COVID has been referred to as an 'accelerator', immediately putting people and entire industries face-to-face with trends that otherwise would have taken 5 to 10 years to emerge fully.

The upstream industry is a prime example. It was already pivoting into the Energy Transition well before the pandemic, but the historic demand destruction operators experienced in early 2020 gave new urgency to strategy execution.

Combined with growing concern over climate change, it would be easy to assume that oil is in its twilight phase, yet in reality this commodity has a substantial role to play in the coming decades.

Speakers

Jim Burkhard
Vice President & Head of research for oil markets, energy & mobility, IHS Markit

Catherine Robinson
Executive Director, Gas, Power, and Energy Futures, IHS Markit

Bob Fryklund
Vice President - Upstream Energy, IHS Markit

Please join a panel of experts as we discuss:

• Fragmentation of strategies and big bets among energy providers
• Current and projected states of demand for hydrocarbons vs. renewables under several
  'what if' scenarios
• The overall assessment of oil's role in the Energy Transition