The KBH Energy Center connects academia and industry, fueling collaboration and advancing energy solutions.
This collaboration among UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, School of Law, Cockrell School of Engineering, and Jackson School of Geosciences, allows the Center to offer students a comprehensive view of energy and enrich the energy dialogue on campus and beyond.
We connect industry leaders, energy experts, students, and faculty to create opportunities for engagement, conversation, and education.
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Annual Symposium and Honoree Dinner
September 11, 2026
Industry Event
Headlined by Michael K. Wirth and Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this year’s Energy Symposium will convene industry leaders, faculty, and students for a series of insightful panel discussions. It will explore the industry’s most pressing challenges and emerging opportunities shaping the future of energy. To read a summary…
Roger Bonnecaze, Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin
Shane Young
Brandon Joe, Energy Studies Minor Student
2025 KBH Energy Symposium – Conversation with Darren Woods, Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil and Jack Balagia, The KBH Energy Center’s Executive Director.
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Cindy A. Yeilding coined the term “The Explorer’s Mindset” in her 2002 AAPG Distinguished Lecture. As Mark Shann would say, “You need to call it something to be able to define it,” in his reference to “disruptive discoveries,” like Zama, the discoveries that abruptly change the resource curves in relatively mature basins. So how is “The Explorer’s Mindset” defined?
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