Videos - 2011

Opening Remarks & Background Session #1

Geology of natural gas
Speaker: Sally Sutton, Associate Professor, Head, Department of Geosciences at Colorado State University

Background Session #2

Drilling & completion
Speaker: Tom Sale, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University

Background Session #3 

Processing, transport, and distribution
Speaker: Scott A. Neil, PE, Senior Director Project Engineering, DCP Midstream

Background Session #4

The Role of Water
Speaker: Ken Carlson, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University

Background Session #5

Supply outlook for natural gas
Speaker: Suzanne Minter, Bentek Energy

Keynote Address #1

“Moving Beyond Misinformation: Education and Engagement” 
Speaker: Tisha Conoly Schuller, President & CEO, Colorado Oil and Gas Association

Keynote Address #2

“Moving the Discussion Away from Threats and Toward Collaboration.” 
Speaker: Ed Warner, Professor & Geologist

Panel Session #1

Increasing the use of natural gas: Is that a good thing? Moderator:  Tim Reeser, Executive Director of CSU’s commercial arm of Clean Energy Supercluster, CENERGY

• Can our water resources survive the increased production and use of natural gas? (Ken Carlson, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University)
• Is natural gas really part of a clean energy strategy? Tales from the environment. (Mark Williams, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado)
• Community impacts (positive and negative) of increased natural gas production and use (Barb Kirkmeyer, Weld County Commissioner)
• Natural gas as a renewable fuel - what does the future hold? (Sybil Sharvelle, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University)

Panel Session #2

The Role of Regulations in the Natural Gas Industry
Moderator:  Former Colorado Governor, Bill Ritter, Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy

• Federal perspective (Kate Fay, Environmental Protection Agency)
• State perspective (David Neslin, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission)
• Industry perspective (Stephen Flaherty, Noble Energy)

Panel Session #3

Beyond our borders: Natural gas in a global context
Moderator: Bryan Willson, Director, Clean Energy Supercluster

• Supply/Demand/Opportunity Issues in Europe, Asia(China) and Africa, Bryan Willson, Director, Clean Energy Supercluster,
• How political and economic risk affects investment decisions and implications for the future of gas production in those same economies, Michael Orlando, Principal, Economic Advisors