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Study Group: Natural Gas Experts (North America)

Council Members in this Study Group: 265

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services
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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...

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Dennis Fagerstone

Consultant
Dennis Fagerstone
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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....

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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...

James Ritter

Project Manager - Major Offshore Capital Projects
CHEVRON CORPORATION
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James Ritter is a Project Manager for Offshore major capital projects at Chevron. Mr. Ritter is currently responsible for construction and installation of the South Nemba Aux Platform Project in Angola, West Africa. He has experience in design, installation, and operation of offshore pipeline systems,...

Christopher Beato

President
Exaro Energy Llc
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Christopher Beato is the President of Exaro Energy, a firm engaged in oil and natural gas acquisition, exploration and production throughout the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. Prior, Mr. Beato was the Managing Director of Fidelity Exploration and Production Company of Texas, COO of Drillmar,...

Robert Hinkel, Chief Operating Officer, Elang EnergyRobert Hinkel

Chief Operating Officer
Elang Energy
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Robert Hinkel is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Elang Energy, a two-year old start-up exploration and production company with operations in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and US. Previously, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Enventure Global Technology, a Shell-Halliburton...

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William Nichols, PhD, President, William Nichols ConsultingWilliam Nichols, PhD

President
William Nichols Consulting
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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 over 29 years of experience in managing drilling, production, reservoir simulation, and business development operations in...

Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USAFred Aminzadeh, PhD

Owner and Senior Advisor
dGB-USA
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Fred Aminzadeh is the Owner and Senior Advisor of dGB-USA, a geophysical contracting firm. Previously, Dr. Aminzadeh was the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Prior to that, he was a Manager at Unocal Corporation. Dr. Aminzadeh has consulted on risk, reserves and other investment...

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Biofuels doing harm?

October 26, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Biofuels do harm, aren't they? | pellets-wood.com

The questions of biofuels causing a decrease in food supply and increasing costs is in fact true in part.  The corn and soy based fuel systems were and still are causing the costs to rise. We need new sources of green fuel which is not food based.

Is PetroVietnam the new Enron?

September 30, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

PetroVietnam to Invest $85 Million in Mozambique Gas Project | www.bloomberg.com

PetroVietnam's $85MM investment should be viewed as purchasing an option, rather than characterized as a capital investment.

The Forecast Mix Of Mr. Naimi, El Nino, An Oil Contango And The H1N1 Flu

September 23, 2009

Simon Atkins, MBA, CEO, Senior Industrial Disaster Threat Forecaster, Advanced Forecasting Corporation

The Old Man and the Sea of Oil | www.rigzone.com

For many a wrong reason, bulls in crude believe that the “Old Man” (Mr. Naimi) is right (in his saying there has been "a fundamental change" in the oil market) when he says that the global economy is recovering.  In addition, many oil bulls think the “Little Boy” (El Nino) will remain weak this winter...

it is more than new lines

September 11, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Grid Connectivity: Invest in Alternative Energy’s Missing Link | seekingalpha.com

 It is not enough to just run new transmission links to connect renewable power. There is a need for rights of way, new substations, new control software and the ability to balance the market demand with renewable energy production.

A Qualified Yes for RES (Renewable Electricity Standard)

September 8, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STANDARD WON’T CREATE JOBS UNLESS STRENGTHENED | www.awea.org

Mandating a RES is necessary to offset the diminished returns for renewable energy with the contraction of the financial markets and lower commodity prices. But with the country on the verge of a rebound investment in green energy does make sense as long as it has the support of consumers (potential...

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