Video On Demand

The Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

May 6, 2015 • 1:30 – 3:15 pm EDT

The CSIS Energy and National Security Program is pleased to host a discussion on the future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the global strategic stocks system.

Keynote address by:

Christopher A. Smith
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy

Panel discussion including:

Bob Corbin
Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Office of Petroleum Reserves at the U.S. Department of Energy

Martin Tallett
President and Founder of EnSys Energy

Martin Young
Head of Emergency Policy Division at the International Energy Agency

Kevin Book
Managing Director at ClearView Energy Partners

Panelists will discuss the structure and function of the SPR, possible reforms and the prospects for those reforms. Panelists will also examine global strategic stocks systems and their current role in the changing global crude and product supply system.

Moderator:

Sarah O. Ladislaw
Director and Senior Fellow with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program

 

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Sarah Ladislaw

Sarah Ladislaw

Former Senior Associate (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Frank A. Verrastro
Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Energy Security and Climate Change Program