Council Members in this Study Group: 26
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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 acrossthe...
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....
President
Exaro Energy Llc ![]()
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 HinkelChief Operating Officer
Elang Energy ![]()
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...
William Nichols, PhDPresident
William Nichols Consulting ![]()
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, PhDOwner and Senior Advisor
dGB-USA ![]()
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...
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 feasibilitystudies...
Senior Completions Engineer
PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES (GPC) INC ![]()
Greg Manuel is a Petroleum Engineer at Pioneer Natural Resources. Mr. Manuel has worked in the Barnett, Fayetteville, EagleFord, Atrium, and Bakken Shales. For carbonates systems, he leads the completion team on the Edwards Lime Project of South Texas and Sligo/Andros formations. Sandstone formations...
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Is PetroVietnam the new Enron?
September 30, 2009
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.
Seismic While Drilling is Emerging as a Practical Tool to Reduce Drilling Cost
August 17, 2009
Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA
Seismic-while-drilling technology advance hailed | www.ogj.com
Nick Snow, Washington Editor of the Oil and Gas Journal reports of a breakthrough in practical implementation of the seismic while drilling technology. Technology International Inc. of Kingwood, Tex., has developed a breakthrough borehole imaging system that is nearly commercial, according to the...
Seismic technology contributed to successful sub-salt drilling in the GOM
July 28, 2009
Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA
BP Heralds Gulf of Mexico Prospects | online.wsj.com
Oil and Gas Journal reported a successful appraisal well drilling by BP PLC. This well was drilled in a previously untested southern segment of Mad Dog field in the Gulf of Mexico. The 826-5 well was drilled on Green Canyon Block 826 about 100 miles south of Grand Isle, La. The well found 280 net...
Largest discovery in California in 34 years
July 24, 2009
Fred Aminzadeh, PhD, Owner and Senior Advisor, dGB-USA
Oxy adds California gas-condensate giant | www.pennenergy.com
HOUSTON, July 23 -- Occidental Petroleum Corp. has drilled six wells in an apparent giant gas-condensate field in California’s San Joaquin basin that has an estimated 150-250 million boe recoverable. The discovery identified a new play concept that Oxy officials compared with an offshore deepwaterstructure....
Iraq's Tough Fiscal Terms for Oilfields Rejected by the Industry - Except BP
July 1, 2009
Robert Hinkel, Chief Operating Officer, Elang Energy
Oil Companies Reject Iraq's Contract Terms | online.wsj.com
The "service contracts" recently offered by the Iraqi government for oil companies to develop their huge resources represent some of the most difficult issues for the global oil companies to face. The fact that BP accepted the contract, despite only taking a $2/bbl margin that is oblivious to...
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Oil and Gas Well Drilling Experts | 209 |
| Natural Gas Experts (North America) | 265 |
| Drilling Rig Experts | 409 |
| Pressure Pumping Service Experts | 54 |
| Offshore Drilling Rig Experts | 199 |
| Horizontal Drilling Experts | 122 |
| Oil Sand Experts | 97 |
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