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World Energy Project Chief, U.S. Geological
Survey
Thomas Ahlbrandt currently serves as the World Energy Project Chief for
the U.S. Geological Survey in Denver where he manages a group of 41 employees
and led the recent USGS World Petroleum Assessment 2000. He has 19 years
of industry experience in exploration and research with ExxonMobil, BPAmoco,
Amerada Hess and independents, and an additional 20 years of service with
the U.S. Geological Survey. He serves as the Vice Chairman for the United
Nations Committee (UNECE), Ad Hoc Group of Experts on the Supply of Fossil
Fuels. This group prepared a document, which was later adopted by the United
Nations, to harmonize petroleum, uranium and coal reserve and resource
terminology, and coordinate it with international accounting and financial
standards. He holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. degree in geology from the University
of Wyoming.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Institut
Francais du Pétrole (IFP)
Olivier Appert was appointed chairman and chief executive officer of
Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) in 2003. Previously,
he served as director of the International Energy Agency’s Long-Term
Co-operation and Policy Analysis Directorate; senior executive vice president
of ISIS, a technology holding company and publicly listed subsidiary
of IFP; executive vice president at IFP in charge of research and development
activities; and head of the Oil and Gas Department of the French Industry
Ministry. He also served as executive director of the French Industry
Minister’s cabinet and was a member of Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy’s
cabinet. Appert is a graduate of the l’Ecole Polytechnique and
l’Ecole des Mines.
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President and Chief Executive Officer, Petrotechnical
Open Standards Consortium (POSC)
David Archer is president and chief executive officer of POSC. In this
role, he is the leader of the consortium with responsibility for its direction,
operation and communication with both the POSC Community and the industry
at large. Throughout his professional career, Archer been very interested
in new technologies and has helped pioneer several for the industry—among
these are graphical user interfaces, 3D visualization, XML and Web services.
The two themes of collaboration and new technologies have been central
to his tenure at POSC. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical
sciences from Rice University as well as a B.S. degree in mathematics from
Texas Christian University.
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Senior Executive Vice President, AMEC
Paragon
Kenneth E. Arnold serves as senior executive vice president of AMEC Paragon
and was the founder of Paragon Engineering Services in Houston. He has
40 years of experience in facilities engineering design and project management,
having worked on both onshore and offshore projects in many areas of the
world. He is co-author of two textbooks and more than 50 technical articles
on this subject. Arnold has taught facilities engineering at the University
of Houston. He is a registered professional engineer and serves on the
advisory board of the engineering schools of Tulane University and Cornell
University. He holds an MS degree in civil engineering from Tulane University
and a BS degree in civil engineering from Cornell University.
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Chief of
the Libyan Liaison Office, Washington, DC
Ambassador Ali Aujali was named Chief of the Libyan Interests
Section in Washington, DC in 2004, after serving as the Charge
d’Affairs at the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. While
serving in Canada, Ambassador Aujali founded the Libya/Canada
Business Council. He has held a variety of positions in the
Minstiry of Foreign Affairs in Tripoli, including deputy director
general of the Americas Department, director general of the
North and South Americas Department, and director general of
European Affairs. He also participated in a number of United
Nations General Congress sessions and led Libyan delegations
to the Forum for Dialogue in the Western Mediterranean. He
holds a BA in business administration from the University of
Benghazi.
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Technical Director, EP Americas, Shell
Exploration and Production
Gaurdie E. Banister, Jr., serves as technical director for Shell EP Americas,
where he has responsibility for drilling and development activities in
North and South America. Banister is primarily responsible for the U.S.
$1.3 billion capital spent in the region as well as reserves maturation.
He also has oversight for strategic technology implementation and information
technology. Banister joined Shell in 1980 in New Orleans and has served
in many capacities since then. He is a member of the Board of Directors
of Aera Energy, LLC, and Enventure Global Technology. Banister holds a
degree in metallurgical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines
and Technology and received an honorary doctorate degree in arts and sciences
from Fort Valley State University.
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Director General, Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
Gunnar Berge
has served as director general of the Norwegian Petroleum
Directorate since 1997. He has held a number of
important offices, including parliamentary leader of the
Labour Party, member of the central committee of the Labour
Party, and vice chairman. He also served as chairman and
deputy chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance. From
1989 to 1990 he was deputy chairman of the Standing Committee
on Energy and Industry. He was a delegate to the United Nation's
General Assembly in 1975.
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Executive Manager for Corporate Gas and Energy
and Member of the Office of Chief Executive Officer, Petrobras
Henyo Barreto has served as executive manager for Corporate Gas and Energy
and as a
member of the office of chief executive officer for Petrobras since 2004.
He has been with Petrobras since 1962, rising up through various managerial
positions with the latest position of executive manager of Gas and Power.
Barreto holds a BS degree in geology from UFPE in Brazil and did post-graduate
study in geology/sea and oil geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology.
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Managing Director, Lime Rock Partners
Tom Bates joined Lime Rock as a managing director in 2001. Prior to joining
Lime Rock, he served as president of the Discovery Group for Baker Hughes,
Inc. Earlier, he served as president and chief executive officer of Weatherford
Enterra, Inc. and was responsible for the sale to EVI, Inc.—the
third largest oilfield service merger ever completed at that time. Previously,
he spent 15 years with Schlumberger, Ltd. in both domestic and international
locations. Bates currently serves on the Board of Directors of Rotary
Steerable Tools, Natco Group, NQL Drilling Tools, Crescendo Energy and
Terra Seismic. He has thirty years of experience in oil service, energy
and private equity, and is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University
of Michigan (BSE, MSE, PhD).
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Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, US
Department of Commerce
David Bohigian currently serves as the director of the Office of Policy
and Strategic Planning at the US Department of Commerce. As the principal
policy advisor to the secretary, he formulates and recommends policy positions
and initiatives for the department. His focus has been on economic and
fiscal policy, as well as energy, manufacturing, trade and financial services.
Prior to his presidential appointment, Bohigian served as a managing director
of Idealab. Bohigian also developed policy understanding and experience
through serving in the office of Speaker Newt Gingrich, including the first
100 days of the 1995 Congress: the “Contract with America.” Bohigian
received a JD from Washington University and a BA in journalism, cum laude,
from Washington & Lee University.
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Director General, Energy and Marine
Branch of the Industry Sector of Industry Canada
Bruce Bowie has served as Director General of the Energy and Marine Branch
of the Industry Sector of Industry Canada since its creation in 2001.
He is responsible for working in partnership with industry and federal
and provincial organizations to increase the energy and marine sectors'
contribution to the Canadian economy. Before joining Industry Canada,
Bowie served as Chief Operating Officer for the Canadian Firearms Center
within the Department of Justice. He also served in several positions
with Transport Canada including Executive Director, Marine Policy Reform,
Director and Marine Policy. Prior to these positions, he served as General
Manager at the Ottawa International Airport.
Bowie holds a degree in public administration, a masters
of engineering (transportation), as well as a degree in
civil engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa.
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Chief, Maritime Safety, Security, and Environmental
Protection, United States Coast Guard
Ronald Branch currently serves as Chief,
Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental Protection
on the staff of the Eighth Coast Guard District
Commander. He is responsible for all maritime safety
and security operations for 26 states and all offshore
Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf operations.
Branch has held various positions in the Marine
Safety Office sector in posts throughout the U.S.
He also served on the Multinational Maritime Interception
Force, during which time he was assigned independent
duty in Kuwait to organize and execute oil containment
activities in the Port of Ash Shu'aybah, resulting
in the first post-Gulf War reconstitution of a
Kuwait port.
Branch received his commission from the Officer Candidate
School in July 1979. He holds a BS degree from Oklahoma
State University, an MBA from Ashland University of Ohio,
and is currently enrolled in the Naval War College Master
of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies program.
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Managing Director, Rice Alliance for
Technology and Entrepreneurship
Brad Burke serves as managing director of the Rice Alliance for Technology
and Entrepreneurship and is responsible for leading the organization in
its mission to support technology commercialization and the launch of early-stage
technology companies in the Houston area. Burke joined the Rice Alliance
from Viant Corporation, where he founded and launched the Houston office.
Prior to Viant, he was a Principal with CSC Index, the strategic management
consulting division of Computer Sciences Corporation. He led multimillion-dollar
consulting projects with companies in the energy, retail, and transportation
industries with Fortune 500 companies that included BP, Mobil, Arco, and
Petro-Canada. He holds a BS degree in computer science and business administration
from Vanderbilt University and an MBA degree from Northwestern University
(Kellogg).
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Minister of Natural Resources, Government House
Leader, Newfoundland and Labrador
Former Opposition Leader Ed Byrne serves as the minister of Natural Resources
and government house leader for Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. As a
member of the House of Assembly in the PC Caucuses of three leaders, he
served in several shadow portfolios including Post-secondary Education;
Employment and Labour Relations; Environment, and Industry, Trade and Technology;
and as chair of the Public Accounts Committee. He served as leader of the
Progressive Conservative Party and leader of the Opposition from 1998 to
2001. In 1984, he was elected president of the University's Council of
the Students' Union where he represented more than 10,000 students. He
began his career as an adult educator specializing in curriculum development
and serving as a skills training coordinator, and he went on to serve as
administrator of the Atlantic Labour Training Trust Fund. He holds B.A.
and B.E. degrees in Newfoundland and religious studies from Memorial University.
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Vice President, Human Resources, Marathon
Oil Corporation
Eileen M. Campbell has served as vice president of Human Resources at
Marathon Oil Corporation since September 2000. She joined Marathon at
the Houston headquarters in 1991 as manager of Government Affairs, lobbying
for Marathon in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. In July 1998,
she was appointed director of State Governmental Affairs for Marathon's
parent company, USX Corporation. Prior to joining Marathon, Campbell
served as lobbyist for United Gas Pipe Line Company, in a number of positions
with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and as assistant
division manager for NAM's Southern Division. She began her career as
a lobbyist for the governor of New Jersey with Congress and the federal
government in Washington, D.C. Campbell holds a bachelor's degree from
the University of Maryland.
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Minister of Energy, Nova Scotia
Cecil Clarke currently serves as Minister of Energy for Nova Scotia, Canada.
He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in March 2001, and he
was re-elected in August 2003. Cabinet duties have included minister of
Economic Development, minister responsible for the supervision and management
of the Nova Scotia Business Incorporated Act and minister responsible for:
the Innovation Corporation Act; the NS Film Development Corporation; the
Water Development Corporation and the World Trade and Convention Centre.
Clarke also has served as project manager for Sydney Mines Renewal Association
and as a program officer with the government of Northwestern Territories.
Clarke holds a B.S. degree from Mount Allison University.
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Vice President, Upstream Technical Computing, ExxonMobil
Steve Comstock serves as vice president of Upstream Technical Computing
for ExxonMobil. This includes engineering and geoscience technical data,
application, infrastructure and user support for ExxonMobil's worldwide
operations. He began his career with Mobil in 1974 as a geologist. Since
then, he has held various professional and management positions in Mobil’s
domestic and international producing and exploration operations. His assignments
included president and general manager, Mobil Norway; international exploration
manager, Mobil New Exploration Ventures; manager of Geoscience Technology,
Mobil Research and Development Corporation; vice president, E&P Planning
and Technology; vice president, Global Business Strategy, Mobil Oil Corporation;
and vice president, Mobil Drilling. Comstock holds degrees in math, physics
and geology from the University of California.
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General Manager, Procurement, ChevronTexaco
Overseas Petroleum
David Connor serves as general manager of Procurement for ChevronTexaco
Overseas Petroleum. In this role, he is responsible for directing
contracting, procurement and logistics services for the international
upstream operations with particular focus on strategic sourcing,
category management and development of national content. Connor
has over 20 years experience in the upstream oil and gas industry.
He has held various commercial positions on major capital projects
and managing supply chain operations in the Sudan, Somalia,
the North Sea and Nigeria leading to his current position.
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Member of the Board of Directors, Export-Import
Bank of the United States
Linda Mysliwy Conlin has served as
a member of the board of directors of the Export-Import Bank
of the United States
since April 2004. She has a long and distinguished career
as an international marketing and management executive, including
an extensive public service background promoting commerce
on both the state and federal levels. Prior to joining the
bank, Conlin served as assistant secretary for Trade Development
at the US Department of Commerce, where she worked to help
US businesses succeed in the global marketplace. She administered
the Trade Information Center and the Advocacy Center, and
oversaw the President's Export Council. Conlin helped break
new ground in trade in health care services for US pharmaceutical
and medical equipment companies in Russia. She expanded dialogue
between US and Polish businesses and government leaders as
a tool to strengthen trade and investment between the US
and Poland. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts.
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Venture Executive, ChevronTexaco Technology
Ventures
George Coyle serves as venture executive with ChevronTexaco Technology
Ventures, the venture capital arm of ChevronTexaco Corporation. He is responsible
for managing investment in innovative companies and technologies that can
have impact on upstream asset performance. Prior to his current position,
he served as manager of New Ventures for ChevronTexaco North America Upstream.
Coyle currently serves on the Board of Directors of DeepFlex Inc., DynaPump
Inc., and Downhole Injection Systems and participates as an observer on
the board of MicroSeismic Inc. He joined Chevron as a geophysicist in 1988
and has since held positions of increasing responsibility in earth sciences,
business and strategic planning, technology, and asset management. Coyle
holds a BS degree in earth sciences from the University of New Orleans,
an MS degree in geology from the University of Kansas, and an MBA from
the Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.
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Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation
Bob Daniels serves as senior vice president, Exploration and Production,
for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, with responsibility for all of the
company's international and frontier exploration and production activities.
Daniels also oversees Anadarko's expansion in the Middle East, where
the company has assumed operatorship of a large producing field in Qatar.
Daniels joined Anadarko in 1985 and has held key positions within the
Exploration Group, including geologic supervisor for Algeria and manager
of geology for Algeria Exploration. He also served as project manager
of the Ourhoud Development Project in Algeria and manager of U.S. Onshore
Exploration. He served as vice president, Canada, in 2001 and took his
current role in May 2004. Daniels holds a master's degree in petroleum
geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a B.S. degree in economics
from The Colorado College.
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Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Shane DeBeer, a lawyer admitted to practice in California, Texas and the
District of Columbia and admitted as a solicitor to the Law Society of
England and Wales, is a partner resident in Chadbourne’s Moscow office.
His practice is centered on oil and gas and other energy-related matters,
international and corporate transactions, project finance and various other
matters with a particular emphasis on structuring and financing transactions
in North Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. DeBeer's
experience in large international transactions includes advising on upstream
projects, oilfield services, the sale and purchase of assets and interests
in energy companies, investment in and by major international energy concerns,
and advising global clients on energy and corporate matters in a variety
of international settings. He holds a B.A. degree from the University of
California at Irvine and M.S. and J.D. degrees from Georgetown University.
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Director of Entrepreneurial Programs, Ira A. Fulton
School of Engineering, Arizona State University
Thomas Duening serves as the director of Entrepreneurial Programs in the
Ira A. Fulton School of
Engineering at Arizona State University. Before joining Arizona State University,
Duening launched the Entrepreneur and Venture Development Center at the
University of Houston-Downtown. Prior to that, he served as the assistant
dean for Administration and International and Executive Programs at the
C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He has served
in several executive positions, including president of U.S. Learning Systems,
vice president for Content Development at Edgia, Inc., and is currently
president and chief executive officer of the international consulting firm
INSYTE Business Research Group. Duening is the author of nine books on
business, management, entrepreneurship, and outsourcing, including his
latest book, titled Business Process Outsourcing: The Competitive Advantage.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in natural sciences from the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, along with a Master’s degree in philosophy
of science and a doctorate in higher education administration from the
University of Minnesota.
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Vice President, Energy Services, Accenture
Barbara Duganier leads Accenture’s Finance and Accounting outsourcing
business for the energy market in North America, with responsibilities
for selling and delivering new business in this market, as well as for
Accenture’s market positioning around Sarbanes Oxley and finance
and accounting outsourcing. Previously, she led a Finance Transformation
Program as self-employed consultant for a Fortune 50 Company in the merchant
energy sector. She spent more than 23 years with international accounting
and consulting firm Andersen, serving in increasingly responsible leadership
and management roles, including global chief financial officer for Andersen.
Duganier holds a BBA degree from John Carroll University.
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Director, Technical Career and Competency Management, Schlumberger
A Schlumberger employee for more than 35 years, Henry Norfolk Edmundson
currently serves as director of Technical Career and Competency Management
for Schlumberger in Paris. He previously has held positions such as wireline
field engineer in North Africa and France, interpretation development
engineer, research scientist, manager of interpretation, and director
of University Relations. He founded the Eureka community-of-practice
initiative and the SETC technical career ladder. He also was the founding
editor of the Schlumberger Oilfield Review. Edmundson holds an M.A. degree
in mechanical engineering from Cambridge and an M.S. in foundations of
mathematics from Bristol University.
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Senior Petroleum Evaluation Geologist, Alberta
Securities Commission
David C. Elliott serves as Senior Petroleum Evaluation Geologist for the
Alberta Securities Commission. He started his 38 years in the petroleum
industry on the wellsite, and he has worked in technical and management
roles in oil and gas field development and evaluation for Shell International,
BP Canada, TransCanada Pipelines, John R. Lacey International Ltd., and
Geosgil Consulting Ltd. In recent years, he has served on the CIM Reserves
Definition Committee and is currently on the Standing Committee of the
Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook. He has a particular interest
in statistical aspects of oil and gas reserves evaluation. He holds degrees
in geology, geochemistry and mathematics.
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Vice President, E&P Segment, Deepwater Development Projects
BP
David Eyton was appointed Vice President of the E&P Segment
of Deepwater Development Projects for BP in August 2003. He oversees all
existing and new projects developed for the company in the Gulf. Employed
with BP since 1982, Eyton has primarily been based in the United Kingdom.
In addition he has served in Australia as the General Manager of the North
West Shelf and in Trinidad as the Business Unit Leader. He also has held
various petroleum engineering and commercial and business management positions.
Eyton holds an engineering degree from Cambridge University.
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Chief Executive Officer, Randall & Dewey
Partners, LP
Claire Farley provides leadership for all of Randall & Dewey’s
product offerings. Clients benefit from her extensive industry contacts
and from her deep understanding of oil and gas exploration, operations,
business development and marketing. Previously, she spent 19 years at Texaco,
where her roles included president of Worldwide Exploration & New Ventures,
president of the North America Production Division and chief executive
officer of HydroTexaco. Before joining Randall & Dewey in 2002, she
served as chief executive officer of two start-up ventures, Trade-Ranger
and Intelligent Diagnostics. Farley earned a BS degree in exploration geology
from Emory University.
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Vice President, BP Exploration
Jim Farnsworth currently holds the position of Vice President, BP Exploration,
responsible for BP's global exploration program. Farnsworth previously
served as Vice President, North America Exploration. He also has held
positions of responsibility in Deep Water Development and Production,
Alaska Exploration and Development and Managerial and Commercial positions
in Scotland and BP's Headquarters in London.
Farnsworth is active with several local and state organizations
including the University of Texas Department of Geoscience
Advisory Board.
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Chief Technology Officer, Weatherford
Stuart Ferguson currently serves as chief technology officer and has been
a senior vice president
of Weatherford since 2002. Ferguson also has served as vice president of
Intelligent Wells and then as president of Weatherford’s Completion
Systems Division. Prior to joining Weatherford, Ferguson served as marketing
director for U.K.-based Expro International and as technical services director
for Petroline Wellsystems Ltd. Initially, Ferguson spent six years with
BP as a petroleum engineer. He holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering
from the University of Birmingham.
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Technology Vice President, Exploration and Production
Segment, BP
In her current role as technology vice president
for BP’s Exploration and Production (E&P) Segment,
Laura Folse is responsible for leading the centralized
technology and support for BP’s business units.
Her business unit of 750 scientists, engineers and technical
professionals work across BP’s global enterprise
to deliver research and development programs in technology,
lead in developing E&P’s technical staff around
the world, and offer high-end technical consultation
to BP’s business value chain of the E&P Segment.
Folse completed a BS in geology from Auburn University
and an MS in geology from the University of Alabama.
She also holds an MS in management through the Stanford
Sloan Program.
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Senior Vice President, Wood Mackenzie
Simon Frame heads Wood Mackenzie’s Houston office and has overall
responsibility for Wood Mackenzie’s client relationships in North
America. Previously he served as director with responsibility for Wood
Mackenzie’s energy research and consultancy activities in Asia. Simon
has nearly 20 years of experience in the energy industry and has acted
as project leader on a considerable number of consultancy assignments.
These projects have included reviews of corporate strategy and peer group
performance for major US, Japanese and European energy companies, together
with detailed financial analysis of oil and gas field economics. Frame
earned an MA degree in economic science from Aberdeen University.
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Senior Vice President, Deepwater Technology, Oceaneering
International, Inc.
Dick Frisbie currently oversees deepwater
technology development for Oceaneering International,
including the evolution and application of robotics,
in the form of the ROV, to deepwater drilling, construction
and production. Over his career he has been both
a technology and business incubator for Oceaneering
International.
Frisbie holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an MS degree in physical
oceanography from Old Dominion University. He was the recipient
of the 2004 OTC Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals.
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Atlantis Development Manager, BHP Billiton
Ronald Gajdica serves as the Atlantis Development Manager for BHP Billiton
in Houston. Prior to this position, he served as the Americas Production
Manager and the Petroleum Engineering Manager at BHP Billiton. He was previously
employed with Tenneco and Arco, where he held operations and development
positions around the world. Gajdica holds BS and MS degrees from Texas
A&M University and a PhD degree from Stanford University, all in petroleum
engineering.
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Chief Executive Officer, The Nielsen-Wurster
Group Inc.
Patricia Galloway is an internationally qualified expert in project management,
project controls and their applications, schedule delay, acceleration,
time and cost impacts, workmanship, causation and other areas. In November
2003, Galloway served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
She has broad experience with infrastructure, power, process, building
and transportation projects throughout the U.S. and internationally. Galloway
has testified at state and federal U.S. courts, international courts and
arbitrations, including American Arbitration Association, International
Chamber of Commerce, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and the
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. She has served as
an arbitrator and mediator in U.S. and international arbitrations. Galloway
holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Purdue University, an M.B.A.
degree in finance from the New York Institute of Technology. She is registered
as a professional engineer and is a certified project management professional.
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Chief Executive Officer, Vetco International
Peter Goode serves as chief executive officer of Vetco, International.
Previously he served as president of SIS, an operating unit of Schlumberger
that provides consulting, software, information management and IT infrastructure
services to support the core operational processes of the oil and gas industry.
Prior to his current role, he was president of the Well Completion and
Productivity business, after serving as president of Reservoir Management,
and vice president and general manager of Integrated Project Management.
He also is chairman of the Board for the Network of Excellence in Training
(NexT), an oil and gas industry-focused training company owned jointly
by Schlumberger, the University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M University and
Heriot-Watt University. He holds a Ph.D. in petroleum engineering from
Heriot-Watt University and a B.S. degree in mathematics from the University
of Adelaide.
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Partner, Accenture
Jim Grimsley serves as managing partner for Accenture's Global Upstream
Practice. He has more than 25 years of experience in the upstream energy
business and has developed significant experience and expertise in large-scale
change efforts, which has led to a number of very successful re-engineering
projects. Prior to consulting, Grimsley held numerous managerial roles
with Amoco Production Company. He holds a BS degree in management from
the University of New Orleans.
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CEO and President, China Oilfield Services
Limited
Yuan Guangyu currently serves as Chief Executive
Officer and Director of China Oilfield Services Limited
(COSL). Guangyu also serves as Director of China Ocean
Oilfields Services (Hong Kong) Limited, an associate
of COSL. Prior to joining COSL, Guangyu was appointed
President of China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Limited (CNOOC) in October 2001, following his post as
the General Manager of China Offshore Northern Drilling
Company. Guangyu served as Deputy Manager of Operation
Department of CNOOC headquarters from 1996 until 1999,
succeeding his post as the Deputy General Manager of
China Offshore Bohai Drilling Company.
Guangyu holds a BS degree in drilling engineering from
the University of Petroleum, China with and an MBA from
Capital University of Economics and Business.
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President and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation
James Hackett was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Anadarko
Petroleum Corporation, one of the world's largest independent oil and
gas exploration and production companies, in December 2003. Before joining
Anadarko, Hackett served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Devon Energy Corporation following its merger with Ocean Energy where
he served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Ocean Energy
was a product of a merger with Seagull Energy Corporation where he was
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. He joined Seagull from
Duke Energy where he led its Energy Services Division as President. Prior
to that, he was Executive Vice President of Pan Energy. His energy experience
also includes positions in engineering, finance and marketing with NGC
Corp., Burlington Resources and Amoco Oil Co.
Hackett holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois
and an MBA from Harvard University.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ryder
Scott Company LP
Ron Harrell serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ryder Scott
Company LP. He joined the consulting firm as a reservoir engineer in 1968,
became vice president in 1970, director in 1980 and president in 1998.
Harrell has managed reservoir engineering and geological studies worldwide,
including property evaluations for acquisitions and divestitures, financing,
reservoir management, gas supply analysis, gas storage studies and litigation
support. Expert testimony activities include various appearances before
international, federal and state agencies in court trials and arbitration
hearings. He graduated magna cum laude with a BS degree in petroleum engineering
from Louisiana Tech University.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Network
International, Inc.
Boyd Heath, prior to joining Network International, served as vice president
of EnCap Investments L.C., an institutional funds management firm focused
on private equity investments in the oil and gas sector. During his tenure
at EnCap, he was involved in the structuring and management of numerous
investments in both public and private companies. Prior to EnCap, Heath
worked for Koch Industries, where he focused on acquisitions in the midstream,
petrochemical and power sectors. Heath began his career as a member of
Chase Manhattan Bank's (now J.P. Morgan) Global Energy Group, where he
structured senior and subordinated debt offerings, both public and private,
and advised clients on acquisition and divestiture opportunities. He holds
a BBA degree from the University of Texas.
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Senior Vice President, Offshore and Gas Storage, Enterprise
Products Partners
Bart Heijermans has served as Senior Vice
President, Offshore and Gas Storage for Enterprise
Products Partners, L.P. since October 2004. From June
2001 to June 2004, he served as GulfTerra Energy Partners'
Vice President, Offshore. He served as GulfTerra's
Vice President, Operations and Engineering, from August
1997 to June 2001. Prior to joining GulfTerra, Heijermans
served in various positions for Shell Oil Company,
Shell U.K. E&P and Shell Research in the U.S.A.,
U.K. and The Netherlands. Heijermans holds an MS degree
in civil and structural engineering from the University
of Delft in The Netherlands. He also is a Chartered
Mechanical Engineer and an alumnus of the Harvard Business
School.
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Principal Energy Specialist, Oil and Gas Policy
Division, World Bank
Mark Heitner joined the World Bank in 1972 as a young professional. Following
five years in the Public Utilities Department, where he was a financial
analyst, he joined the Energy Department entrusted with the petroleum sector.
Heitner left the Bank in 1981 and worked as an international energy consultant,
and subsequently as General Manager of an upstream oil company. In 1994,
he returned to the Bank and has worked on various power and petroleum projects
in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
Heitner’s areas of expertise include the economic and financial evaluation
of projects, corporate financial analysis, the deregulation of petroleum
downstream markets, the policy and regulatory aspects of natural gas and
power-supply activities, energy sector reform and privatization and energy
pricing.
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Chief Information Officer, Shell
Grahaeme Henderson serves as chief information officer for Shell International
EP. He is responsible for the global IT strategy development and implementation
in Shell's Exploration and Production operations. He has held a variety
of operational and business positions for Shell in the U.K., The Netherlands,
Brunei, Nigeria and Syria. He holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University
of Southampton, U.K.
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Co-Founder/President, Mustang Engineering
William Higgs currently serves as President
of Mustang Engineering. As a co-founder, Higgs has
helped build Mustang into the premier reimbursable
engineering company in the world, and at the same time,
helped move the offshore industry toward reimbursable
engineering. He also has developed strengths in fit-for-purpose
engineering, including creating teams that could perform
engineering at less than five percent of total installed
cost.
Higgs graduated in the top five percent of his class
at West Point, giving him the elite title of distinguished
graduate.
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Vice President of Technology and Logistics, BJ
Services
Mark E. Hoel serves as vice president of Technology and Logistics for BJ
Services Company. His
responsibilities include engineering, manufacturing, QHSE, training, chemical
technology
development, technology transfer, logistical core operations at BJ’s
Research and Technology
Center, MIS operations and the company’s Coiled Tubing Research and
Engineering operations in Canada. Prior to this position, Hoel served as
vice president of Sales for BJ’s Western Division U.S., where he
was responsible for the sales and technical functions. He has more than
23 years of experience in the pressure pumping business. Hoel holds a BS
degree in geology from Texas Tech University.
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Department Head and Professor, Petroleum
Engineering Department, Texas
A&M
University
Steve Holditch is a leading management and technical expert in the upstream oil
and gas industry. Holditch currently holds the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Chair in Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University and is the head of
the Department of Petroleum Engineering, where he has been on the faculty since
1976. From 1997 to 2004, Holditch served as a Schlumberger Fellow, advising on
production and reservoir engineering to the top managers at Schlumberger. He
founded S.A. Holditch and Associates in 1977 and was chairman, president and
chief executive officer of the company until 1997, when it became part of Schlumberger.
Holditch has received some of the industry’s top awards and has served
in leadership roles in various organizations, including the 2002 SPE President.
He holds BS, MS and PhD degrees from Texas A&M University.
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Oceaneering
International, Inc.
John Huff serves as chairman and chief executive officer for Oceaneering
International. He has been in the offshore services industry since 1968.
Prior to joining Oceaneering in 1986, Huff served as chairman and president
of Western Oceanic, Inc. Huff holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering
from Georgia Tech University and he attended Harvard Business School's
Program for management development.
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