Study Group: Natural Gas Experts (North America)(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 198
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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...
Fred Aminzadeh, PhDPresident
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, is the President of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists with 32000 members 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 in the petroleum...
Consultant
Dennis Fagerstone
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....
John BechtoldCoal & 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,...
Eric SmithProfessor and Associate Director
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
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...
Bill DerrickDirector 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,...
Operations Manager
ARENA OFFSHORE LLC
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...
Carl BartoliPrincipal
C. Bartoli Consultants
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,...
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GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
Chakib Khelil, Algerian Oil Minister and OPEC President, predicts that oil will climb to $170 a barrel by 12/31/08 due to the likelihood that political pressure on Iran as well as other conflicts and turmoil will continue, and on further speculation that the US dollar will see further decline (weakening...
If you build it, it’s almost certain the media will come, and they certainly did come in hoards recently to see Honda’s new FCX Clarity. However, the proposed hydrogen fuel cell economy is a fantasy in the media hype consciousness. Why should oil companies (or government) spend tens of billions...
The input costs for utilities to generate electricity are up. These costs include coal, transportation, natural gas, and power purchases. There are no guarantees, however, that a regulated utility may pass along these costs as discussed in the commentary section.
Wind power qualifies for production tax credits. These production tax credits are set to expire on December 31, 2008 without renewal by Congress and the President.
Bituminous coal prices have soared over 100% in the last year. This is obviously bad news to electric consumers dependent upon utilities with a large exposure to coal-fired generation. The run-up in coal prices could be a benefit to some utilities.
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