Study Group: Oil and Gas Well Drilling Experts(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 190
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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....
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...
Independent Consultant
Bob Alford
Bob Alford is a Global Energy Consultant, providing strategic planning and analysis of large investments in the upstream/midstream oil and gas sector. Mr. Alford also consults on the valuation, acquisition and divestment of new oilfield services technologies. His technical expertise covers the upstream...
Michael LynchConsultant
Michael E. Lynch
Michael Lynch is an independent consultant specializing in providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Lynch provides consultancy on reservoir engineering, reserves estimation, production forecasting, and redevelopment planning for depleted oil fields. He has been a practicing petroleum...
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...
Roger VernonFounder
Vernon Associates Ltd
Roger Vernon is the Founder of Vernon Associates; a firm providing consulting services in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Vernon has more than 33 years of experience in managing offshore drilling operations. He specializes in sub sea exploration and production projects in the North Sea and has extensive...
Allen MayCEO & Co-Founder
Elang Energy
Allen May is the CEO and Co-founder at Elang Energy, a new exploration and development (E&P) business, a company focused on exploration and development of oil and gas in the Asia Pacific region. Prior, he was the President of Samson-International, an E&P business unit focused on the international arena...
President
Ramshorn Investments, Inc.
Jordan Smith is the President at Ramshorn Investments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nabors Drilling. Mr. Smith is responsible for the screening and participation in direct investments in the exploration and production sector for Nabors worldwide. He has more than 50 years of experience in conducting...
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Sarah J. Wachter in Seoul, South Korea reported in the June 30 issue of the International Herald Tribune that the government is becoming concerned about crude oil supplies. Over 97% of purchases are on the open market. High fuel prices recently caused thousands of truck drivers to strike. Korea’s economy...
Pipeline Editor Christopher E. Smith reported in the June 23 issue of the Oil & Gas Journal that the tanker market during the half year ending March rose 14.1%. Clarkson Research Services Ltd gave the reasons behind these movements and forecast the future direction of the market. Included are Very...
Justin Dargin of Harvard University reported in the June 23 issue of the Oil & Gas Journal that Iranian residents in the north of the country experienced difficulty in the freezing temperatures when Turkmenistan stopped delivery of natural gas. Forty million people were affected. Pipeline problems...
The International Herald Tribune, reported in the issue of June 28-29 that Alexei Miller, head of Gazprom, said that the company’s ties to the Russian government, allowed huge growth potential. The company is in a better position to compete government links Growing competition means companies...
Jeffrey Jones (Reuters) in Calgary, Alberta reported in the June 26 issue of the International Herald Tribune that producers of Athabasca oil sands find themselves in conflict with environmentalists. Investments of billions of dollars to produce the oil has the side effect of much greater carbon dioxide...
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