{"id":6232,"date":"2024-06-08T21:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T04:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=6232"},"modified":"2024-11-16T07:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T15:34:34","slug":"the-future-of-energy-episode-2-eirik-waerness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartermarkets.media\/the-future-of-energy-episode-2-eirik-waerness\/","title":{"rendered":"Eirik W\u00e6rness, SVP &amp; Chief Economist, Equinor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6232\" class=\"elementor elementor-6232\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e72478 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e72478\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d24793\" data-id=\"5d24793\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f203c5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f203c5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe title=\"The Future of Energy Episode 2 | Eirik W\u00e6rness, SVP & Chief Economist, Equinor\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=jt54r-163622b-pb&from=pb6admin&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&logo_link=none&btn-skin=c73a3a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4004278 episode-info elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4004278\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d43ee3c\" data-id=\"d43ee3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9943341 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9943341\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On our second installment of <strong>The Future of Energy<\/strong>, we welcome Eirik W\u00e6rness, Senior Vice President &amp; Chief Economist at Equinor, into the SmarterMarkets\u2122 studio. 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