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We are joined by Al Petrie, Senior Partner at Al Petrie Advisors, and Jeff Robertson, Managing Director of Natural Resources at Water Tower Research to discuss the upcoming Louisiana Energy Conference. The conference will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 27- 29, 2025. Water Tower Research is pleased to be a sponsor of the event which has been held annually for 25 years. The conference will include approximately 36 presentations, panels, and discussions led by representatives from more than 80 organizations that will address key domestic and international oil, natural gas, renewable, and clean energy developments and topics. The agenda includes a wide array of topics covering the offshore and onshore domestic and international oil and gas industry, financing issues, energy transition, and the impact emerging technologies could have on the way companies operate. Attendance is directed to investment professionals, including buy- and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, private equity, and wealth management executives and trust officers along with energy industry participants. The full agenda and registration information can be found at the following link, LEC 2025

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This week we caught up with Hylton Karon, President and CEO of iFabric, to discuss the company’s recent strong results and continued outlook for double-digit top line growth. Founded by Hylton in 1985, the Canadian textile company eschews fashion for performance. iFabric today offers textile products and technologies that cover a wide range of consumer markets such as athleisure, lifestyle, swimwear, healthcare, hospitality and military applications. Hylton also explains that while the company today is known as Intelligent Fabrics, it will soon be known as Intelligent Technologies as it begins to offer solutions for hard surfaces as well.

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Water Tower Research Senior Analyst Dmitry Silversteyn discusses the deep-sea mining sector, specifically polymetallic nodules, including environmental and social aspects, role in enabling the energy transformation megatrend, and the ability to accelerate American self-reliance when it comes to critical metals.

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Odyssey Marine Exploration’s CEO Mark Gordon discusses company’s prospects and opportunities post-NAFTA court decision, including potential development of phosphate resource off the coast of Mexico and progress portfolio companies are making in Cook Islands’ polymetallic nodule-rich EEZ.

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In our latest episode of WTR Small-Cap Spotlight, Birchtech Founder, President, CEO, & Board Director, Richard MacPherson, sits down with WTR's Tim Gerdeman and Peter Gastreich to discuss BCHT's history, business model, and operational structure, including its growth strategy, competitive advantage, and financing.

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SES AI CEO Qichao Hu sits down with Water Tower Research’s Tim Gerdeman and Brian Gordon to discuss the vision for the firm’s Molecular Universe AI-augmented battery materials discovery platform and the way that AI, more generally, is powering the firm’s business model. Hu also provides an update on SES AI’s progress in EVs, new products targeting drones, robotics, and urban air mobility, and the scale of the market opportunity for battery energy storage systems for data centers.

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Joe Lowry and Dmitry Silversteyn discuss the current state of the lithium industry, including lithium mining and processing companies and regions, and EV battery technology evolution’s impact on lithium demand, as well as the role of geopolitical considerations when it comes to lithium production, technology and market dynamics.

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In this WTR Symposium Series podcast, "FIRST MOVERS in Ethanol Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS)", managment of Gevo, Inc, (GEVO) and Rex American Resources (REX) join Shawn Severson, WTR CEO and Co-founder, and Peter Gastreich, WTR Senior Energy and Sustainability Analyst to discuss how low carbon ethanol, CCS, and SAF tie into the companies strategies and growth outlooks. The management of these companies are leading the way with their low-carbon strategies, growing operations and generating investment returns by helping industries, including aviation, meet their decarbonization objectives. At the same time, the companies are contributing to US energy abundance and playing a key role in supporting farmers, rural communities and the US agricultural economy.