Modeling the Oil Transition

A DOE/EPA Workshop on the Economic and Environmental Implications of Global Energy Transitions

April 20-21, 2006
Resources for the Future
1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1400

Day 1

Keynote: Global Oil Resources
Session 1: Issues in the Global Transition from Conventional Oil
Session 2: Forces Driving the Transition from Conventional Oil
Lunch: An Historical Perspective on Global Energy Transitions
Session 3: Technology and Energy Transition
Session 4: Environmental Effects
Session 5: What Are the Important Questions?

Day 2

Keynote: Dynamics of Global Energy Transitions
Session 6-8: Modeling Global Energy Transitions & Their Environmental Effects

Part I – Modeling Oil Depletion
Part II – Modeling the Economy, the Energy Sector and Environmental Impacts
Part III – Hybrid Models and Scenario Analysis

Roundtable Discussion: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Energy Transition Modeling


Welcome

David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair

Keynote: Global Oil Resources (Presentation Not Available)

Peter McCabe, USGS

Session 1: Issues in the Global Transition from Conventional Oil

David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chair

Economic Effects of the Peaking of Conventional Oil Supply (PowerPoint, 484 KB)
Hill Huntington, Energy Modeling Forum, Stanford University

What Can We Expect From OPEC? (PowerPoint, 714 KB)
Dermot Gately, New York University

Beyond Oil: Two Roads Diverge (PowerPoint, 762 KB)
David Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council

Session 2: Forces Driving the Transition from Conventional Oil

Sam Baldwin, U.S. Department of Energy, Chair

Worldwide Demand for Mobility and Petroleum (PowerPoint, 1,849 KB)
George Eads, Vice President, Charles River Associates International

Energy Security as a Driver in the Transition from Oil (PowerPoint, 458 KB)
Wil Kohl, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies

Climate Change Are We Approaching a Tipping Point? (PowerPoint, 2,142 KB)
Janet Peace, Senior Fellow in Economics, Pew Center on Climate Change

Lunch: An Historical Perspective on Global Energy Transitions (PDF, 1,150 KB)

Arnulf Grübler, IIASA and Yale University

Session 3: Technology and Energy Transition

Robert Dixon, International Energy Agency, Chair

Technology of Conventional Oil Supply (PDF, 3,057 KB)
Tom O'Gallagher, Schlumberger

CO2-EOR: An Enabling Bridge for the Oil Transition (PowerPoint 3,957 KB)
Vello Kuuskraa, Advanced Resources International, Inc.

Biofuels' Potential to Replace Oil (PDF 4,773 KB)
Bob Perlack, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Energy Efficiency (Presentation Not Available)
Dolf Gielen, International Energy Agency

Session 4: Environmental Effects

Keith Sargent, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chair

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Transition to Oil Substitutes (PDF, 355 KB)
Alex Farrell, University of California, Berkeley

Well-to-Wheel Greenhouse Gas Assessment (PowerPoint, 2,301 KB)
M. Q. Wang, Argonne National Laboratory

Hybrid Input-Output Life Cycle Models (PowerPoint, 2,729 KB)
Heather MacLean, University of Toronto

An Integrated View of Climate and Air Pollution: Climate Stabilization in the 21st Century (PDF, 682 KB)
Steve Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Session 5: What Are the Important Questions?

Panel discussion with audience participation

What are the Important Questions for Modelers to Help Illuminate? (PDF, 11 KB)
William Fulkerson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, retired, Chair

Modeling the Oil Transition: What are the Important Questions? (Presentation Not Available)
Sarah Dunham, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Modeling the Oil Transition: What are the Questions? (PowerPoint 263 KB)
Steve Plotkin, Argonne National Laboratory

Understanding the Maximum of World Conventional Oil Production (PowerPoint 266 KB)
Robert Hirsch, Science Applications International Corporation

Keynote: Dynamics of Global Energy Transitions (PowerPoint, 5,879 KB)

Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA and Vienna University of Technology

Session 6-8: Modeling Global Energy Transitions & Their Environmental Effects

Part I - Modeling Oil Depletion

Dolf Gielen, International Energy Agency, Chair

Resource Depletion: Modeling and Forecasting Oil Production (PowerPoint, 883 KB)
Michael R. Smith, Energyfiles, LTD

Monte Carlo Simulation of Depletion and Markets (PowerPoint, 478 KB)
David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Part II - Modeling the Economy, the Energy Sector and Environmental Impacts

Michael Shelby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chair

Oil Market: Transition or Evolution? (PowerPoint, 155 KB)
John Reilly, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

REMI (MARKAL/TIMES) (PowerPoint, 2,560 KB)
George Treyz, Regional Economic Models, Inc.

The Contribution of Economic Models to the Oil Transition and to Climate Policy:
A Review of the AMIGA Modeling System (PowerPoint, 262 KB)

Skip Laitner, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, SAGE

Part III – Hybrid Models and Scenario Analysis

Hill Huntington, Stanford University, Energy Modeling Forum, Chair

SAGE (PowerPoint, 411 KB)
Glen Sweetnam, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration

Energy Sector Evolutions: A Scenario Perspective from MiniCAM (PDF, 1,004 KB)
Leon Clarke, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Scenario Analysis Under Deep Uncertainty (PowerPoint, 411 KB)
Robert Lempert, RAND Corporation

Roundtable Discussion: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Energy Transition Modeling

Francisco C. de la Chesnaye, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Facilitator

Endogenous Technological Change (PowerPoint, 1,023 KB)
Nebojsa Nakicenovic, IIASA and Vienna University of Technology

Endogenous Market Transitions (PowerPoint, 186 KB)
Paul Leiby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Commercializing New Technologies (PowerPoint, 56 KB)
Carmen Difiglio, U.S. Department of Energy

The Case for Peak Oil (Powerpoint, 119 KB)
Roger Bentley, University of Reading

Uncertainty and Role of Robust Hedging or Portfolio Approaches (PowerPoint, 147 KB)
Robert Lempert, RAND Corporation