president obama has nominated adam somins sk ky to become the next administrator of the eia. in the meantime we very much appreciate dr. gruens sp echt being here to present the iea's position. next we'll hear from ambassador jones, the deputy director of the international energy agency in paris. we look forward to discussing iea's forecast of total world energy supply and demand outlook through 2035. i also note that the iea was founded as a forum for responding to oil supply disruptions and still has an important role to play in that capacity. given the current geopolitical environment, we are especially grateful to be able to have ambassador jones here today. we also are pleased to have with us two leading energy analysts both of whom have been before our committee on several other occasions. both mr. diwan and mr. burkehard can offer their own thoughts and insights on where the oil marks are headed. they each have considerable expertise in the geopolitics of oil. let me defer to senator murkowski for any opening statement she has. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate