Wafik Beydoun is currently President and CEO of Total E&P Research & Technology USA, LLC based in Houston, Texas. In 1987, he worked for 4 years at ARCO’s Research and Technical Ser... [ view bio ]
Rob graduated from Louisiana State University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering and began working for Mobil Oil in Louisiana in a series of technical and supervi... [ view bio ]
Lindell Bridges received his BSc and MSc from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. His thesis was supported by NASA and utilized imaging radar data from the Space Shuttle Program. Chesape... [ view bio ]
Keith Minnich received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware in Civil Engineering and a master’s degree from the University of Michigan in Water Resources Engineering. ... [ view bio ]
Mr. LaPrade joined Petrobank in April 2008 as Vice President Operations. Previously, Mr. LaPrade was President and Chief Executive Officer of Mirage Energy Ltd. from October 2006 to February 2008... [ view bio ]
Alan Stubblefield joined Southwestern Energy in May 1998 and served in several management positions prior to being promoted to Sr. Vice President in August 2005. Prior to joining Southwestern, h... [ view bio ]
Mr. Reznikov was born in Ukraine in 1950. He has MS degree in Civil Engineering and MBA from Kiev Architectural Academy. During his career Mr. Reznikov was involved in several national projects... [ view bio ]
Senior Vice President, Data Processing, Analysis and Interpretation and Chief Technology Officer
Global Geophysical Services
Joining Global in January, 2010, Mr. Usher brings with him over two decades of experience as an accomplished leader in the fields of seismic data processing, imaging and data analysis. Having spe... [ view bio ]
Don Smith has been employed in the Emergency Response Program at the US Environmental Protection Agency since November 1984. Don serves as a Senior On-Scene Coordinator where his responsibiliti... [ view bio ]
Founder and President of Unisert, has worked in the pipe line industry for over forty years. While serving as District Manager for Magna Chem. Ltd., he began developing the concept of pumping a c... [ view bio ]
Mr. Hoopes has served as a Director, President and Chief Operating Officer of GreenHunter Energy, Inc., since October 1, 2009. GreenHunter Energy, through its wholly owned subsidiary, GreenHunte... [ view bio ]
Mr. Smith develops and identifies opportunities for businesses, organizations, and governments to collaborate with GTI, providing value through GTI’s Energy Infrastructure R&D expertise... [ view bio ]
Paul has 22 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, starting as an APE (Assistant Production Engineer) for BP on the Forties Field in the North Sea. Following this he became a reservoir ... [ view bio ]
Paddy Oates joined Pcubed in 1999, currently leads Pcubed’s Portfolio Management Practice in North America and is also a member of Pcubed’s Energy, Oil & Gas consulting team. Padd... [ view bio ]
Dr. Walls is a Professor in the Division of Economics and Business at the Colorado School of Mines where he teaches graduate courses in strategic decision making and risk management. He has publ... [ view bio ]
Dr. Abdus Satter is the president of Satter and Associates, which was formed in Houston upon his retirement from Texaco. He has four decades of worldwide, diversified experience and expertise in ... [ view bio ]
Clifton (Clif) Triplett was named Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Baker Hughes Incorporated on September 29, 2008, responsible for Baker Hughes’ Information Technology str... [ view bio ]
Mr. Hughes is a design engineer and project manager with over 30 years of experience in developing water, wastewater and hazardous waste treatment projects in North America, South America, and Eu... [ view bio ]
Richard Moorman is the CEO of Tamboran Resources Pty Ltd, a privately held Australian-based emerging global unconventional oil and gas explorer with approximately 30 million acres held by permit ... [ view bio ]
J. Bradley Fisher has served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Carrizo Oil and Gas since March 2005. Prior to that time, he served as Vice president of Operations since July, 2000... [ view bio ]
Vice President Unconventional Technologies
Shell International Exploration and Production, Inc.
Ben van den Brule graduated cum laude as a Mechanical Engineer and obtained a PhD in Applied Physics. He worked at the Philips Research laboratories from 1982 to 1991 when he joined Shell in Rij... [ view bio ]
John Felmy is Chief Economist of API. He is responsible for overseeing economic, statistical and policy analysis of the Institute. He has over twenty-five years experience in energy, economic and... [ view bio ]
I have over forty years of experience in the oil and gas business in technical, supervisory and executive management positions with major oil companies and independents of various sizes. My work... [ view bio ]
Jon Noad graduated from Imperial College, London in 1985, and then worked as a mining geologist in South Africa. He returned to the UK in 1990 and joined BT as their marine geologist, responsible... [ view bio ]
Twenty six years engineering, operations and management experience with an active independent oil and gas production company. Background includes experience in production, drilling and reservoir... [ view bio ]
Director, Unconventional Natural Gas Institute
Unconventional Natural Gas Institute (UNGI)Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Tutuncu held various research and leadership assignments in Well Engineering, Rock Physics, Geomechanics and Subsurface R&D groups at Shell International Exploration and Production Compa... [ view bio ]
Last assignment in Shell as Global Vice President Petroleum Engineering and Development in the EP Corporate Headquarters in Rijswijk, The Hague, The Netherlands. Serving as Director of Shell Inte... [ view bio ]
Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Pioneer Natural Resources
In February 2010, Tom Halbouty was named Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer after serving as Chief Information Officer since August 1997. He is responsible for... [ view bio ]
Director, Institute of Reservoir Characterization & Gungoll Chair Professor of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
Conoco-Phillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
Roger M. Slatt is currently the Gungoll Family Chair Professor in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics at University of Oklahoma. He was Director of the School of Geology and Geophysics and Eberly Fa... [ view bio ]
Jon has been recently appointed to manage the newly acquired upstream interests in EXCO Resources. Prior to moving to Houston, Jon was based in Trinidad for two years as Deputy Asset General Mana... [ view bio ]
A product of both the North American and European education systems, Vincent is a graduate of École Polytechnique (1982) and of the École Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avanc&... [ view bio ]
Paul joined Shell in Holland in 1991 after receiving a B.Eng. in Mining Engineering and a Ph.D. in Rock Mechanics. He worked in the mining industry in South Africa and Finland prior to joining S... [ view bio ]
John Felmy is Chief Economist of API. He is responsible for overseeing economic, statistical and policy analysis of the Institute. He has over twenty-five years experience in energy, economic a... [ view bio ]
Principal Investigator
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
& Director of Educational and Professional Development
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
Dr. Susan Smith Nash, Principal Investigator, has been involved in the development and administration of online courses and programs since the early 1990s. She has made a point to share her exper... [ view bio ]
Mr. LaPrade joined Petrobank in April 2008 as Vice President Operations. Previously, Mr. LaPrade was President and Chief Executive Officer of Mirage Energy Ltd. from October 2006 to February 200... [ view bio ]
Statoil was an early mover amongst the Majors entering the Marcellus in November 2008 through its strategic alliance with Chesapeake Energy. The acquisition included 32.5% of Chesapeake’s M... [ view bio ]
Don Robinson currently serves as Vice President, Drilling for Range Resources where he is responsible for the company's operations in the Permian Basin. Don spent the first 19 years of his caree... [ view bio ]
Bret Jameson is Vice President, New Ventures/Exploration for Devon Energy Corporation located in Oklahoma City. His main focus is creating value across North America through exploration. The gr... [ view bio ]
John joined MGM Energy Corp in 2007 as Vice President of Exploration and is currently responsible for a multidisciplinary team that is working on exploration, delineation and operations of conven... [ view bio ]
Jon Noad graduated from Imperial College, London in 1985, and then worked as a mining geologist in South Africa. He returned to the UK in 1990 and joined BT as their marine geologist, responsibl... [ view bio ]
Mr. Wood has over 30 years experience in the environmental industry related to hazardous waste, environmental sustainability, and environmental business development, including environmental spill... [ view bio ]
Mr Gilmore has than 25 years of experience defining, creating and delivering comprehensive, integrated business and automation solutions for the process industries, backed up by 17 years of wide-... [ view bio ]
Guy Lewis is the Managing Director for Exploration and Production at the Gas Technology Institute and is responsible for unconventional gas technology developments and collaborative R&D progr... [ view bio ]
Manika Prasad received her B.S. (1978) from St. Xavier's College, Bombay, India and an M.S. (1983) from University of Kiel, Germany in geology, Ph.D. (1990) in geophysics from University of Kiel,... [ view bio ]
Director of Technology GPRI, Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Texas A&M University - Global Petroleum Research Institute
David Burnett serves as the Director of Technology for the Global Petroleum Research Institute. As Director of Technology he monitors research trends and needs, identifies key industrial contacts... [ view bio ]
Thomas (Tom) L. Gardner currently manages Southwestern Energy’s (SWN) New Ventures Engineering and Business Development activities. Prior to joining SWN, Tom was a Research Director and eq... [ view bio ]
Pete Miller has over 18 years of professional experience in water/wastewater and bioenergy projects. He has been with Range Resources since February 2010. Past work experience includes Chester En... [ view bio ]
Mr. Thompson joined Pcubed in 2009 to lead the oil & gas practice for the Americas. With over 20 years of experience in business performance improvement, Ron works with the majors, NOC’... [ view bio ]
Lance Robertson is the Manager of Drilling and Completions for Pioneer Natural Resources Eagle Ford Shale operations in South Texas. Lance is a Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Amer... [ view bio ]
Richard Logan has 33 years of service industry experience in the GOM, Offshore California, Prudhoe Bay, North Sea, Offshore Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia. He has worked in both wireline and LWD ... [ view bio ]
Sean Ebert is a Principal at Altira Group, which has invested more than $1 billion with partners in over 100 energy transactions since 1996. Prior to joining Altira, Sean worked in the energy ... [ view bio ]
Paddy Oates joined Pcubed in 1999, currently leads Pcubed’s Portfolio Management Practice in North America and is also a member of Pcubed’s Energy, Oil & Gas consulting team. Padd... [ view bio ]
Erlend has been Manager IPRISK with IPRES Norway AS, since 2003. Instrumental in the development of the full range of IPRISK products, including IPRISKwell for well planning, IPRISKfield for fiel... [ view bio ]
Aaron D. Horn has been President of Ecosphere Energy Service, Inc., and Ecosphere Energy Services, LLC at Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. since September 8, 2009. Mr. Horn has oilfield background an... [ view bio ]
Glen specializes in upstream exploration and production, midstream pipeline operations, marketing and end user supply and the use of information technology, including data warehousing and softwar... [ view bio ]
Mr. Niss has supervised and managed environmental projects in the petrochemical sector for over 21 years. His experience includes numerous Clean Air Act compliance projects involving Benzene Was... [ view bio ]
Cary Purdy is Chief Product Manager for Halliburton’s Landmark division, focusing on drilling and completions software. Cary has over 30 years of experience to go with his gray hair (what ... [ view bio ]
Mr. Walls has over 11 years of experience working as an environmental engineering consultant for private industry sector clients. His experience includes Clean Air Act (CAA) permitting and compl... [ view bio ]
Mark R. Williams is Vice President of Exploration and Development at Whiting Petroleum Corporation where he manages the company’s upstream activity and capital budget. His mission is the de... [ view bio ]


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