Alaskan outer continental shelf contains 26.6 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 131.45 trillion cubic feet of such gas. Yet there are significant concerns about how drilling will impact surrounding marine environment and subsistence harvest by Alaska Native communities, including the ramifications of an oil spill in this extreme environment that lacks infrastructure to allow for immediate response and clean up.
These issues are central to the discussion of U.S. plans to enable further exploitation of offshore oil and gas. On Nov. 10, 2011, BOEM disseminated a draft five-year leasing program for oil and gas on the outer continental shelf. As required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the plan must balance potential oil and gas discovery with potential impacts to the environment and coastal zone. The draft 2012-2017 leasing program (open for public comment through Feb. 8, 2012) includes multiple sites in the U.S. Arctic that will be made available for leasing.
In this seminar, panelists will discuss the draft leasing program and aspects such as science needs and availability, expected activity impacts, and how the program may align with other ongoing ocean management processes, such as coastal and marine spatial planning
PANELISTS:

• Eleanor Huffines, Manager, U.S. Arctic Program, Pew Environment Group
• Jessica S. Lefevre, Counsel, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
• Shoshana Lew, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior
• Stacy Linden, Managing Counsel, American Petroleum Institute

MODERATOR:

• Peter J. Schaumberg, Principal, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

MATERIALS:

• Speaker Biographies (PDF)

The 2011 Ocean Seminar Series is generously supported by the
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation.

Reminder: volunteer at Peak Oil conference

All - I just wanted to reiterate this opportunity to volunteer for ~2 hours and get free registration to a weekend conference in DC about Peak Oil. Please contact me (Peter) if you're interested.

This is a friendly reminder that our registration fees for next week's conference will increase to on site rates on October 7, 2010. If you plan to attend and have not registered please do so as soon as possible. We hope to see you in Washington, DC next week!

• Speakers Dinner Friday Evening is included with ASPO-USA Membership
• New Registration Categories
• Full Conference Agenda
• Full Speaker List

2010 Peak Oil Conference
The Future of Oil, Energy, and the Economy

Oct 7-9 Washington, DC
For More Information visit http://www.aspousa.org/

Great opportunities at Peak Oil conference.

Hi all! I said I would return with more details about the ASPO conference on Peak Oil. They are looking for volunteers, and just two hours worth of volunteering will get you free admittance to an event where you'll meet some of the major players around DC. See the invitation below for full event details to just attend, or contact me and Liz Longenecker directly (liz@terrachord.com) if you're interested in volunteering.

Who: Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas-USA (ASPO-USA)
What: 6th Annual International Conference on Peak Oil
When: October 7-9 (Thurs. - Sat.), 2010
Where: Capitol Hill Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Why: To Alert Policy Makers & Public of Pending Energy Crisis
Contact: Jim Baldauf, 512-517-2663; Kim Comart, 617-548-6442

What Do These People Have in Common:

Bianca Jagger, Ralph Nader, the US Navy,
Dr. James Schlessinger, Jeff Rubin?

They all Say the Peak Oil Debate is Over! (and are keynote speakers at the event)

Washington, D.C. - The ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference, October 7-9, will be the sixth annual gathering of international energy experts from industry, academia, government, NGOs and the environmental community. The previous conferences have been highly acclaimed by attendees, media, participants and the energy community.

Speakers this year will include Bianca Jagger (International Climate Change and Human Rights Advocate), Ralph Nader (Energy Reform Sdvocate), Dr. James Schlesinger (Former Sec. State, Sec. Energy, and CIA Dir.), Jeff Rubin (Former Chief Economist CIBC), Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice (USN), Dr. Charles Schlumberger (World Bank), Charlie Maxwell, (Chief Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co), Dr. Robert Hirsch (the Hirsch Report to DOE), Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, (R-MD), (Founder of the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus), and other prominent energy analysts.

The conference will cover subjects ranging from national security to personal and institutional investing.

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO-USA) is concerned about the peak and decline of all hydrocarbon energy sources. Crude oil, natural gas and coal are the top three energy sources for our nation; they are all finite resources that will, sooner rather than later, peak and decline in supply; and they are also at the heart of two major tragedies and one possible future problem during the last year: the BP deepwater disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the West Virginia coal mine explosion, and the fracking of shale formations and possible pollution of ground water.

According to ASPO-USA president and co-founder, Jim Baldauf, “We are drilling miles below the Gulf of Mexico and trying to squeeze oil and gas from shale rock because the conventional land-based oil and gas reservoirs are becoming depleted. The low-hanging fruit has been picked and we are scraping the bottom of the barrel.”

ASPO-USA is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt group that is dedicated to research, study and education, rather than advocacy of specific policy goals. That said, the organization does advocate general policies that will help to ensure our country's ongoing security and prosperity. Peak and decline of hydrocarbon production without intelligent responses and effective mitigation planning will impact U.S. business, jobs, and our entire economy.

“There are no silver bullet techno-fixes at this time: a combination of increased conservation, improved efficiency, faster alternative energy development, and greater oversight in prudent exploration and production are needed immediately,” Baldauf says.

The conference is supported by more than 40 sponsors, publications, websites and partnering associations. Call Greg Geyer for sponsorship opportunities at 413-684-2403, or visit www.aspousa.org/worldoil2010/ .



Headline Sponsors:
M. Gottlieb Associates, Inc.

Ravenna Capital Management


ASPO-USA


Call 877-363-ASPO (2776) or email webmaster@aspousa.org

Peak Oil Conference (wants you to help!)

Stay tune for updates from me on this one. This group was asking for students to help out.

Join us in Washington, DC Oct 7-9 for our
6th annual dialogue with the experts on peak oil, energy and the economy.

ASPO (The Assoc. for the Study of Peak Oil)-USA members and subscribers receive a $100 discount on all registration categories through Sept 14, 2010

Register Now

More Tangible Benefits Than Ever!

Sometimes change is glacial, sometimes swiftly chaotic. Get the latest data from the best sources with up-to-date numbers on both conventional and unconventional production, depletion, flows, costs, and the opportunities and challenges that come with them.

Keynote Speakers

Geopolitics: Dr. James Schlesinger will announce and explain, once and for all, with updated finality that "The Peak Oil Debate is Over", for above-ground and below-ground reasons;

Global Trade: Jeff Rubin will present his views on the "End of Globalization" due to energy constraints and be available all week as part of our interactive discussions;

National Security: Admiral Lawrence Rice will explain the U.S. military's peak oil warnings during our Saturday plenary on national security with Michael Klare, Lt. Colonel Danny Davis, and Tom Whipple;

Transportation: Dr. Charles Schlumberger of the World Bank will discuss liquid fuel concerns in aviation while Dr. Roger Bezdek, Anthony Perl and others will focus their analysis on the future of transportation.

Investing: learn the personal and institutional upsides and downsides from the Dean of the Energy Analysts, Charlie Maxwell, and don't miss our popular peak oil investing sessions with Dr. Schlumberger, Jim Hansen, Lily Donge, Gregor Macdonald and others.

See Full Agenda and Speakers

* It's not just another great ASPO-USA Conference. It's Conference+Plus. It's the Year of Hydrocarbon Hell, and our peak oil message will not be ignored by the powers that be. Just to make sure, we are taking the message to the policymakers with a Senate Briefing, a House Briefing, a National Press Club news conference, and other targeted outreach efforts inside and outside the Beltway. Two highly-respected consulting firms are helping to organize ASPO's first ever fire-hose-data-flow to lawmakers. First come, first served with strictly limited seating for these special events.

* Sometimes wine and hors d'oevers are better than PowerPoints. Imagine you're at the opening reception having a drink with Art Berman, and you ask about his work on the 2010 National Petroleum Council Study. He shares with you the latest input from Jean LaHerrere. Or you overhear some information about the forensic investigation of the BP blowout preventer. This kind of information doesn't come with the DVDs.

Come to the Conference on the Future of Energy

Register Today!