There are many low-carbon approaches that will ultimately be adopted, said Manika Prasad, director of the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Innovation Center at the Colorado School of Mines.

Yergin spoke recently to the Colorado School of Mines, one of the leading U.S. petroleum engineering and geology institutes.

“Next year will be the tougher year,” School of Mines President Paul Johnson reiterated. “… If the pandemic has sort of illustrated one thing for people, it’s that the future of higher education is different than it was last year.”

Morgan Bazilian’s professional background begs the question: How does someone make a career like that?

Jennifer Miskimins, associate professor and department head of petroleum engineering at Colorado School of Mines, is a 2020 DBJ Top Women in Energy honoree.

“This was pretty much an oddity. I think the most useful lesson that came out of it was: Don’t do it again,” said Jennifer Miskimins, interim department head for petroleum engineering at Colorado School Mines.