Philip Grossweiler - Impact of Climate Issues on Energy Industry Through 2050

Phil retired from ExxonMobil after 25 years in Production, Development, and Research Companies with assignments in engineering, project management, breakthrough research, and corporate planning.  He consults at M&H Energy Services on Risk Management and LNG projects. His perspectives on climate policy and energy are based, in part, on work on staff of a Member of U.S. Congress and as Chair of an advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy for energy R&D Programs. He holds MS Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in Marine Engineering from U.S. Coast Guard Academy.  He Chairs SPE’s Sustainable Development Technical Section and Co-Chairs SPE’s Climate Advisory Committee. The world population, energy companies, industry associations, professional societies and most policy makers increasingly view climate change and Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) as an existential threat to a sustainable future.  Demands to “decarbonize” energy grow rapidly and pose a…