CERAWeek Podcast with Atul Arya

Reducing unnecessary plastic waste is integral to achieving a sustainable global environment. But how do we get there? How is industry rising to meet the challenge? What are the latest advancements in plastics recycling technology?

Blockchain technology promises to have far-reaching economic and social implications. Through equal access, a global peer network, transparency, security, and collaboration--blockchain will transform the energy industry. The extent of blockchain potential is dependent on how well it is developed and future governance. In this session we tackle the benefits of blockchain, how to best access these benefits, and how governance could be key to the future blockchain's success.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.