Andrew Browning, President, Western States and Tribal Nations Energy Initiative (WSTN)
Join DCFR as Mr. Browning shares the potential foreign markets, especially in East Asia, for clean LNG originating Colorado and western states, and what that represents as value for our economy at home. He will also share the North American and geopolitical developments in the western states, the Trump Administration and Congress that impact the long-term potential for the industry and groups like WSTN.
Andrew Browning is one of principal founders and President of the Western States and Tribal Nations (WSTN) Energy Initiative. WSTN is a unique public/private partnership between western states, counties and tribal governments, and natural gas industry stakeholders with a focus on building comprehensive and effective regional collaboration under a formal MOU to advocate for and develop local and global markets for Rockies natural gas. The MOU is signed by the States of Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Baja California, Mexico, the Ute Indian Tribe, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Nation and the counties of western Coloradoincluding Garfield, Mesa, Moffat and Rio Blanco.
Andrew is also a Partner with HBW Resources. He head’s HBW’s Denver office where he provides strategic counsel on political risk management, issues management, grassroots, and advocacy expertise to oil and gas, utility, renewable energy, government, and manufacturing clients.
With over 25 years of experience in both the private and government sectors, Andrew Browning was previously Director of Government Relations at Methanex –the world’s largest methanol producer and distributor- and a White House appointee to the U.S. Department of Energy during the Clinton administration where he served as a special assistant in the Office of Fossil Energy.
Andrew served as an adjunct professor, focusing on Energy Geopolitics in the Energy Management Program at Norway’s Bodø Graduate School of Business at University of Nordland, which is a collaborative program with the International Institute of Energy Politics and Diplomacy (MIEP) at MGIMO University in Moscow, Russia.
Andrew holds an M.A. in International Affairs with a focus on Energy and Environment and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS) and a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Economics from the University of Texas-Austin.
