With optimism building around Texas shale, regional economists gather in Houston to assess current market conditions. Photo by Calin Tatu/Shutterstock HOUSTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) — With renewed focus on Texas shale oil deposits, regional bankers said they were planning a regional joint economic conference to discuss a new energy reality. The Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Kansas plan to hold their first-ever joint energy conference in Houston on Friday. With featured speakers Adam Sieminski , the head of the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and Martin Craighead, the CEO of oilfield services company Baker Hughes, the bankers said the focus of the meeting will be “on the key drivers of recent oil price movements and their implications for the energy industry, the financial sector and the broader economy.” The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said last month that, despite a period of historically lower crude oil prices, there were […]