120 http://www.platts.com/energypodium/?src=itunespodcastrss2 Platts Energy Podium provides an opportunity for newsmakers and credentialed reporters to discuss current energy issues. These events will be recorded and aired via Podcasts available on our Web site, Platts.com. Platts publicizes the events via the AP and other daybooks as well as in e-mails to reporters in the Washington area. en-us Copyright (c) 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com news http://www.platts.com/images/plsmall.gif http://www.platts.com/energypodium/?src=itunespodcastrss2 webeditor@platts.com webeditor@platts.com no Platts Energy Podium provides an opportunity for newsmakers and credentialed reporters to discuss current energy issues. Platts Energy Podium provides an opportunity for newsmakers and credentialed reporters to discuss current energy issues. These events will be recorded and aired via Podcasts available on our Web site, Platts.com. Platts publicizes the events via the AP and other daybooks as well as in e-mails to reporters in the Washington area. news,energy,platts,oil,petroleum Craige Moore craige.moore@gmail.com Platts reporters and other credentialed press congregated as Representative Rick Boucher discussed plans for climate change legislation and other major energy and environmental initiatives in Congress. The Virginia Democrat is the chairman of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, which is developing legislation for mandatory greenhouse gas controls. His panel has also been active in promoting alternatives to petroleum for transportation and energy efficiency as a means of reducing consumption. He was elected to the House in 1982 from Virginia's ninth district in the southwest area of the state. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2008/mar/pepboucheredit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2008/mar/pepboucheredit.mp3 11 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST 4:35 podcast,news,energy,platts,boucher,power,oil,gas,climate,emissions,cap,trade Representative Rick Boucher Platts reporters and other credentialed press congregated as Representative Rick Boucher discussed plans for climate change legislation and other major energy and environmental initiatives in Congress. The Virginia Democrat is the chairman of the House Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee, which is developing legislation for mandatory greenhouse gas controls. His panel has also been active in promoting alternatives to petroleum for transportation and energy efficiency as a means of reducing consumption. He was elected to the House in 1982 from Virginia's ninth district in the southwest area of the state. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2008/mar/pepboucherfull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2008/mar/pepboucherfull.mp3 11 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST 53:31 podcast,news,energy,platts,boucher,power,oil,gas,climate,emissions,cap,trade Representative Rick Boucher Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman discuss his recent trip to Central Asia and Europe, where he promoted global energy security, as well as Bush administration policies to diversify the US energy mix, increase energy efficiency and address global climate change. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/dec/boddecedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/dec/boddecedit.mp3 4 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST 6:20 podcast,news,energy,platts,bodman,energy,oil,gas,climate Samuel Bodman Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear from Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman discuss his recent trip to Central Asia and Europe, where he promoted global energy security, as well as Bush administration policies to diversify the US energy mix, increase energy efficiency and address global climate change. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/dec/boddecfull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/dec/boddecfull.mp3 4 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST 42:27 podcast,news,energy,platts,bodman,energy,oil,gas,climate Samuel Bodman Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as the new director of the Minerals Management Service, Randall Luthi, discussed his plans for the Department of the Interior agency. Confirmed by the Senate in July, Luthi is responsible for running an agency that manages oil and natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf and distributes annually more than $8 billion in revenue from onshore and offshore mineral leases. He is a former speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives as well as a lawyer and cattle rancher in the state. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/sep/luthiedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/sep/luthiedit.mp3 17 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EST 15:27 podcast,news,energy,platts,luthi,energy,MMS,oil,gas Randall Luthi Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as the new director of the Minerals Management Service, Randall Luthi, discussed his plans for the Department of the Interior agency. Confirmed by the Senate in July, Luthi is responsible for running an agency that manages oil and natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf and distributes annually more than $8 billion in revenue from onshore and offshore mineral leases. He is a former speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives as well as a lawyer and cattle rancher in the state. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/sep/luthifull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/sep/luthifull.mp3 17 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EST 55:05 podcast,news,energy,platts,luthi,energy,MMS,oil,gas Randall Luthi Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as Senator Carl Levin discussed his probe of speculation in natural gas and other energy markets. For the past five years, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has conducted investigations into the pricing of energy commodities, including gasoline, crude oil and natural gas. These investigations reflect a continuing concern over increases in the price and price volatility of these commodities, and the adequacy of government oversight of the markets that set these prices. The Subcommittee's most recent report, The Role of Market Speculation in Rising Oil and Gas Prices: A Need to Put a Cop on the Beat, released in June, found that the traditional forces of supply and demand no longer fully account for sustained increases and price volatility in the oil and gasoline markets. The report determined that market speculation contributed to rising oil and gasoline prices, perhaps accounting for $20 out of a $70 barrel of oil, and that too many energy trades occurred without regulatory oversight. The report recommended new laws to increase market oversight and stop market manipulation. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jul/levinedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jul/levinedit.mp3 30 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EST 14:31 podcast,news,energy,platts,court,energy,FERC,gas Senator Carl Levin Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as Senator Carl Levin discussed his probe of speculation in natural gas and other energy markets. For the past five years, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has conducted investigations into the pricing of energy commodities, including gasoline, crude oil and natural gas. These investigations reflect a continuing concern over increases in the price and price volatility of these commodities, and the adequacy of government oversight of the markets that set these prices. The Subcommittee's most recent report, The Role of Market Speculation in Rising Oil and Gas Prices: A Need to Put a Cop on the Beat, released in June, found that the traditional forces of supply and demand no longer fully account for sustained increases and price volatility in the oil and gasoline markets. The report determined that market speculation contributed to rising oil and gasoline prices, perhaps accounting for $20 out of a $70 barrel of oil, and that too many energy trades occurred without regulatory oversight. The report recommended new laws to increase market oversight and stop market manipulation. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jul/levin.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jul/levin.mp3 30 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EST 58:04 podcast,news,energy,platts,court,energy,FERC,gas Senator Carl Levin Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as FERC's Susan Court addressed the evolving energy markets and the commission's oversight role. A veteran FERC staffer with high-level experience in a broad array of jurisdictional topics, Court heads up the commission's critical market enforcement operation at a time when such oversight is a front-and-center topic on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Court joined FERC in 1982 as an attorney-advisor and subsequently served as a commissioner's assistant and executive assistant to the chairman before becoming a senior agency manager in 1986, when she was appointed associate general counsel for gas and oil. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jun/energypodium0620edit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jun/energypodium0620edit.mp3 20 Jun 2007 13:00:00 EST 12:09 podcast,news,energy,platts,court,energy,FERC,gas Susan Court Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as FERC's Susan Court addressed the evolving energy markets and the commission's oversight role. A veteran FERC staffer with high-level experience in a broad array of jurisdictional topics, Court heads up the commission's critical market enforcement operation at a time when such oversight is a front-and-center topic on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. Court joined FERC in 1982 as an attorney-advisor and subsequently served as a commissioner's assistant and executive assistant to the chairman before becoming a senior agency manager in 1986, when she was appointed associate general counsel for gas and oil. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jun/energypodium0620full.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/june/energypodium0620full.mp3 20 Jun 2007 13:00:00 EST 1:08:40 podcast,news,energy,platts,court,energy,FERC,gas Susan Court Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as Gordon Shearer addressed the evolving global and US liquefied natural gas markets. Shearer has lengthy and broad experience with LNG, having served in various LNG-related positions for more than 25 years, dating back to the tussles over Algerian imports in the early 1980s. Shearer is the corporate face of the embattled Weaver's Cove Energy LNG project as well as a respected LNG industry observer. Weaver's Cove sponsor HESS LNG is a joint venture of Poten & Partners and Amerada Hess; Shearer joined Poten & Partners in January 2001. Prior to that, he was employed by Cabot Corporation from 1978 until 2001, with numerous assignments in the company's energy businesses. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/apr/sheareredit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/apr/sheareredit.mp3 17 Apr 2007 13:00:00 EST 15:14 podcast,news,energy,platts,shearer,energy,LNG Gordon Shearer Platts reporters and other credentialed press came together as Gordon Shearer addressed the evolving global and US liquefied natural gas markets. Shearer has lengthy and broad experience with LNG, having served in various LNG-related positions for more than 25 years, dating back to the tussles over Algerian imports in the early 1980s. Shearer is the corporate face of the embattled Weaver's Cove Energy LNG project as well as a respected LNG industry observer. Weaver's Cove sponsor HESS LNG is a joint venture of Poten & Partners and Amerada Hess; Shearer joined Poten & Partners in January 2001. Prior to that, he was employed by Cabot Corporation from 1978 until 2001, with numerous assignments in the company's energy businesses. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/apr/shearerfull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/apr/shearerfull.mp3 17 Apr 2007 13:00:00 EST 1:03:03 podcast,news,energy,platts,shearer,energy,LNG Gordon Shearer Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman discuss the progress and the prospects for energy and environmental legislation in the 110th Congress. In addition to chairing Senate Energy, Bingaman was recently tapped to chair a new subcommittee on energy, natural resources and infrastructure in the Senate Finance Committee. A former New Mexico attorney general, Bingaman has represented his home state in the U.S. Senate since 1983. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/mar/bingamanedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/mar/bingamanedit.mp3 12 Mar 2007 8:00:00 EST 9:25 podcast,news,energy,platts,bingaman,energy,NRC,congress,senate Sen. Jeff Bingaman Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman discuss the progress and the prospects for energy and environmental legislation in the 110th Congress. In addition to chairing Senate Energy, Bingaman was recently tapped to chair a new subcommittee on energy, natural resources and infrastructure in the Senate Finance Committee. A former New Mexico attorney general, Bingaman has represented his home state in the U.S. Senate since 1983. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/mar/bingaman.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/mar/bingaman.mp3 12 Mar 2007 8:00:00 EST 59:39 podcast,news,energy,platts,bingaman,energy,NRC,congress,senate Sen. Jeff Bingaman Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell discuss President Bush's State of the Union address, the administration's energy policies and this year's priorities for the Department of Energy. Sell, sworn in as DOE's number-two official in March 2005, is also the department's chief operating officer and assists Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman with policy and programmatic oversight of the $23 billion agency. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/selledit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/selledit.mp3 1 Feb 2007 15:00:00 EST 5:30 podcast,news,energy,platts,sell,energy,bush,DOE Clay Sell Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell discuss President Bush's State of the Union address, the administration's energy policies and this year's priorities for the Department of Energy. Sell, sworn in as DOE's number-two official in March 2005, is also the department's chief operating officer and assists Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman with policy and programmatic oversight of the $23 billion agency. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/sell.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/sell.mp3 1 Feb 2007 15:00:00 EST 47:53 podcast,news,energy,platts,sell,energy,bush,DOE Clay Sell Platts reporters and other credentialed press listened as Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Edward McGaffigan Jr. recalled his more than 10 years at NRC and presented challenges facing the commission. The longest serving member of NRC, Commissioner McGaffigan announced recently he will step down because of illness. He intends to serve until his successor has been nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate. He was appointed by President Clinton in 1996 and 2000, and most recently by President Bush in 2005. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/mcgaffiganedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/mcgaffiganedit.mp3 22 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST 18:52 podcast,news,energy,platts Edward McGaffigan Jr. Platts reporters and other credentialed press listened as Nuclear Regulatory Commission member Edward McGaffigan Jr. recalled his more than 10 years at NRC and presented challenges facing the commission. The longest serving member of NRC, Commissioner McGaffigan announced recently he will step down because of illness. He intends to serve until his successor has been nominated by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate. He was appointed by President Clinton in 1996 and 2000, and most recently by President Bush in 2005. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/mcgaffigan.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2007/jan/mcgaffigan.mp3 22 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST 1:12:15 podcast,news,energy,platts,mcgaffigan,NRC,nuclear Edward McGaffigan Jr. Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear from Harlan Watson, senior climate negotiator and special representative at the US State Department.
Watson, the face of the Bush administration's climate policy at international negotiations, will discuss the November 6-17 talks among industrialized and developing countries in Nairobi, Kenya. Chief among his roles was to point out that some countries are growing their greenhouse gas emissions at a faster rate than the United States. And he rejected persistent rumors that the White House is considering a new, mandatory program to cut domestic industrial GHGs. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/dec/watsonfull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/dec/watsonfull.mp3 12 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST 59:15 podcast,news,energy,platts,watson,climate,bush,policy Harlan L. Watson Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear from Harlan Watson, senior climate negotiator and special representative at the US State Department.
Watson, the face of the Bush administration's climate policy at international negotiations, will discuss the November 6-17 talks among industrialized and developing countries in Nairobi, Kenya. Chief among his roles was to point out that some countries are growing their greenhouse gas emissions at a faster rate than the United States. And he rejected persistent rumors that the White House is considering a new, mandatory program to cut domestic industrial GHGs. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/dec/watson.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/dec/watson.mp3 12 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST 18:58 podcast,news,energy,platts Harlan L. Watson Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Minerals Management Service (MMS) Director Johnnie Burton discuss the current issues surrounding price threshold contract provisions as well as other pressing matters.
Burton was appointed MMS director on March 15, 2002. Prior to her appointment, she served as director of Wyoming's Department of Revenue from 1995 through February 2002. She has a varied background in education, digital information systems, oil and gas exploration, legislative service, and government management.
Recent high-profile congressional hearings have focused on a series of controversial deepwater US Gulf of Mexico leases awarded in 1998 and 1999 without royalty relief price thresholds that could ultimately cost the US Treasury an estimated $10 billion in lost royalty payments. While MMS has said it would honor the original contracts, it has asked all 55 companies with leases over those two years to voluntarily renegotiate the deals. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/sep/burton.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/sep/burton.mp3 21 Sep 2006 15:00:00 EST 58:02 podcast,news,energy,platts Johnnie Burton Platts reporters and other credentialed press gathered to hear Minerals Management Service (MMS) Director Johnnie Burton discuss the current issues surrounding price threshold contract provisions as well as other pressing matters.
Burton was appointed MMS director on March 15, 2002. Prior to her appointment, she served as director of Wyoming's Department of Revenue from 1995 through February 2002. She has a varied background in education, digital information systems, oil and gas exploration, legislative service, and government management.
Recent high-profile congressional hearings have focused on a series of controversial deepwater US Gulf of Mexico leases awarded in 1998 and 1999 without royalty relief price thresholds that could ultimately cost the US Treasury an estimated $10 billion in lost royalty payments. While MMS has said it would honor the original contracts, it has asked all 55 companies with leases over those two years to voluntarily renegotiate the deals. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/sep/burtonedit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/sep/burtonedit.mp3 21 Sep 2006 15:00:00 EST 7:20 podcast,news,energy,platts,burton,MMS Johnnie Burton Platts reporters and other credentialed press congregated to hear Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein. Sworn in on July 1, the chairman joined the commission as it gears up to license new nuclear power plants, something it has not done in years. By its latest count, NRC is expecting 19 applications for combined construction permits and operating licenses for as many as 27 new units. At the same time, the commission is reviewing applications for the renewal of licenses at existing nuclear plants. Before his nomination, Klein was the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological programs. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/august/klein.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/august/klein.mp3 30 Aug 2006 15:00:00 EST 6:50 Podcast,news,energy,platts Dale Klein Platts reporters and other credentialed press congregated to hear Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein. Sworn in on July 1, the chairman joined the commission as it gears up to license new nuclear power plants, something it has not done in years. By its latest count, NRC is expecting 19 applications for combined construction permits and operating licenses for as many as 27 new units. At the same time, the commission is reviewing applications for the renewal of licenses at existing nuclear plants. Before his nomination, Klein was the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and biological programs. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/august/klein.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/august/klein.mp3 30 Aug 2006 15:00:00 EST 58:13 Podcast,news,energy,platts,NRC,klein,nuclear Dale Klein The chairman addressed the Platts event a week after the commission wrapped up its open meeting schedule for the season and roughly a year into his tenure as chairman of this critical regulatory agency. Energy Policy Act implementation, volatile gas prices and a growing liquefied natural gas presence in the US are among a plethora of key issues the commission has been dealing with this year. Kelliher was sworn in as a commissioner in November 2003 and was designated chairman by President Bush effective July 9, 2005. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/july/kelliheredit.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/july/kelliheredit.mp3 26 Jul 2006 15:00:00 EST 7:32 Podcast,news,energy,platts Joseph Kelliher The chairman addressed the Platts event a week after the commission wrapped up its open meeting schedule for the season and roughly a year into his tenure as chairman of this critical regulatory agency. Energy Policy Act implementation, volatile gas prices and a growing liquefied natural gas presence in the US are among a plethora of key issues the commission has been dealing with this year. Kelliher was sworn in as a commissioner in November 2003 and was designated chairman by President Bush effective July 9, 2005. http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/july/Kelliherfull.mp3 News & Politics http://www.platts.com/energypodium/podcasts/2006/july/Kelliherfull.mp3 26 Jul 2006 15:00:00 EST 1:01:23 Podcast,news,energy,platts Joseph Kelliher