Trump, China and 300 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
As the US powers ahead with its plans to recover Latin America’s ‘oil El Dorado’, we explore Venezuela’s environmental and geopolitical outlook
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Past Event
October 16, 2017
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Princeton Club of NY 15 West 43rd St. New York, NY 10036 Please join Women in Energy and the Greater New York City Chapter of the Women’s Energy Network (WEN) for a joint networking reception in Midtown on October 16. This is a terrific opportunity to mix and mingle with female energy professionals, alumni, and current graduate students. We will kick off the reception with short remarks from WEN members focused on their current jobs and career paths and leave the majority of time for the meet and greet. WEN speakers will include: Vanessa Richelle Wilson, Partner, DLA Piper Sripradha Ilango, Chief Financial Officer, Soltage Kathy Benini, Managing Director, IHS Markit This event is free to attend, but registration is required. This event is open only to WIE alumni, current female grad students, and WEN members and other supporters of the Greater New York City Chapter of WEN. Please RSVP only if you can commit to attending.
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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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Venezuela holds 70% of Latin America's natural gas reserves, which it could export to Colombia and Trinidad to increase revenues.
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.