The Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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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Programs

ENERGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Topics

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, MARKETS AND TRENDS, SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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