On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle has a conversation with Sara Vakhshouri about Iranian and OPEC energy supplies in the context of the Israel-Hamas war.

For the intro session, Kelly and Joe Calnan chat about recent events in energy, including Russian oil exports, the move by the Canadian Federal Government to exempt heating oil from the carbon pricing backstop, and the outlook for Sustainable Development Technology Canada.

You can find the article by Israr Ahmad about SDTC's internal issues here: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-sdtc-funding-canada-cleantech-companies/

Guest Bio:

- Sara Vakhshouri is a CGAI Fellow, founder and president of SVB Energy International, and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.

Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle in the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

Reading recommendations:

- "Oilcraft: The Myths of Scarcity and Security That Haunt U.S. Energy Policy", by Robert Vitalis: https://www.amazon.ca/Oilcraft-Scarcity-Security-Energy-Policy/dp/1503600904

- "Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives", by Siddarth Kara: https://www.amazon.ca/Cobalt-Red-Blood-Congo-Powers-ebook/dp/B09Y462D6Z

Interview recording Date: October 20, 2023

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.