Energy Program (4)
Short audio opinion pieces and interviews aimed at
discussion of current and critical issues for Latin
America’s energy sector.
| Name | Play | Length |
| Mexico- U.S. Cross Border Oil Agreement |
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3:45 min |
| Canadian Oil, China and the United States |
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5:06 min |
| Mexico & United States - Cross Border Electricity Cooperation |
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7:14 min |
| Energy & the New Administration in Brazil |
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5:25 min |
| Ethanol and U.S. -- Brazil Relations |
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5:19 min |
| Hydroelectricity in Chile and Brazil |
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5:30 min |
| 2012 Energy Outlook |
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3:24 min |
| Pemex launches new contracts |
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5:47 min |
| Shale Gas & Latin America |
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7:13 min |
| The State of Renewable Energy and Soaring Energy Costs in Central America |
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3:43 min |
| Subsidies and Unrest in Bolivia and Chile |
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4:31 min |
| Energy & the Booming Economy in Colombia |
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3:53 min |
| Drilling for Oil in Cuba |
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4:28 min |
| LNG Exports from the U.S.: A New Era for Price and Hemispheric Energy Security? |
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5:01 min |
| PERU-Energy & the New Administration |
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5:48 min |
The Institute’s Energy Steering Group is a diverse network of international companies that span the global energy business. The Steering Group provides regular input on the nature of programs, topics and countries where the Institute convenes our executive roundtables and other meetings. It is a high-level, elite network that essentially serves as a Board of Directors for the Energy Program; Steering Group company representatives actively liaise with the Energy Program and help refine agenda topics, identify key speakers, sponsors, and other targeted participants. Steering Group planning meetings usually occur over breakfast or dinner and are timed to coinicide with Energy Program activities throughout the region. There are myriad benefits associated with Steering Group membership including, but not limited to:
• Recognition as a sponsor of all Energy Program events throughout the year;
• Direct access to public sector and private sector leaders during Conferences, Roundtables, and other occasions in the form of private one-on-one meetings and/or personal introductions;
• Preferential seating at program events and special events such as visits from Latin American heads of state;Invitations to exclusive networking events, among other opportunities; and,
• All benefits at our annual energy conference of a paying conference sponsor, at no additional cost, such as public recognition in conference literature and from the conference podium, two complimentary conference registrations, ability to display company literature, seating at conference meal head tables, and the opportunity to provide a conference speaker or panel moderator.
To join our Steering Group please contact Jeremy Martin.
Energy integration efforts struggle in Latin America
11 June 2009 (Platts Oilgram News)
Increasing production of renewable energy and tying it—as well as more traditional energy projects such as natural gas pipelines—together throughout Latin America face economic and political stumbling blocks, representatives of multilateral organizations said June 9.
"A sense of caution has replaced the euphoria we were seeing two years ago" about renewable energy including wind, solar and biofuels, Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Moreno said at a conference on energy in the western hemisphere organized by the Institute of the Americas.
The global economic crisis and weak oil and other fuel prices have caused some Latin American countries to pull back on politically unpopular or expensive energy initiatives. Still, Moreno said some projections show Latin America could see $1.3 trillion in both private and state investment in the energy sector over the next 20 years.
Many projects—whether flowing gas through international pipelines or moving solar or wind energy between countries on interconnected electrical grids—have stalled, Moreno said.
Andean Development Corporation Executive Vice President Luis Berrizbeitia agreed, saying "broad-based integration processes have become weaker in the past few years" in Latin America.
He noted that several gas pipeline projects between countries have been replaced by national LNG terminals, which allow countries to bring in gas supplies from numerous producers and support security of supply.
Argentina, Brazil and Chile are among the countries that have looked to LNG in the face of unreliable gas supply from Bolivia, where political instability has led to a decline in new investments in gas production.
Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas, said politics and not technical issues are still the main barriers to integration. While he noted that Colombia and Venezuela have had some success in integrating gas pipelines and electrical grids are coming together in Central America, the overall results are still poor.
Colombia's ambassador to the US, Carolina Barco, however, insisted that her country is still pushing to connect with its neighbors through new gas and coal opportunities, the integration of biofuel production, the possibility of gas pipelines toward its Pacific coast and investment in hydropower projects.
BP's Hayward to receive Energy Innovator Award
The Institute of the Americas is proud to annouce that Dr. Tony Hayward, Chief Executive Officer of BP p.l.c ., will be honored with the Energy Innovator Award on May 13 at the annual La Jolla Conference Hayward is the first recipient of the prestigious Institute of the Americas award, which recognizes his leadership in calling for technology investment to achieve greater energy efficiency and for working to bring new energy sources to market. His efforts to respond to the world's growing need for energy despite the volatility caused by the global crisis will be highlighted.
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Martin talks about energy boom-bust at Caracas forum
The IOA Energy Program Director Jeremy Martin described the energy industry's boom-bust cycle during an April 20-23 forum in Caracas, Venezuela.
The forum, which was organized by the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela, focused on the geopolitics of energy and energy security in the United States and Latin America.
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Summit of the Americas and Energy Security
IOA Energy Program Director Jeremy Martin writes that the Summit of the Americas should focus the Hemisphere's energy policy agenda on four goals: a free-market approach to ethanol; improved energy standards for buildings, autos and appliances; addressing the debate over nuclear energy; and streamlining regulatory, legal and fiscal regimes. To read his commentary published in the April 15 edition of World Politics Review, click here
Pemex Bets Billions on Geologically Complex Chicontepec Field
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Quotes Jeremy Martin
Skeptics & Pessimists: Mexico’s Energy Reform & Implementation
2008 was a bad year for PEMEX, but the future holds promise for the company, according to Director General Jesus Reyes Heroles, who spoke at the Institute of the Americas energy roundtable in Mexico City on February 3.
For Reyes Heroles the ‘bad’ was precipitated by the significant decline of the country’s oil production, particularly at the massive Cantarell field: 2008 saw oil production drop 9% to a 13 year low.
Reyes Heroles was quick to state that 2009 provided PEMEX and Mexico’s oil outlook with a proverbial new leaf. In speaking of the opportunity that the reform measures afford PEMEX, he emphasized that he prefers the current ‘day after tomorrow’ from the alternative of no reform which he noted was a real possibility as the debate dragged on last year.
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Chávez Reopens
Oil Bids to West as Prices Plunge
As falling oil prices threaten the social welfare programs that have bolstered President Hugo Chávez's popular support, senior officials in his government are quietly courting Western companies to boost purchases of Venezuelan petroleum, The New York Times reported.
In recent weeks, Venezuelan officials have solicited bids from some of the largest Western oil companies, including Chevron, Royal Dutch/Shell and Total of France and promised them access to some of the world's largest petroleum reserves.
"If re-engaging with foreign oil companies is necessary to his political survival, then Chávez will do it," said Roger Tissot, an authority on Venezuela's oil industry who is a visiting energy fellow at the Institute of the Americas.
To read the complete story by New York Times correspondent Simon Romero, click here
Energy in the Americas: The Next 25 Years -
Central America Energy: Renewables, Integration and Investment
US presidential election and its relevance for Latin America
IOA energy program director Jeremy Martin and energy fellow Roger Tissot look at the historic US presidential election and its relevance for Latin America and the region’s energy sector. To read their article in the San Diego Union Tribune
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China sneezes, Latin America catches a cold
IOA energy expert Jeremy Martin and energy analyst Roger Tissot explain the impact of an economic slowdown in China on Latin America's exports and energy sector. To read their article in Latin Business Chronicle,
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Energy Specialist Joins IOA Program
Roger Tissot, an internationally renowned energy analyst, is joining the Institute of the Americas as a Visiting Energy Fellow. He will write policy papers and articles for the Institute, participate as a speaker in Institute programs, and work with the Energy Program on its conferences and roundtables.
For almost 15 years, Roger has focused his research on Latin American economic, political and energy issues, most recently as a director at Washington, DC-based PFC Energy. He also spent several years in Latin America with EnCana Corporation. Roger holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Laval (Quebec) and an M.B.A. from the University of Calgary. He lives in Canada and can be reached at:
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This internationally respected program focuses on a wide range of energy issues across the Western Hemisphere with the goal of enhanced public-private dialogue at the center of all of its efforts
The Institute of the Americas Energy Program works in a variety of ways to enhance public policy across the diverse roster of nations in the region. Through research, opinion essays, roundtables and conferences the Institute aims to foster a deeper understanding of the most critical energy issues facing the Western Hemisphere.
Institute events and discussions bring together government officials, industry leaders, academia and civil society to debate policy and critical issues facing individual countries and the region as a whole. For two decades, the Latin America’s energy leaders have turned to the Institute as a key player and facilitator of informed and robust energy policy discussion
Annual La Jolla Energy Conference
Known as The La Jolla Conference, this is the Western Hemisphere's most highly regarded energy policy conference. The annual forum, hosted by the Institute at its home in La Jolla, California, convenes energy ministers, company executives, bankers, civil society and others to discuss current trends, geopolitics, new projects, changes in regulations and new investment opportunities.
Country and Region-Specific Roundtables and Forums
In addition to the annual La Jolla Conference, the Institute is renowned for its country and region-specific events. Drawing on our comprehension of the region’s most vital and current energy topics and our ability to bring together senior officials from across government and industry, the Institute has developed a strong track record for serious and intense policy discussions at these conferences. The events are often closed-door sessions that encourage candid dialogue to promote sound public policies and decision-making. Over the course of the Energy Program’s two decades working on energy policy issues in the region, roundtables and forums have been hosted in almost every country and market in the hemisphere.
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Training
Training seminars for Spanish-language journalists, government officials, academics and legislative aides offer participants an opportunity to exchange ideas with leading figures in Latin American and global energy fields. Each year, the Institute organizes an intensive training workshop known as the Geopolitics of Energy. Over the course of a few days, participants receive lectures on global energy trends and outlooks, regional case studies, discussion of the intersection of politics and energy, the increased attention on alternative and renewable energy, what climate change means for Latin America and a wide range of other topics. As with all of the efforts in the energy realm, the goal is for participants to return to their countries with a deeper grasp of the intricacies of the economically and politically vital energy sector. For more information about training Contact
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President's Corner
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pril is Western Hemisphere month for U.S. President Barack Obama, and the capstone event is the Sixth Summit of the Americas, a regular meeting of the 34 democratically elected presidents and prime ministers of the hemisphere
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