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October 9, 2025 • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm edt

Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections

*Registration is closed for this event. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA's Women in Energy initiative, in collaboration with the Columbia Policy Institute, invites...

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Exploring Energy Careers: Insights and Connections
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Columbia Energy Exchange

Crude Volatility: The History & Future of Boom Bust Oil Prices

February 6, 2017
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Bob McNally

Founder & President of the Rapidan Group

Host Jason Bordoff sits down with Bob McNally, a Fellow at the Center, founder and president of the Rapidan Group, a leading energy consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and former energy advisor to President George W. Bush. They discuss all things oil price volatility, the topic of Bob’s new book, Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices, the first book in the new Center on Global Energy Policy book series with Columbia University Press. They discuss:

  • the origins of oil price control in the United States
  • differences between boom bust cycles today and 10 years ago
  • what history tells us about the future of price volatility and how governments and business can cope
  • and shale’s role as a potential swing producer.
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