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Experts will debate world oil supply.

UW-Madison Professor Alan Carroll will moderate a debate between two prominent oil experts Tuesday at Union South. John Hofmeister, founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy and former president of Royal Dutch Shell?s U.S. operations, will debate Tadeusz Patzek, professor and chair at the University of Texas-Austin Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, in the 90-minute forum “World Oil Supply: Looming Crisis or New Abundance?” The program begins at 6 p.m. in Varsity Hall II on the second floor of Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St. A reception will follow the event.