Leading Experts in Council Members Knowledgeable on Jackup Drilling Rigs

Richard Currence was Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Tidewater until he retired in March of 2003. He spent 36 years of his 39 year career in the offshore marine service business – providing services to the majors, independents and national oil companies as well as offshore drilling...

Dennis Fagerstone is an independent consultant in the oil and gas industry. Prior, Mr. Fagerstone was an Executive Vice President of International Operations at Pioneer Natural Resources. He began as Executive Vice President following the August 1997 merger of Parker & Parsley with Mesa to form Pioneer....

Jonathan Feffer is President at JF Maritime, Inc., a successor company to Mystic Shipping & Trading of which he was principal and Managing Director. These firms engaged in arranging sale and charter of ocean-going vessels of all types and offshore drilling rigs. In addition, these companies provided...

Philip Hyatt is the Managing Partner of Petronomics Partners of Texas, a consulting firm providing economic analyses to oilfield service providers, and exploration and production (E&P) operators. Mr. Hyatt has more than 30 years of experience at various executive levels, primarily in line management...

Soon Heng Lim is an independent consultant in Singapore providing consulting services on the shipbuilding industry in the Asia Pacific region, particularly Japan, Korea, China and Singapore. Most recently, he was the Deputy Project Director with Keppel in Doha for the construction of a shipyard in the...

Allen May is the CEO and Co-founder at Elang Energy, a new exploration and development (E&P) business, a company focused on exploration and development of oil and gas in the Asia Pacific region. Prior, he was the President of Samson-International, an E&P business unit focused on the international arena...

Debbs Nelson is an operations manager at Arena Offshore, an independent exploration and production company focused on the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Nelson is responsible for managing capital expenditures and stewarding operating expense. He has more than 23 years of experience in various exploration and production...

William Nichols, P.Eng., is the President of William Nichols Consulting, a Calgary, Alberta based firm providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Dr. Nichols has more than 29 years of experience in managing drilling, production, reservoir simulation, and business development operations...

Jens Rasmussen is the Owner of Raza Service. Mr. Rasmussen has 28 years of professional experience in the marine and offshore industry. He is site manager for Floatel International's newbuilding of two deep water semisubmersible accommodation units in Singapore. Mr. Rasmussen has held executive management...

Eric Smith is a Professor and Associate Director of the Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute at A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Mr. Smith has experience in conducting market and economic analysis of offshore construction and drilling operations world wide and directing feasibility studies...

David Tkachuk is the President of Proconsult International Inc. Mr. Tkachuk provides integrated management consultancy and advisory services to oil and gas companies at senior officer & executive level and consultancy services to investment firms and financial institutions. He has more than 26 years...

Roger Vernon is the Founder of Vernon Associates; a firm providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Vernon has more than 33 years of experience in managing offshore drilling operations. He specializes in sub sea exploration and production projects in the North Sea and has extensive...