Leading Experts in Offshore Drilling Rig Experts

John Ackerman is the President and Owner of Knox Resources Inc. Knox is a consulting firm providing strategic planning, joint ventures and acquisitions planning and negotiations, market and business development, and project management services to small and mid-cap industrial minerals, specialty metals...

Bob Alford is a Global Energy Consultant, providing strategic planning and analysis of large investments in the upstream/midstream oil and gas sector. Mr. Alford also consults on the valuation, acquisition and divestment of new oilfield services technologies. His technical and commercial expertise covers...

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...

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...

Emmet Brown is a Principal Consultant and Managing Director at Milesian Oil and Gas, a firm providing consulting services in the upstream oil and gas industry. Mr. Brown has over 20 years of experience in oil and gas exploration and development projects, having worked for multi-national and independent...

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...

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...

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...

David Merrion is the Chairman of David F. Merrion LLC; a firm providing consulting services on diesel engines, alternate fuel engines, alternate fuels, hybrid power trains, and emissions from engines. Mr. Merrion's clients include Detroit Diesel, Freightliner, General Motors, Eaton, and International...

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...

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...

James Ritter is a Subsea Manager at Chevron. Mr. Ritter is responsible for the Tombua Landana Deepwater Project in Angola, West Africa. He has experience in design, installation, and operation of offshore pipeline systems. Mr. Ritter also has experience in oil and gas pipelines and subsea systems for...

Thomas Shewski is the Owner of High Energy Services, a firm providing fuel, transportation, emissions, and power plant services to existing and proposed generating plants. Mr. Shewski is currently involved in buying fuel, transportation, and emissions allowances for several generating units across the...

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...

Jordan Smith is the President at Ramshorn Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nabors Drilling. Mr. Smith is responsible for the screening and participation in direct investments in the exploration and production sector for Nabors worldwide. He has more than 50 years of experience in conducting...

Ronald Stephenson is a Senior Vice President at Southland International Trucks Ltd. Previously, Mr. Stephenson was a key market manager at International Truck and Engine (subsidiary of Navistar) General Sales Manager for multiple site Peterbilt dealerships and Vice President of Cummins Engine Co. distributorship....

Arlen Swenson is a General Manager at Bobcat Enterprises. Bobcat Enterprises is within the top six Bobcat dealer groups worldwide and is consistently noted for superior dealer performance. Mr. Swenson is a seasoned professional in the Industrial Equipment market. He has served as Manager of Rental...