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Deborah Lawrence

Deborah Lawrence (formerly Deborah Rogers) worked as a financial consultant for several major Wall Street firms, including Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney. Ms. Rogers was appointed as a primary member to the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI), an advisory committee within the Department of Interior, in 2013 for a three-year term. She also served on the Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2008-2011. She is a Member of the Board of Earthworks/OGAP (Oil and Gas Accountability Project). She is also the founder of Energy Policy Forum, a consultancy and educational forum dedicated to policy and financial issues regarding shale gas and renewable energy. 

“Motherfrackers” and Big Oil Hypesters

By Deborah Lawrence, Energy Policy Forum

There is a wonderful axiom which states that when nearly everyone holds the same opinion, that opinion is almost always wrong. This sums up shales.

  • May 7, 2015

The Shale Debt Redux

By Deborah Lawrence, Energy Policy Forum

US shale and Canadian oil sands account for about 18% of global production. They also account for approximately 50% of global CAPEX.

  • March 24, 2015

Money and Policy Now Support Renewables

By Deborah Lawrence, Energy Policy Forum

The year 2015, however, may turn out to be the year energy policy for renewables finally commits to the financial sector.

  • March 12, 2015

Stranded Assets in Oil and Gas a Reality

By Deborah Lawrence, Energy Policy Forum

Though climate change will no doubt prove to be one aspect of stranded assets, others will include a simple but powerful realization that there are simply better places to put your investment dollars…or euros…or yuan.

  • March 4, 2015
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