| 9:10-10:15am |
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Overview of the Oil Industry: Introductory Focus on Critical Issues
Thomas Greene, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, State of California, and Chair, Multistate Antitrust Task Force, National Association of Attorneys General
The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum, U. S. Senate (ret.), Chairman, Consumer Federation of America
John Felmy, Chief Economist and Director, Policy Analysis and Statistics, American Petroleum Institute (API)
Philip K. Verleger, President, PKVerleger LLC and Senior Advisor, The Brattle Group |
| 10:25-12:15pm |
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Panel Discussion: Crude Supply and Refining Issues
Larry Chretien, Executive Director, Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance
John Cook, Director, Petroleum Division, Office of Oil and Gas, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
Mark N. Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Bob Dineen, Vice President, Renewable Fuels Association
Ben Charles Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Edward H. Murphy, Downstream General Manager, API
James Plummer, Policy Analyst, Consumer Alert
Jon Rasmussen, Senior Economist, Financial Analysis, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
Michael J. Right, Vice President for Public Affairs, AAA Missouri
Edwin Rothschild, Principal, Podesta/Mattoon
Bob Slaughter, General Counsel and Director of Public Policy, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association
Tyson Slocum, Senior Researcher, Public Citizen
Discussants:
John Felmy, API
Thomas Greene, NAAG
Philip Verleger, PKVerleger LLC and The Brattle Group |
| 2 - 3:00pm |
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Overview Issues: Transportation, Marketing and Distribution
Mary Coleman, Principal, LECG LLC
Justine Hastings, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
Darrell L. Williams, Principal, Economic Analysis Group
William Niskanen, Chairman, CATO Institute |
| 3:00 - 4:30pm |
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Panel Discussion: Pipeline Transportation, Marketing, and Distribution Robert S. Bassman, Bassman, Mitchell and Alfano, Counsel for Petroleum Marketers Association of America
Thomas G. Brown, Marketing Issues Manager, API
R. Timothy Columbus, Collier Shannon Scott PLLC, representing Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America (SIGMA)
Benjamin S. Cooper, Executive Director, Association of Oil Pipelines
Mark N. Cooper, Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Jay McKeeman, Executive Vice President, California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA)
Edwin Rothschild, Principal, Podesta/Mattoon
Todd Spencer, Executive Vice President, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Discussants:
Mary Coleman, LECG LLC
Justine Hastings, Dartmouth College
Darrell L. Williams, Economic Analysis Group |
