Kuwait looks to the cloud as power grid feels the strain
Kuwait has invited bids to construct three power substations that will supply electricity to Google Cloud data storage centres
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Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a Women in Energy dinner and roundtable discussion with Mona Sutphen, Board Director of Pioneer Natural Resources, Tyson Taylor, VP of Learning and Development of Pioneer Natural Resources, Amy Bell, Senior Manager of Applications and Business Relationships of Pioneer Natural Resources & Mark Berg, Executive VP of Corporate/Operations of Pioneer Natural Resources. Ms. Sutphen, Ms. Taylor, Ms. Bell, and Mr. Berg will discuss their academic and job histories, career paths, and perspectives on promoting diversity in the workplace – including Pioneer’s Women’s Resource Group. Biographies Mona Sutphen Mona Sutphen is a Board Director of Pioneer Natural Resources and a Partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP, a consulting firm providing strategic advice in the areas of financial markets, geopolitics, and government policy. Ms. Sutphen previously spent three years at UBSAG, as Managing Director, covering geopolitical risk and macro-policy trends. From 2009 through 2011, she served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for President Obama. Prior to that position, she was Managing Director at Stonebridge International, and from 1991 through 2000 was a career diplomat, serving on the staff of the National Security Council, the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and postings in Asia and Europe. Ms. Sutphen was also a member of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board during President Obama’s administration. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at SIPA. Ms. Sutphen also currently serves on the Boards of Drilling Info Holdings LLC, the International Rescue Committee and Human Rights First. Ms. Sutphen is a Trustee of Mount Holyoke College. She is co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive As Other Powers Rise, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Master of Science degree from the London School of Economics. Tyson Taylor Tyson Taylor is the Vice President of Learning and Development for Pioneer Natural Resources, an independent, Dallas-based Fortune 500 oil and gas exploration, and production company. She is responsible for developing and driving company-wide learning and development objectives, change management and overseeing diversity and inclusion programming. Ms. Taylor has 18 years of experience in human resources and has held a variety of roles including leading employee relations, hr business partners, change management, recruiting and total rewards. She was also selected to serve as senior business analyst to Pioneer’s president and chief operating officer. Ms. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Master of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Girls Inc. of Metropolitan Dallas.
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA is pleased to host a virtual webinar with experts from Kenya, India, and Brazil to discuss and better understand the landscape...
Join us on February 25 for an in-depth, student-only conversation. Registration is required, and space is limited. The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA’s Women...
The recent military operation to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores raises several implications for the future of Venezuela and Latin America, geopolitics, and energy markets. Cosponsored by SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics (IGP) and Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP), along with Columbia’s Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS), this webinar will analyze the circumstances and impact of their capture and extradition to New York to face narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges.
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Models can predict catastrophic or modest damages from climate change, but not which of these futures is coming.
The US intervention in Venezuela may jeopardize both the flow of discounted Venezuelan oil to China's teapot refineries and the role of Chinese oil companies in Venezuela’s upstream business.