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Study Group: Coal Gasification and Clean Coal Technology Experts(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 130

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on topics such as aerospace & defense, building materials, chemicals, construction, oil & gas, timber & forest products, utilities & power generation, mining, agriculture, industrial equipment and transportation, among others.

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Thomas Shewski
Owner
High Energy Services

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...

Kevin Boyle
Consultant
Boyle Consulting

Kevin Boyle is a consultant at Boyle Consulting with nearly 30 years of experience in petrochemicals, plastics, and Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs). Mr. Boyle focuses on olefins and aromatics which include: ethylene, propylene, benzene, toluene and xylene. His expertise is in prices, forecasting, modeling,...

Michele Acerra, Independent Consultant, Michele AcerraMichele Acerra
Independent Consultant
Michele Acerra

Michele Acerra is an independent consultant with Engineering & Construction (E&C), environmental, refinery, petrochemical, and power expertise. Mr. Acerra has more than 35 years of experience in the E&C Industry with Foster Wheeler (FWLT) where he held a number of executive positions in E&C, environmental,...

John Bechtold, Coal & Energy Consultant, John BechtoldJohn Bechtold
Coal & Energy Consultant
John Bechtold

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,...

Dale Bradshaw, President, ElectrivationDale Bradshaw
President
Electrivation

Dale Bradshaw is the President of Electrivation, a firm providing consulting services on power generation and delivery. Mr. Bradshaw has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of the electric utility business, nuclear, planning, clean coal, fossil generation, renewables, and fossil fuels. He...

Bill Derrick, Director of Estimating, Fluor CorporationBill Derrick
Director of Estimating
Fluor Corporation

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,...

Ron Kosage
Independent Consultant
Ron W. Kosage

Ron Kosage is an independent consultant providing consulting services to the industrial, municipal, private water, wastewater, waste to energy, and biodiesel industries. Mr. Kosage has more than 40 years of experience in management, supervision, environmental analysis, research, design, construction...

Robert Morse
Owner & President
Robert Morse Associates

Bob Morse is the Owner of Robert Morse Associates and an Executive Consultant at UniSource Energy and Hill International. Mr. Morse has more than 45 years of experience in development, design, construction and operation of nuclear, coal, gas, oil, solar, wind, geothermal power stations in the electric...

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Occidental EOR leads the way for CCS | 07-04-2008
Analysis of: Occidental Petroleum Strikes Texas Deal | online.wsj.com
Author: Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Occidental Petroleum plans to spend $1.1 billion to extract oil from the aging Texas Permian Basin.  For this purpose Occidental is teaming with natural gas (NG) producer SandRidge Energy to build a gas processing plant, separating a high CO2 content for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and sell the...

High Costs Begin to Take Their Toll on Asian Ethylene Produce | 07-02-2008
Analysis of: Japan's Asahi Kasei to cut ethylene plant runs-Nikkei | beta.ph.news.yahoo.com
Author: Kevin Boyle, Consultant, Boyle Consulting

Japanese ethylene producers are beginning to reduce operating rates to adjust to market conditions.  Because of their relative high costs in Asia, Japanese producers are the marginal suppliers.  As they reduce production, we see the deepening of the trough hit Asia.

China will master wind turbine power | 06-30-2008
Analysis of: China wind power capacity growing | uk.reuters.com
Author: Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

China is working all avenues of energy supply, ranging from coal fired, nuclear and giant hydroelectric plants with crude crude imports from the Middle East and LNG from Asia Pacific.  In addition China will increase wind power from 10 GW to 20 GW in the near future, requiring 70% domestic content...

Reliable wind power turbines in demand | 06-30-2008
Analysis of: Edison Unit Cancels Suzlon Order | online.wsj.com
Author: Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

After numerous wind turbine blade failures (cracking) of their Suzlon (India) wind turbines , Mission Energy, the non-regulated arm of Southern California Edision cancelled a follow-on order of wind turbines from Suzlon. Since Suzlon delivered the previous order of their turbines with warranties and...

LNG to fill the time gap between clean coal and nuclear power | 06-30-2008
Author: Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Booz & Co. warns that European LNG import terminal investments may not pay off in case LNG from the Middle East and North Africa are redirected towards the US due to NG shortages for clean power generation. 

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