CERAWeek Podcast with Atul Arya
CERAWeek Podcast is a series by the world’s premier energy conference. This show offers insight into the energy future by exploring what’s ahead for global energy markets, geopolitics, and technology. On each episode, we highlight the linkages across industries and the models that are transforming energy. Hosted by Atul Arya, Chief Energy Strategist at S&P Global, this bi-weekly podcast features conversations with senior executives, government officials, thought leaders, technology innovators, and financial leaders.
Latest episodes
Jul 1, 2021 • 21min
IGU’s Joe Kang on the LNG market post-pandemic, net zero goals, and the World Gas Conference 2022
Joe M. Kang, President of the International Gas Union, discusses the role of gas in the future energy mix and what to expect from the next World Gas Conference in May 2022 in Daegu, Korea.
Jul 1, 2021 • 32min
Industry experts on changing demands for cybersecurity on the energy infrastructure
Increased digital connectivity between operational facilities and equipment leads to an imbalance of cybersecurity threats as well as threats to sensitive proprietary data. How are cybersecurity risks growing as the industry digitalizes?
Jun 24, 2021 • 32min
Industry experts on technological advancements in geothermal and its revival in the renewable mix
Clean, renewable geothermal energy is a reliable & abundant power source that can adapt to small & large scale installations. How have technological advancements helped kickstart a revival and reintroduced geothermal to the renewable energy mix?
Jun 24, 2021 • 23min
Bob Dudley on OGCI’s climate investments, methane mitigation & policies that support decarbonization
In the first installment of CERAWeek Conversations 2021, Bob Dudley, Chairman of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, shares insights on the leading role that the world’s largest energy producers are playing in the road to a low-carbon future.
Dec 15, 2020 • 37min
CFR President Richard Haass on “The World: A Brief Introduction” & lessons for today's challenges
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, explores the main themes of his new book, “The World: A Brief Introduction,” in a CERAWeek Conversation with IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin. The world is in a unique moment in history, Haass contends, and a deeper understanding of global issues and a renewed appreciation of alliances are needed to confront the challenges ahead. Haass examines the issues, from COVID-19 responses to Iran, Russia, and U.S.-China relations, and shares insights on innovative approaches for cooperation on climate change and international trade.
Dec 10, 2020 • 43min
Chief Diversity Officers on building cultures of equity & inclusion in energy
Diversity, inclusion, and racial equity are core societal values, but they have shaken by the events of 2020. The massive protests that swept the country over racial injustices were calls to action and demands for change towards a more inclusive and equitable society. The energy industry has a tremendous role to play in this movement. In this timely and important CERAWeek Conversation, leaders from the oil, gas, and power sector address how their organizations have responded to the calls and discuss the ongoing actions that industry has been taking to foster cultures of diversity and inclusion.
Dec 8, 2020 • 33min
Oil & gas tech experts on digital transformation accelerated: Rapid uptake & widespread adoption
Prior to COVID-19 the oil and gas industry had already been on a steady pace of digital transformation brought on by technological advancements and new business drivers and models. How has the pandemic accelerated this shift? Has digital transformation in a post-COVID world moved from a luxury to a necessity? Oil and gas technology experts discuss where industry is heading and the way forward with digital transformation for operators and application vendors.
Dec 8, 2020 • 40min
Chief economists & head analysts on the global oil market outlook post-pandemic
Global oil markets, already bracing for slower demand pre-COVID, have been rocked this year by the pandemic, price war, and other seismic shifts to business and industry. Now facing even more constrained demand, a new price environment, capital discipline pressures, revamped shale models, a growing EV movement, and more, what is the range of scenarios and uncertainties that producers must navigate in the global oil market over the next 10 years and beyond? Chief economists from BP and ConocoPhillips and the heads of oil market research at OPEC and IHS Markit discuss the trends and structural changes that are shaping global oil post-pandemic.
Dec 3, 2020 • 38min
Ignacio Galán on his journey as a renewable energy pioneer & Iberdrola's energy transition pathway
Iberdrola Chairman and CEO Ignacio S. Galán joins IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin in a CERAWeek Conversation that chronicles his journey as a renewable energy pioneer and the company’s path to the forefront of the energy transition. Galán examines Iberdrola’s investments in wind and solar energy, the outlook for hydrogen and storage, and the growing competition downstream with traditional oil and gas players.
Dec 3, 2020 • 31min
Business and academic leaders on leveraging tech and human talent for the energy transformation
Business and academia team up to deliver roadmap for how companies can prepare for the energy transformation by leveraging technology and human talent. Arno Van Den Haak, Head of the Worldwide Business Development Oil & Gas at Amazon Web Services, and Venkat Venkatraman, Jr., Professor of Management and Department Chair at the Boston University Questrom School of Business, share the learnings from the collaboration between their organizations about the transformation ahead.
