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Study Group: Oil and Gas Refining Experts (North America)

Council Members in this Study Group: 154

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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...

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...

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,...

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...

Phil Eiserloh, President, Petrochemical Consulting of San AntonioPhil Eiserloh

President
Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio
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Phil Eiserloh is the President of Petrochemical Consulting of San Antonio, a firm providing consulting services in the chemical industry. Mr. Eiserloh has more than 32 years of experience in the chemical industry...

Ron Kosage

Independent Consultant
Ron W. Kosage
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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...

Eric Smith, Professor and Associate Director, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane UniversityEric Smith

Professor and Associate Director
A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
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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 feasibilitystudies...

Jeff Moser

President
West Branch LLC
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Jeff Moser is the President of West Branch, an Independent Consulting Company specializing in materials, energy, environmental, commodities, and industrial sectors. Previously Mr. Moser was a Global Market Manager at Dow Automotive, a unit of Dow Chemical and a plastics, adhesives, sealants, foams,...

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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. 

ENI and U.S. natural gas players deserve more recognition

November 10, 2009

Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Eni Faces Threat to Lucrative Gas Network | online.wsj.com

ENI is a major  natural gas supplier to the EU.  However, the EU bureaucrates threaten to force separation of upstream and downstream oil& gas activities of ENI in order to generate more competition for gas delivery to the EU.  

Coal Bets on High Gas Prices

November 9, 2009

Hans Linhardt, President, LTDI, Inc.

Contract let for coal gasification plant | www.ogj.com

Siemens Energy secured a licensing and equipment contract from Tenaska Energy Inc. , Omaha for a commercial-scale coal gasification plant with CCS features to be located in Taylorville , Illinois.  The plant output is synthetic natural gas ("SNG").  The project budget is $3.5 billion with a potential...

3Q2009 An Ugly One For Refiners

November 7, 2009

Frontier Oil, Holly Hit By Weak Refining Margins | www.reuters.com

Weak demand has hurt the profitability of refiners.

Domestic Refiners Need Level Playing Field

November 1, 2009

Washington's Carbon Rules Need Refining | online.wsj.com

Foreign refiners will get a significant advantage if current proposals for carbon legislation do not change.

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Members in this Study Group include these company types:

  • Refiner (ei)
  • Consulting Firm (ei)
  • E&P Company (ei)

Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:

  • President
  • Engineer
  • Principal
  • Consultant
  • Project Manager
  • Plant Manager
  • Division Manager
  • Owner
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Director

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