S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026 with Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Non Resident Fellow for Latin America Energy Studies at the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy

S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026 with Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Non Resident Fellow for Latin America Energy Studies at the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy

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March 28, 2026 · 43 min · Episode 276

About this episode

David Greely interviews Aldo Flores-Quiroga about the convergence and competition in the North American energy industry and global geopolitics.

We present a Special Episode recorded this past week at S&P Global’s CERAWeek 2026 in Houston, TX, where the theme was Convergence and Competition: Energy, Technology and Geopolitics. David Greely sat down with Aldo Flores-Quiroga in the Podcast Studio in the Nexus Ballroom at CERAWeek. Aldo is Non Resident Fellow for Latin America Energy Studies at the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. David and Aldo discuss the role of convergence and competition in the North American energy industry, as well as global geopolitics following the U.S. military actions in Venezuela and Iran.

People in this episode

Host: David Greely

Guest: Aldo Flores-Quiroga

Topics covered

  • energy industry
  • geopolitics
  • North America
  • technology
  • competition
  • convergence

Keywords

  • CERAWeek 2026
  • energy
  • geopolitics
  • North America
  • technology
  • competition
  • Venezuela
  • Iran

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S&P Global, Center for Energy Studies, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy

Places: Venezuela, Iran, Houston, TX

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