ARC’s Hydrocarbons Workshop, a Complete Success

On January 23rd, 2006 in Houston, TX, the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University, in conjunction with the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University and the Center for Energy Economics in the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas - Austin, provided logistical support for the successful coordination of a workshop formally titled the “North American Forum of Development of Opportunities in Deep Water, Oil and Gas.”

The roundtable discussion covered all issues related to deep water explorations for oil and natural gas. The approximately 40 attendees lent their scope of knowledge within deep water exploration, energy resources, nanotechnologies, and other such related issues, to countries that could benefit from current deep water innovations. By developing ideas based on current U.S. and Canadian innovation advances, this forum set out to provide insight as to what goals these countries can work toward in the future.

The one day hydrocarbons workshop was held in the beautiful Baker Institute at Rice University and featured speakers from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the U.S. Department of Energy and other various businesses from the public and private sectors.