Energy experts flooded the University on Tuesday as the country’s leading energy policymakers pinpointed unconventional energy opportunities in Louisiana as part of the University’s Center for Energy Studies’ 2011 Energy Summit.
This year’s summit was titled “Unconventional Louisiana: Shales, Sands, and Other Opportunities” and featured six speakers from across the country from prominent companies like Chevron, Cheniere Energy and the American Chemistry Council.
David Dismukes, associate executive director for the Center for Energy Studies, said the summit offered hope on the energy industry that was perceived to be in a plight amid the country’s economic crisis. While the United States generally turned to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf area for its energy needs in the past, Dismukes said, North America is now where unconventional energy sources loom.
“There’s amazing opportunities in all aspects of this unconventional business,” Dismukes said. “North America is the Saudi Arabia of unconventional