Our new oil-climate index will be released in Washington, DC on March 11, 2015

Oil is changing. Tight shale oil, oil sands, heavy oils, ultra-deep oils, depleting oils, oil shale, and an expanding array of hydrocarbons are vying for market share. Consumers may not notice the transformation—aside from recent price fluctuations, little appears to have changed at the gas pump. But behind-the-scenes, the oils themselves, how they are extracted and processed, and the products into which they are made, are shifting in substantial ways.

These changes raise important questions: What are the characteristics and properties of these oils? How do they compare to one another in terms of their climate impacts?

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Stanford University, and the University of Calgary have developed the first-of-its-kind Oil-Climate Index, modeling these complex interactions. These open source data and models will shape how consumers, investors, industries, NGOs, and policymakers approach current and future oil production, refining, and consumption.

I worked on this project with my colleagues Deborah Gordon (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Joule Bergerson (University of Calgary), and Adam Brandt (Stanford University).

Here are the details on the upcoming event:

Oil-Climate Index Release Event

You can get more details at this link.  Let me know if you’d like to attend!

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