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2011 Speakers Included
Wafik B. Beydoun
Wafik B. Beydoun
President & CEO
TOTAL E&P Research & Technology USA

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 Gardner
Rob Gardner
Manager, Economics & Energy Division
Exxon Mobil Corporation

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 C. Bridges
Lindell C. Bridges
President
Pure Earth Resources Inc.

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
Keith Minnich
Water Sustainability Advisor
Talisman Energy Inc.

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 ]

Rene LaPrade
Rene LaPrade
Senior Vice President, Operations
PetroBakken Energy Ltd

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
Alan Stubblefield
Senior Vice President
Southwestern Energy

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 ]

Yakov Reznikov
Yakov Reznikov
Director
KMT International Inc

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 ]

Chris Usher
Chris Usher
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 ]

Guy Lewis
Guy Lewis
Managing Director
Gas Technology Institute

Donald P. Smith
Donald P. Smith
Senior On Scene Coordinator
US Environmental Protection Agency

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 ]

Kenneth Tierling
Kenneth Tierling
Founder and President
Unisert Multiwall Systems, Inc

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 ]

Jonathan Hoopes
Jonathan Hoopes
President and COO
GreenHunter Water

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 ]

Trevor Smith
Trevor Smith
Business Development Manager
Gas Technology Institute

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 Lundy
Paul Lundy
Eagle Ford Subsurface Team Lead
Statoil

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
Paddy Oates
Vice President, Portfolio Management Practice, North America
Pcubed

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 ]

Michael R. Walls
Michael R. Walls
Professor
Colorado School of Mines

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
Dr. Abdus Satter
Consultant
formerly with Texaco

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 Triplett
Clifton Triplett
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Baker Hughes

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 ]

Steve Hughes
Steve Hughes
Design Engineering Manager
Tetra Tech Inc.

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
Richard Moorman
CEO
Tamboran Resources Pty Ltd

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 ]

Brad Fisher
Brad Fisher
VP and COO
Carrizo Oil & Gas

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 ]

Ben van den Brule
Ben van den Brule
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
John Felmy
Chief Economist
API
USA

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 ]

David G. Rensink
David G. Rensink
Past President
American Association of Petroleum Geologists

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 ]

Dr Jon Noad
Dr Jon Noad
Exploration Manager
Murphy Oil Corp

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 ]

Frank W. Falleri
Frank W. Falleri
Vice President, Central Division
El Paso Corporation

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 ]

Azra N. Tutuncu
Azra N. Tutuncu
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 ]

Dr Ir Roelof J Platenkamp
Dr Ir Roelof J Platenkamp
Executive Chairman
Tulip Oil

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 ]


2010 Speakers Included
Thomas C Halbouty
Thomas C Halbouty
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 ]

Dr Roger Slatt
Dr Roger Slatt
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 Harris
Jon Harris
US Lower 48 Production Asset General Manager
BG Group

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 ]

Vincent Saubestre
Vincent Saubestre
Manager, Technology, Research & Development
Total E&P Canada

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 Goodfellow
Paul Goodfellow
VP, Development, Onshore Gas
Shell Exploration & Production

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 ]

Dr John Felmy
Dr John Felmy
Chief Economist
American Petroleum Institute

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 ]

Dr Susan Smith Nash
Dr Susan Smith Nash
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 ]

Rene LaPrade
Rene LaPrade
SVP, Operations
PetroBakken Energy Ltd.

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 ]

Stephen Bull
Stephen Bull
Commercial Leader - Marcellus
Statoil

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
Don Robinson
VP, Drilling - Marcellus Shale
Range Resources

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
Bret Jameson
VP, New Ventures & Exploration
Devon Energy

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 Hogg
John Hogg
VP, Exploration & Operations
MGM Energy Corporation

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
Jon Noad
Exploration Manager, Canada
Murphy Oil

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 ]

Tony Wood
Tony Wood
Director, National Spill Control School
Texas A&M University

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 ]

John Gilmore
John Gilmore
Director, Global Industry Solutions, Upstream Oil & Gas
Invensys Process Systems

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
Guy Lewis
Managing Director
Gas Technology Institute

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 ]

Dr Manika Prasad
Dr Manika Prasad
Associate Professor, Director O-CLASSH
Colorado School of Mines

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 ]

David Burnett
David Burnett
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 Gardner
Thomas Gardner
Manager, New Ventures Engineering
Southwestern Energy

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
Pete Miller
Sr. Engineer - Water Operations
Range Resources

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 ]

Ron Thompson
Ron Thompson
Vice President Americas Oil & Gas
Pcubed

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
Lance Robertson
Manager of Drilling & Completions, South Texas
Pioneer Natural Resources Company

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
Richard Logan
U.S. Technology Manager
Halliburton

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
Sean Ebert
Principal
Altira Group

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
Paddy Oates
Head of Portfolio Management Practice, North America
Pcubed

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 A Glommen
Erlend A Glommen
IP Suite Manager
IPRES
Norway

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 Horn
Aaron Horn
President & CEO, Ecosphere Energy Services
Ecosphere Technologies

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 Sartain
Glen Sartain
Senior Consulting Partner - Oil & Gas
Teradata Corporation

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 ]

Calvin Niss
Calvin Niss
Vice President
Trihydro Corporation

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
Cary Purdy
Chief Product Manager
Halliburton/Landmark

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 ]

Stephen Walls
Stephen Walls
Air Permitting Engineer
Trihydro Corporation

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 Williams
Mark Williams
VP, Exploration & Development
Whiting Petroleum Corporation

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 ]