Leading Experts in Natural Gas Experts (North America)

Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, was the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists with over 30000 members worldwide and chairman of Advisory Board of Western Standard (ticker WSEG). Dr. Aminzadeh worked for Unocal (now Chevron) in E&P. He has consulted on risk, reserves and other investment issues...

Simon Atkins is Chief Executive Officer and Global Disaster Risk Specialist of Advanced Forecasting Corporation (AFC), a think-tank in global Planetary Risk Management and a leader in climate change hazard consulting for businesses and investors that are affected by natural-based threats and human-caused...

William Baron, PhD, was until 2007, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Seraphim Energy, an upstream oil and gas company. Dr. Baron was responsible for company direction, negotiating and developing business in Former Soviet Union, the Middle East and Europe. He is an expert in international...

Carl Bartoli is the Principal of C. Bartoli Consultants, providing consultancy services on development and execution of capital projects, preparation of strategic plans, and organizational restructuring in utility and process industry. Mr. Bartoli has knowledge in engineering and construction of hydrocarbon,...

John Bechtold is an independent Coal and Energy Consultant providing services to a wide variety of clients including Hill & Associates, a premier coal consultancy firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. He specializes in handling issues facing coal suppliers and consumers throughout the region. Formerly,...

Herman Bones was Senior Advisor at ExxonMobil. Mr. Bones has more than 20 years of marketing and sales experience in the oil and gas industry in Asia, the U.S. and Canada. He has experience in strategic planning, project development, project financing and economics, sales contract negotiations and shipping...

James Crocco was until 1999, an Executive Vice President at Dewitt & Company Incorporated. Mr. Crocco is a widely recognized and well known to the global methanol industry as an expert in the areas of commercial, logistical, marketing, forecasting, consulting, and advising as an expert witness in disputes....

Bill Derrick is Director of Estimating at Fluor Corporation. Mr. Derrick is responsible for working on oil & gas programs worldwide, & Liquefied Natural Gas(LNG) facilities in Asia and US. He has more than 36 years of experience in controlling, planning, purchasing, analyzing risks, estimating, scheduling,...

Robert Dunbar is the President of Strategy West, a Calgary based consulting firm that specializes in helping its clients make effective energy industry strategic decisions. Mr. Dunbar provides consulting on Canadian oil sands industry including business and technical issues and training. He has more...

Jeffrey Eppink is the President of Enegis; a firm concentrating on oil and gas issues and geothermal, biomass, coal, and solar energies. Mr. Eppink has experience in emerging resources, exploration and production technologies, and strategic issues for the energy sector. He has directed and conducted...

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....

Jeffrey Foutch is the Co-Founder of Falcon Gas Storage, President/COO of NORTEX ,a firm developing and operating natural gas storage facilities and gas storage services. Mr. Foutch is responsible for storage field development and operations, marketing and origination, trading and risk management, oil,...

David Freeman is the Principal and President of TeamOne Energy, a consultancy focused on power marketing, commodity risk mitigation, gas supply, and independent power generation. Mr. Freeman led energy risk mitigation efforts for independent power projects receiving project finance industry awards in...

Marc Garrison is the President of Onyx Energy America and has experience in conventional and unconventional gas production such as coal bed methane and shale gas in Eastern Kansas, Northeast Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, and Western Kentucky. Onyx primarily provides consultancy and project management...

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...

Som Konar is a Manager of Projects at Bechtel Corporation, where he is responsible for overseeing management of contractors performing engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of oil/gas field and pipeline facilities worldwide. Mr. Konar has over 38 years of experience and is currently...

Rob Kristufek is Managing Director of Energy Trading at Wolverine Trading, a proprietary trading firm. Mr. Kristufek has experience in consulting on commodity trading and risk management strategies. He is also Head of Kristufek Enterprises LLC, which has ownership in a Power and Fertilizer Plant located...

Greg Manuel is a Petroleum Engineer at Pioneer Natural Resources. Mr. Manuel has worked in the Barnett, Fayetteville, EagleFord, Atrium, and Bakken Shales. For carbonates systems, he leads the completion team on the Edwards Lime Project of South Texas and Sligo/Andros formations. Sandstone formations...

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...