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White Papers & Reports

 

Potential Workforce Implications of the Geothermal Industry Across the United States

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director and Associate Research Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Ian Lange, Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Maxwell Brown, Assitant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Joanna Walker, Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Economic Implications of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Projects for Louisiana

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director and Associate Research Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Anurag Mandalika, Assistant Research Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Brian Snyder, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences

 

2026 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies; Interim Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Energy Institute
David Dismukes, Emeritus Professor
Tyler Gray, Director of Energy Innovation, ÃÛÌÒAPP Energy Institute
Chris McLindon, Director of Energy Education and Outreach, ÃÛÌÒAPP CES
Andrew Owens, Research Fellow, ÃÛÌÒAPP CES
Garret Graves, Former Member of Congress

 

Legal and Regulatory Considerations for Carbon Sequestration Fee Structures

Keith Hall, Director of Mineral Law Institute, Director of John P. Laborde Energy Law Center
Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Daniel Keniston, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP E.J. Ourso College of Business
Joanna Walker, Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Orphan and Idle Wells in Louisiana

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Mark Agerton, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Ipsita Gupta, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Petroleum Engineering
Kanchan Maiti, Professor & Chair, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Siddhartha Narra, Research Associate, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Brian Snyder, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences
Joanna Walker, Assistant Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

The ÃÛÌÒAPP Local Engagement, Assessment and Planning Model (LEAP)

Margaret Reams, Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences and Associate Director of Community Engagement, Institute for Energy Innovation
Tim Slack, Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Sociology
Brian Snyder, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences
Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

The Biofuels Landscape in Louisiana

Anurag Mandalika, Assistant Professor - Research, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

The Potential for Hydrogen in Louisiana

Anurag Mandalika, Assistant Professor - Research, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
John Flake, Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Chemical Engineering
Brian Snyder, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences
Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

2025 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
David E. Dismukes, Professor Emeritus, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
D. Andrew Owens, Research Fellow, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Chris McLindon, Director Energy Education & Outreach, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Potential Economic Implications of Offshore Wind for the U.S. Economy

Gregory B. Upton, Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Gregory Albrecht, Research Fellow, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Literature Review on the Impact of Utility-Scale Solar on Housing Prices

Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Sarang Talpur, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Economics

 

What is Environmental Justice?

Keith Hall, ÃÛÌÒAPP Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Brian Snyder, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences

 

Progress Reports: Oilfield Site Restoration Using IIJA Funds

Gregory B. Upton,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

2024 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

Greg Upton, Interim Executive Director, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
David E. Dismukes, Professor Emeritus, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Gregory Albrecht, Research Fellow, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Comment: EPA Underground Injection Control Class VI Program Primacy

Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

What is Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS)?

Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Brian Snyder, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences
John Flake, ÃÛÌÒAPP Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

 

The Economic Implications of Carbon Capture and Sequestration for the Gulf Coast Economy

David E. Dismukes,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Ronald E. Minsk, REM Strategies
Brian Snyder, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences
Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

2023 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

David E. Dismukes,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

Considering a Federal Program to Permanently Plug and Abandon Offshore Oil and Gas Wells

Mark Agerton, Assistant Professor, University of California-Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and nonresident scholar, Center for Energy Studies housed at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
Siddhartha Narra, Research Associate, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Brian Snyder, Associate Professor, ÃÛÌÒAPP Department of Environmental Sciences 
Gregory B. Upton Jr., (corresponding author), Associate Professor – Research, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Comment: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed RFS Small Refinery Exemption Decision

Gregory B. Upton, Jr., ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Cody Nehiba, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

2022 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

David E. Dismukes,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Gregory B. Upton, Jr.,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., Cody Nehiba, and Siddhartha Narra, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Louisiana 2021 Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Prepared on behalf of the Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities
David E. Dismukes, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

The Effects of COVID-19 on the Transportation Sector in Louisiana: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Cody Nehiba, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Dynamic Score Analysis on House Bill 57

Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Should Louisiana Raise the Gasoline Tax?

Cody Nehiba, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Overlooked Opportunity: Incentivizing Carbon Capture through Carbon Tax Revenues

Brittany Tarufelli, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

2021 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook

David E. Dismukes,  ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

Transportation and Energy Policy in Louisiana
Cody Nehiba, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Foundations for an Intelligent Energy Future: Demand Response Potential in Louisiana
Brittany Tarufelli, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Mineral Revenues in Louisiana
Recommendations Submitted to Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and House Committee on Ways and Means of the Louisiana Legislature
Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
James A. Richardson, ÃÛÌÒAPP Public Administration Institute 

 

2020 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook
David E. Dismukes, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Dek Terrell, ÃÛÌÒAPP Economics & Policy Research Group
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

The Future of Solar in Louisiana
An Analysis of the Technical and Economic Implications of Solar P.V. Growth on Louisiana's Economy and Electric Grid
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., Center for Energy Studies, ÃÛÌÒAPP
Farzad Ferdowsi, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Amin Kargarian, Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering, ÃÛÌÒAPP
Shahab Mehraeen, Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering, ÃÛÌÒAPP

 

Mineral Revenues Status Report
Submitted to Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and House Committee on Ways and Means of the Louisiana Legislature
James A. Richardson, ÃÛÌÒAPP Public Administration Institute
Greg Upton, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

2019 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook
David E. Dismukes, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Dek Terrell, ÃÛÌÒAPP Economics & Policy Research Group
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies 

 

MISO Grid 2033: Preparing for the Transmission Grid of the Future
David E. Dismukes, CES Professor & Executive Director

 

Gulf Coast Energy Outlook and Gulf Coast Energy Outlook Addendum
Christopher K. Coombs, ÃÛÌÒAPP Economics & Policy Research Group
David E. Dismukes, ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies
Dek Terrell, ÃÛÌÒAPP Economics & Policy Research Group
Gregory B. Upton, Jr., ÃÛÌÒAPP Center for Energy Studies

 

Oil Prices and the Louisiana Budget Crisis: Culprit or Scapegoat? An Analysis of the Implications of the
Oil Price Drop on the Louisiana Budget

Gregory B. Upton Jr., Ph.D.,  CES Assistant Professor

 

Crude Oil Exports and the Louisiana Economy
Gregory B. Upton Jr., Ph.D., CES Assistant Professor

 

Implications of the BP Macondo Catastrophe on Deepwater Exploration and Production Prospectivity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Region: A Perspective
Wumi Iledare, Professor of Petroleum Economics and Policy Research

 

Econometric modeling of deepwater petroleum exploration and development operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Wumi Iledare, Professor of Petroleum Economics and Policy Research

 

Self-Sufficient Hurricane-Combatable Living Module: A Technology to Address the Reality of Coastal Habitation in the 21st Century
Donald A. Goddard

 

DOE Reports Predict "Green Oil" Benefits for State
Mike D. McDaniel, Ph.D., CES Professional-in-Residence

 

Clean Air Interstate Rule Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court Panel
Mike D. McDaniel, Ph.D., CES Professional-in-Residence

 

EPA Announces New Ozone Standard
Mike D. McDaniel, Ph.D., CES Professional-in-Residence

 

Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Does Not Bode Well for Baton Rouge Area
Mike D. McDaniel, Ph.D., CES Professional-in-Residence