Fourth Annual Chesapeake Energy Lecture

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 01:00 PM

The University of Tulsa College of Law and the National Energy Policy Institute present the Fourth Annual Chesapeake Energy Lecture on February 7 in the Great Hall at TU's Allen Chapman Activity Center on 440 S. Gary Ave. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., and the program begins at noon.

This year's invitation-only event features a point-and-counterpoint discussion regarding hydraulic fracturing with geoscientists David Hughes and Terry Engelder. TU College of Law Vice Dean Gary Allison will moderate the discussion.

EngelderEngelder, a professor in the geosciences department at Penn State University, is a leading authority on the recent Marcellus gas shale play. He has previously served on the staffs of the U.S. Geological Survey, Texaco, and Columbia University. In recognition of his work on gas shale, he was named to Foreign Policy magazine's 2011 list of "Top Global Thinkers" along with a colleague, Gary Lash, and the famous gas shale operator, George Mitchell. In the international arena, Engelder has worked on exploration and production problems with such companies as Saudi Aramco, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Agip, and Petrobras.

HughesHughes is president of Global Sustainability Research Inc., a consultancy dedicated to research on energy and sustainability issues. He has studied the energy resources of Canada for nearly four decades, including 32 years with the Geological Survey of Canada as a scientist and research manager. Over the past decade, he has researched, published and lectured widely on global energy and sustainability issues in North America and internationally. He is a fellow of the Post Carbon Institute, and his work has been featured in the popular press, radio, television and other public media. Hughes recently authored two reports: "Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century?" and "Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Shale Gas Compared to Coal: An Analysis of Two Conflicting Studies."

The Chesapeake Energy Lecture Series is a component of the Chesapeake Scholars Program, a partnership between the TU College of Law and Chesapeake Energy Corporation. The program recruits and educates the nation's top students interested in energy-related careers, providing them mentoring and scholarship opportunities.

The National Energy Policy Institute is a joint project of The University of Tulsa and the George Kaiser Family Foundation and is headquartered in Tulsa. NEPI is a non-partisan and not-for-profit organization dedicated to researching all aspects of energy policy and disseminating those research findings to both policymakers and the public.

Contact:
Scott Been
scott-been@utulsa.edu
918-631-2568