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Study Group: Ethanol Experts

Council Members in this Study Group: 220

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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 acrossthe...

Miguel Mesquita da Cunha

Consultant
Miguel Mesquita da Cunha
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Miguel Mesquita da Cunha is a Consultant in Belgium who specializes in EU policy and regulatory trends that affect business. Previously, Dr. Mesquita da Cunha worked in the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under Lord Carrington, before becoming a member of the 'Group...

Gary Castellaw

President
Premier Financial & Consulting Group
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Gary Castellaw is the President of Premier Financial & Consulting LLC, a management consulting and services company. The firm specializes in the energy, industrial and agricultural chemicals, fertilizer, seed, biofuels, equipment and transportation industries. Formerly, Mr. Castellaw was the Director...

Gary Drimmer, President, Drimmer & Associates InternationalGary Drimmer

President
Drimmer & Associates International
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Gary Drimmer is the President of Drimmer and Associates, a commodity, animal nutrition, plant biotechnology and international agribusiness consulting firm. Mr. Drimmer has over 30 years of international business experience in plant biotechnology, corn and flour milling, soybean processing, animal feed...

Larry Fradkin

President
Future Enviroassets, LLC
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Larry Fradkin is the President of Future Enviroassets, an international energy and environmental consulting firm. His expertise and extensive experience in energy includes policy/regulatory and technology in climate change/greenhouse gases, solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, biomass, nuclear, coal,...

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business AssociatesJay Thompson

President and General Manager
Transportation Business Associates
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Jay Thompson is the President & General Manager at Transportation Business Associates; a firm providing planning, marketing, energy, carbon reduction, M&A / BK and investment consulting services to financiers; investors; top-name shippers; trucking companies; Intermodal; bus; industry suppliers; and...

Kurt Ross

Agronomy / Sales Manager
Western Iowa Cooperative
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Kurt Ross is an Agronomy Manager at Western Iowa Cooperative. Previously, Mr. Ross was an Agronomy Manger at Swiss Valley Farms. He was the General Manager of the Co-ops in Gilman and later Ellsworth, Iowa. Mr. Ross is a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) and active member of Iowa Agribusiness Association....

Craig Marston, Managing Director, CEM MarineCraig Marston

Managing Director
CEM Marine
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Craig Marston is Managing Director at CEM Marine, a firm providing consulting services in the maritime and shipping industry. Mr. Marston has more than 20 years of experience in the maritime industry, including Profit and Loss (P&L) responsibility for the largest US-flag fleet of ocean-going dry bulk...

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Truck Order Predictions Pretty Well Laid Out Through 2010

November 19, 2009

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Truck orders indicate pre-2010 surge | www.etrucker.com

In the midst of the optimism with the recent surge in truck orders, reality is setting back in that 2010 truck orders will be slow due to the mew emissions rules - again! We have written several articles over the last 6-months about the slow truck sales marketplace leading into the current prebuy.So...

Integrated Fuel Technologies Non-Urea SCR Option Hits A Speed-Bump

November 16, 2009

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

Cover Story: Pipe Schemes | www.seattleweekly.com

One of the two non-urea Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) developers as noted in GLG articles has legal problems prompting potential major users to steer clear for now. The referenced article by Laura Onstot for the Seattle Weekly is an interesting read including alleged money, fraud, religion, mistresses...

Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia

November 16, 2009

Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Qatar Petroleum buys assets from Shell Singapore | www.shell.com

Shell had to sell downstream petrochemical assets in Singapore to Qatar Petroleum to compete with Exxon. 

The Resources are There, but the Security is Not

November 12, 2009

Iraq oil deal puts pressure on Opec | www.ft.com

The award does not change that much. It allows for exploration and development - on paper. But the political insecurity that has kept Iraqi oil production down remains, and the West Qurna field is still vulnerable, and may become more so.

JB Hunt Intermodal Will Do Well For A Couple of BIG Reasons

November 11, 2009

Jay Thompson, President and General Manager, Transportation Business Associates

J B Hunt (JBHT) Gets S&P 4 Star Buy Rating But Showing Bearish Technicals | www.marketintelligencecenter.com

After 20-years, Intermodal as pioneered by JB Hunt and United Parcel Service is even more of a bright spot. I share our colleague Mr. Williams’ optimism regarding Intermodal - and that for JB Hunt’s continued success therein. There are idiosyncrasies in the numbers discussed that offers an opportunity...

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