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Energy: Under Threat in the Western Hemisphere?
Date:March 31, 2006
Time:10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Speaker(s):

Karen Harbert
Assistant Secretary for
Policy and International Affairs,
U.S. Department of Energy

Gustavo Coronel
Former Board Member,
Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A.

R. Kirk Sherr
Principal Member,
The Scowcroft Group

Carl Meacham
Senior Professional Staff Member,
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Host(s):

Stephen Johnson
Senior Policy Analyst for Latin America,
The Douglas and Sarah Allison
Center for Foreign Policy Studies,
The Heritage Foundation

Details:
Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium

The Western Hemisphere consumes some 30 million barrels of oil a day, of which 20 million goes to U.S. consumers. As global economies expand, experts predict that rising consumption will bring about an energy crunch in 30 years, unless more hydrocarbon reserves are discovered or new technologies perfected. In Latin America, underground resources are the patrimony of national governments, subjecting them to political as well as market forces. In the last two years, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has declared intentions to end his country’s dependence on oil exports to the United States and is even trying to unite Latin American energy producers into an alliance under his leadership. Meanwhile, Bolivia and Ecuador will be renegotiating contracts with foreign producers in ways that may curtail further investment. If Peru elects a populist president this spring, it could do so as well. Our distinguished panelists will discuss U.S. energy policy, real versus imagined threats, and what the United States should do about them.
 
 

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