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ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES SUMMIT: AMERICAS 2022

3 November 2022

7:00 AM - 4:00 PM CT

Houston, USA

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ABOUT THE SUMMIT


HOW THE COMMODITY CRISIS IS CHANGING THE WORLD

 

The Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrown global energy
and commodity flows into turmoil. Soaring prices for oil, gas, coal and metals
have put an urgent focus on energy security and forced a worldwide reassessment
of the transition to lower-carbon technologies. Join Wood Mackenzie’s expert
analysts, as well as leaders from across the energy and natural resources
industries, to hear how companies, investors and governments can succeed in this
rapidly changing world through the current crisis and beyond. This event will
take place in person with a virtual attendance option at the Westin Memorial
City in Houston, TX.

 


LENS THEATRE SESSIONS

Join us at the Lens Theatre Sessions during this year's Summit where we will be
sharing the success stories of how Lens can equip you to make wise business
decisions that help you get ahead of the market.

We will have four 20-minute sessions throughout the day, covering the use cases
of the topics below. Simply fill out the form on the register interest page,
along with your preferred slot. 

Lens Gas & LNG Markets (9:55 am - 10:15 am)
Lens CCUS Discovery (12:25 pm - 12:45 pm)
Lens Upstream Valuations and Subsurface Discovery (2:50 pm - 3:10 pm)
Lens Power Discovery & Valuations (4:10 pm - 4:30 pm)

 


TICKET OPTIONS:

Wood Mackenzie Customers     
In-Person / Virtual Pass               Complimentary

Non-Customers
In-Person Conference                    $495
Virtual Pass                                     $195

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WE ARE BACK IN PERSON!

This one-day conference will be taking place on November 3, and we are excited
to be back in person in Houston after a series of virtual events.


HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS

Meet and hear from leading experts, helping you make smarter business decisions
and develop your long-term strategy. Discover insightful case studies and learn
from businesses leaders about current challenges and their solutions, presented
by Wood Mackenzie research and guest speakers

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WOOD MACKENZIE

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas


CHEVRON CORPORATION

Sunday Shepherd

General Manager, Corporate Strategy Chevron Strategy and Sustainability


CHESAPEAKE ENERGY

David Eudey

Vice President


BARCLAYS

Grant Porter

Global Chairman of Investment Banking and Co-Chairman of Global Natural
Resources Banking


MORGAN STANLEY

Vikas Bharathwaaj

Managing Director


BAKER INSTITUTE - RICE UNIVERSITY

Mark Finley

Fellow in Energy and Global Oil


NEXT DECADE

Ariel Handler

Senior Vice President, Commercial Structuring


TALOS

Ash Shepherd

Director, Business Development CCS


PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES

Christopher M. Paulsen

Vice President, Business Development and Strategy


SOCALGAS

Armando Infanzon

Director – Business Development, Clean Energy Innovations


WORLEY

Rob Berra

Group Senior Vice President, CCUS Growth Unit Lead


EQT

Shawn Robinson

Managing Director of Fundamentals


REGISTRATION

Register now


QUESTIONS?

Contact events@woodmac.com with any event or registration questions.


AGENDA

November 33 November

8:00 AM

CT

8:00 AM - 8:05 AM


OPENING & WELCOME NOTE





Liz Dennett

Data Architecture and Data Engineering

Wood Mackenzie

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie

8:05 AM

CT

8:05 AM - 8:35 AM


KEYNOTE INTERVIEW- DIGITALIZATION AND FUTURE OF ENERGY

Digitalization is one of the biggest changes sweeping through the energy
industry today, and Microsoft is one of the key players in that revolution. How
has the energy crisis affected the industry’s adoption of new technology? What
is the future of digitalization as energy companies respond to a new set of
pressures from regulators, investors and customers, including ESG requirements
and demand for lower-carbon fuels? And how does Microsoft balance having some of
the most ambitious emissions goals in corporate America with continued support
across the energy sector?



Darryl Willis

CVP Energy & Resources Industry

Microsoft

M

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie

8:35 AM

CT

8:35 AM - 9:35 AM


PANEL DISCUSSION: WHAT DOES THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL ORDER MEAN FOR ENERGY AND
COMMODITIES?

In a world of soaring energy prices and an energy crisis compounded by war in
Europe, a new market context has emerged for decision-making about energy across
the sector. This session is an opportunity to hear from top Wood Mackenzie
analysts and other leading experts about the key developments that will shape
the future of the industry for the coming year and beyond. It is a chance to
gain insights into how to succeed in these changing conditions.



Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oils Research

Wood Mackenzie

Mark Finley

Fellow in Energy and Global Oil

Baker Institute - Rice University

M

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie

Grant Porter

Global Chairman of Investment Banking and Co-Chairman of Global Natural
Resources Banking

Barclays

Ixchel Castro

Head of Refining Assets

Wood Mackenzie

9:35 AM

CT

9:35 AM - 9:45 AM


INTERACTIVE SEGMENT: SHARE VIEWS ON THE KEY ISSUES FACING THE INDUSTRY





Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie

9:45 AM

CT

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM


NETWORKING COFFEE






10:15 AM

CT

10:15 AM - 11:05 AM


INSIGHT: THE NEW DYNAMICS FOR NORTH AMERICAN GAS

Henry Hub natural gas prices have risen to levels not seen since 2008, when the
shale revolution was just starting to ramp up. Yet the increases in North
America pale in comparison to the surge in global gas prices following Russia's
invasion of Ukraine. In the current context, US gas production has shown a muted
response, leading to uncertainty around whether high prices are here to stay.

We will explore the impact of rising prices on production and supply processes,
as well as the greening of production and market expansion with sustained growth
in LNG exports, explaining what these changes mean for North American gas
markets.





Eugene Kim

Director Research

Wood Mackenzie

Shawn Robinson

Managing Director of Fundamentals

EQT

M

Clay Lightfoot

Senior Manager, Americas Gas Research

Wood Mackenzie

Kristy Kramer

Head of Markets, Gas & LNG Research

Wood Mackenzie

Ariel Handler

Senior Vice President, Commercial Structuring

Next Decade

11:05 AM

CT

11:05 AM - 11:35 AM


PANEL DISCUSSION: CARBON CAPTURE, USE AND STORAGE (CCUS): FROM POTENTIAL TO
POSSIBLE

There is high interest in carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) to reduce
emissions in North America, from operators across the sector. North America has
huge potential to scale CCUS on a ‘source-to-sink’ basis: it has concentrated
areas of difficult-to-decarbonize emissions, supportive policies, and attractive
storage reservoirs. In both the USA and Canada, there have been law and policy
shifts that incentivize these developments. In this session, we will take a deep
dive into the promise and possibility of CCUS development, exploring the
conditions and impetus required to drive this technology forward in the region.



Vikas Bharathwaaj

Managing Director

Morgan Stanley

Ash Shepherd

Director, Business Development CCS

Talos

M

Peter Findlay

Principal Analyst, CCUS

Wood Mackenzie

Rob Berra

Group Senior Vice President, CCUS Growth Unit Lead

Worley

11:35 AM

CT

11:35 AM - 11:45 AM


PRESENTATION: FUTURE OF METALS IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION





Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Wood Mackenzie

11:45 AM

CT

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM


NETWORKING LUNCH






12:45 PM

CT

12:45 PM - 1:10 PM


KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: DOES EXPLORATION HAVE A FUTURE AT A COMPANY WITH NET ZERO
GOALS?

bp’s commitment to net zero emissions is the most aggressive of the oil majors,
and it is planning for its oil and gas production to shrink 40% by 2030. Given
these goals, what is the role and the future of oil and gas exploration at bp?
And how has that role shifted over the past year, as security of supply has come
to the fore in a tumultuous geopolitical environment?



Jay Thorseth

VP Subsurface Renewal

bp

M

Julie Wilson

Director of Subsurface Research

Wood Mackenzie

1:10 PM

CT

1:10 PM - 2:10 PM


PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO DESIGN THE IDEAL US UPSTREAM PORTFOLIO

A remarkable divergence is emerging among US upstream portfolios. Some companies
have established single basin dominance through consolidation, with production
volumes now exceeding 500,000 kboe/d from a single project. Others have
emphasized diversification, resulting in key assets across multiple plays. Some
companies differentiated even further by scaling back shale to focus on Gulf of
Mexico or conventional international projects. We will explore the pros and cons
of each strategy, offering insight into the dynamics that shape decision-making
in upstream portfolio development.





Sunday Shepherd

General Manager, Corporate Strategy Chevron Strategy and Sustainability

Chevron Corporation

David Eudey

Vice President

Chesapeake Energy

M

Robert Clarke

Vice President, Upstream Research

Wood Mackenzie

Christopher M. Paulsen

Vice President, Business Development and Strategy

Pioneer Natural Resources

2:10 PM

CT

2:10 PM - 2:40 PM


PANEL DISCUSSION: OPPORTUNITIES IN LOW-CARBON HYDROGEN

The US is a global leader in low-carbon hydrogen with 9+ Mt of the pipeline of
planned projects. Texas, California, and Louisiana are at the forefront of
change. On a national level, there is a surge of interest in hydrogen, with the
Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Act setting in motion an
investment wave. Existing hydrogen end-use sectors including ammonia and
refining are considering low-carbon hydrogen supply and new end-use sectors such
as power and transport are also emerging. Wood Mackenzie experts and industry
leaders will discuss how to scale up and finance hydrogen projects and explore
the potential role of hydrogen for companies across the energy sector.


M

Bridget van Dorsten

Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Armando Infanzon

Director – Business Development, Clean Energy Innovations

SoCalGas

Melany Vargas

Global Head of Hydrogen Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

2:40 PM

CT

2:40 PM - 3:10 PM


NETWORKING COFFEE






3:10 PM

CT

3:10 PM - 3:55 PM


INTERACTIVE SEGMENT. FUTURE OF EVS: CAN THE SUPPLY CHAIN COPE?





Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Wood Mackenzie

M

Chris Hedge

Head of Market Research for Oil, Refining & NGLs

Wood Mackenzie

Robert Whaley



Wood Mackenzie

Ram Chandrasekaran

Head of Road Transport

Wood Mackenzie

3:55 PM

CT

3:55 PM - 4:00 PM


CLOSING REMARKS





Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie


SPEAKERS


WOOD MACKENZIE

Ed Crooks

Vice-Chair Americas


CHEVRON CORPORATION

Sunday Shepherd

General Manager, Corporate Strategy Chevron Strategy and Sustainability


CHESAPEAKE ENERGY

David Eudey

Vice President


BARCLAYS

Grant Porter

Global Chairman of Investment Banking and Co-Chairman of Global Natural
Resources Banking


MORGAN STANLEY

Vikas Bharathwaaj

Managing Director


BAKER INSTITUTE - RICE UNIVERSITY

Mark Finley

Fellow in Energy and Global Oil


NEXT DECADE

Ariel Handler

Senior Vice President, Commercial Structuring


TALOS

Ash Shepherd

Director, Business Development CCS


PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES

Christopher M. Paulsen

Vice President, Business Development and Strategy


WOOD MACKENZIE

Ann-Louise Hittle

Vice President, Oils Research


WOOD MACKENZIE

Bridget van Dorsten

Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies


WOOD MACKENZIE

Robert Clarke

Vice President, Upstream Research


WOOD MACKENZIE

Kristy Kramer

Head of Markets, Gas & LNG Research


WOOD MACKENZIE

Clay Lightfoot

Senior Manager, Americas Gas Research


WOOD MACKENZIE

Peter Findlay

Principal Analyst, CCUS


WOOD MACKENZIE

Eugene Kim

Director Research


WOOD MACKENZIE

Ixchel Castro

Head of Refining Assets


WOOD MACKENZIE

Ram Chandrasekaran

Head of Road Transport


WOOD MACKENZIE

Julian Kettle

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining


WOOD MACKENZIE

Melany Vargas

Global Head of Hydrogen Consulting


WOOD MACKENZIE

Liz Dennett

Data Architecture and Data Engineering


WOOD MACKENZIE

Julie Wilson

Director of Subsurface Research


BP

Jay Thorseth

VP Subsurface Renewal


WOOD MACKENZIE

Chris Hedge

Head of Market Research for Oil, Refining & NGLs


SOCALGAS

Armando Infanzon

Director – Business Development, Clean Energy Innovations


WORLEY

Rob Berra

Group Senior Vice President, CCUS Growth Unit Lead


EQT

Shawn Robinson

Managing Director of Fundamentals


MICROSOFT

Darryl Willis

CVP Energy & Resources Industry


WOOD MACKENZIE

Robert Whaley




INTEREST IN SPEAKING AT OUR UPCOMING CONFERENCE?

Be part of the conferences' story and share your most recent findings and
challenges to industry peers. Unveil your thought leadership expertise and
distribute your latest white papers to a crowd of targeted individuals.

To learn more contact us by filling in the contact us form or events@woodmac.com


EVENT LOCATION

The Energy & Natural Resources Summit: Americas will be held in person at the
Westin Houston.

Westin Houston, Memorial City 945 Gessner Rd, Houston, TX 77024

Wood Mackenzie Event Health & Safety Guidelines/Policies*

Wood Mackenzie is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all
event participants. Our decisions and preventive measures will be guided by the
requirements and recommendations of the local authorities. We will be working
closely with the venue to implement preventative measures to reduce the
potential spread of the COVID-19 at the event. Preventive measures include: 

 * Masks are strongly encouraged by all event participants at all times
 * Enhanced sanitisation of meeting and exhibit spaces
 * Extra venue space to allow for social distancing in meeting space
 * Hand sanitising stations throughout the meeting and exhibit spaces
 * Masks and testing kits will be available if needed

The responsibility for a safe and healthy event environment is shared among the
event organiser, venues and every participant. All participants are expected to
adhere to and abide by the safety precautions Wood Mackenzie is implementing to
protect against the spread of COVID-19. 
 
As part of your responsibilities, you should not attend the event if you: 

 * are experiencing, or within the 10 days prior, have experienced signs and
   symptoms of COVID-19.
 * have travelled to any high COVID-risk area in the last 10 days
 * believe that you may have been exposed to a confirmed or suspected case of
   COVID-19. 
 * have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are not yet cleared as non-contagious
   by the health care team responsible for your treatment. 

Summit attendees should self-monitor for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 and are
asked to contact the Events Team at conferences@verisk.com if they experience
symptoms of COVID-19 within 2 days after the event. Should any positive cases be
reported, Wood Mackenzie will communicate this information to all registered
participants. Any private health or personal data received will be treated as
confidential. 
 
Please note that by checking the box during the online registration process, you
agree to adhere to the precautions and policies above and understand that you
are knowingly and freely assuming all risks related to illness and infectious
diseases, such as COVID-19, by attending this event. You understand that refusal
to adhere to these policies and abide by these precautions may result in
immediate removal from the event and cancellation of the registration, without
receiving a refund. 

 *All Wood Mackenzie policies are subject to change. Should changes be made, a
notification will be sent to all registered attendees.      


WHY ATTEND?

2022 themes

 * What does the new geopolitical order mean for the energy and natural
   resources industries?
 * How will companies respond to surging oil and gas prices
 * Which low-carbon technologies now have the brightest prospects?

 

Who should attend?

IOCs, NOCs, Institutional Investors and Investment Banks, Utilities, E&P, Power
& Renewables Developers, Independant Downstream, Metals & Mining, Gas & LNG,
Upstream oil & gas




NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES: 

After two years of virtual Summits, we are excited to be back in person for this
year's event! Be part of a global network; connect, learn and share with the
Wood Mackenzie team and fellow industry peers.






PAST SPEAKERS INCLUDE:




PAST ATTENDEES INCLUDE:

Air Products and Chemicals, APA Group, Apache, Apex International Energy, Baker
Hughes, Boardwalk Pipeline, bp, California Resources Corporation, CenterPoint
Energy Service Company, Chevron North America E&P, CNOOC Petroleum USA (Nexen
Petroleum USA), ConocoPhillips, CPChem, Crestwood Midstream Partners
LP, Deloitte & Touche, Enable Midstream Partners, Enbridge, Energy
Spectrum, Energy Transfer L.P., ENI, Equinor, Expro North Sea Ltd, ExxonMobil
Corporation, EY, First Solar, Inc., Five Point Energy, Hess, HollyFrontier
Corporation, HSBC, Invenergy,  ITOCHU Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Gas
Exploration Corporation, Kosmos Energy, LNG Freeport Development L
P, Macquarie, Mitsui Oil Exploration, Mitusbishi Heavy Industries America, Moda
Midstream, Murphy Exploration & Production Company, NextEra Energy
Resources, Noble Energy Inc., Osaka Gas USA Corporation, Petroleos
Ebano, Quarter North Energy, Renova, Repsol, Schlumberger, Scotiabank, Scout
Energy Partners, Shell, SK Innovation, Sumitomo Corporation, Technip
Energies, Tellurian Inc., TGS, TotalEnergies, Wood PLC, WTS Energy, and more

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JAY THORSETH

VP Subsurface Renewal

bp

Jay graduated from the University of Utah in 1988 with degrees in Geophysics and
an MBA. He joined Amoco in Denver, CO as a geophysicist. His initial experiences
were exploring for oil and gas across various basins in the US from Alaska to
California and through the Mid-Continent. He moved to Houston in 1992 and
focused on international exploration projects in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Russia. In 1997, Jay moved to Cairo, Egypt and worked oil exploration covering
the Gulf of Suez. The Gulf of Mexico was his next stop in 2003, where he
eventually became BP’s Deepwater GoM Exploration Manager. In 2011, Jay was
appointed VP Angola E&A based in London. Subsequently, after several Exploration
roles as VP North America and Western Hemisphere, Jay is currently VP Subsurface
Global Renewal in Houston.

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JULIAN KETTLE

Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining

Wood Mackenzie

Julian brings 30 years of experience in the analysis of metals and mining to his
current role as Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining, where he is
responsible for senior stakeholder engagement and relationships. He is a
recognised authority on the aluminium industry across the value chain from
bauxite mining through to end-use analysis. His in-depth understanding of the
key factors influencing the industry and issues that stakeholders face is of
critical importance in his work providing strategic advice to clients. Since
joining Wood Mackenzie, he has carried out the role of Manager – Metal Market
Services, Global Head of Metals Research, and Global Head of Metals and Mining
Research. Julian travels extensively and regularly presents to senior industry
and financial community stakeholders on our analysis across the value chain of
the metals and mining space, covering aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc,
iron ore, steel and coal. He also supports consulting assignments and
specialises in market environment assessment, expert witness, raw materials
sourcing, contract pricing, portfolio optimisation and strategic advisory
relating to brownfield and greenfield investments in the metals and mining
space. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Julian worked in British Aerospace
Commercial Aircraft Division, where he was a development engineer responsible
for the development and evaluation of advanced materials and processes for
aerospace applications.

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ANN-LOUISE HITTLE

Vice President, Oils Research

Wood Mackenzie

Ann-Louise Hittle brings to Wood Mackenzie over 25 years of experience in
analysing global oil markets. Her career began with Gulf Oil, where she focused
on OPEC and markets in Asia. She then worked as a Middle East/Oil Markets
research associate with Kissinger Associates and a Senior Oil and Gas Futures
Analyst with Shearson Lehman Brothers. During her decades in the industry,
Ann-Louise established an international reputation for her analyses of short- to
long-term oil markets. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Ann-Louise worked at
Cambridge Energy Research Associates, where she was Research Head of the
Upstream Oil Service with responsibility for world oil market analysis and
writing long-term scenarios. After joining Wood Mackenzie in 2003, she directed
the development of the Macro Oils Service, launched in April 2005, and led it
until her promotion to Vice President. In addition to overseeing the oils
research team, Ann-Louise is a frequent contributor to numerous industry
publications and conferences, where she shares her trusted insights on the
futures of oil markets. Ann-Louise's extensive experience and deep understanding
of Middle East markets make her an invaluable member of the Wood Mackenzie team.
With oil markets becoming more complex due to production cuts and the growth of
renewables, her guidance helps our research team provide clients with timely,
accurate market outlooks.

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CHRIS HEDGE

Head of Market Research for Oil, Refining & NGLs

Wood Mackenzie

Chris joined Wood Mackenzie in 2018 to head the our NGL research team covering
our short term and long-term market analysis for NGL supply, demand,
Infrastructure and pricing in North America. In mid 2019 his responsibilities
expanded as he took on the role as global head of market research for oil,
refining & NGLs Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Chris spent 30 years working
for Chevron where he worked in the mid and downstream space. He began his career
with Chevron’s pipeline company as a commercial representative for several
crude/refined products pipelines and managing director/owner's representative
for several operated/non-operated joint ventures. He was instrumental in
building out Chevron’s global NGL asset backed trading business and has
experience with integrating/managing waterborne LPG from West Africa & NorthWest
Shelf; LPG off-take from the Chevron refineries in the US, Europe and Asia; an
LPG import, break-bulk and bottling businesses in India and China, an LPG
reticulation business in Hong Kong and Macau; and in negotiating NGL gas
processing, pipeline, fractionation, storage, and export contracts in the US.
Chris also spend several years managing Chevron’s long-range analytics group for
Oil/Oil Products, Refining, NGL’s and Petrochemicals. In this capacity he was
also advisor to the Chevron board of director members of ChevronPhillips
Chemical Company and GSCaltex. Chris holds a BSBA degree from the University of
Arizona and an MBA from the University of Houston.

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ROBERT WHALEY



Wood Mackenzie

Mr. Whaley has 20 years of experience in North American Electricity Markets,
including price forecasting and long term capacity planning. In addition to
fundamental market modeling, including energy and capacity forecasting, Mr.
Whaley has done extensive research in various markets, including analysis of
renewables, pricing, and asset valuation. Mr. Whaley has experience as an
integrated resource planning analyst in utility resource and bid planning. Mr.
Whaley has engaged past clients in price forecasting and valuation for
litigation support and appraisal of generating assets for M&A and financial
reporting. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Mr. Whaley worked as a consultant in
a variety of energy related roles and with Xcel Energy. Mr. Whaley holds an M.A.
in Economics from Miami University (Ohio). Mr. Whaley is based in Wood
Mackenzie's Houston office.

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SUNDAY SHEPHERD

General Manager, Corporate Strategy Chevron Strategy and Sustainability

Chevron Corporation

Sunday Shepherd leads Chevron’s Corporate Strategy group, with accountability
for corporate strategy development and alignment, enterprise risk management and
investment governance. Sunday is passionate about building collaborative
relationships within Chevron and across industry to ensure all voices are heard
and to drive value. She chaired Chevron’s Executive Women’s Group in Houston
from 2016-2019. Sunday’s passion for the arts and quality education for all has
led her to represent Chevron on the Houston Ballet’s Board of Trustees and serve
on OneGoal Houston’s Board of Directors. Sunday joined Chevron in 2000 as a
geologist and has worked in exploration and reservoir management assignments in
the United States, Venezuela and Singapore. Prior to her current role in
Corporate Strategy, Sunday led Chevron’s MidContinent Applied Reservoir
Management team. Sunday’s prior roles include Exploration and Regional Manager
roles in US Gulf of Mexico, Exploration Advisor for Chevron’s Asia Pacific E&P
headquarters in Singapore, Development Geologist in Chevron’s Latin America
Business Unit on a heavy oil field in Venezuela, and Earth Scientist and Team
Leader in Chevron’s Energy Technology Company consulting on reservoir issues on
many global projects. Sunday earned a Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences
from Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina (an Historically Black
University where she received a minority scholarship) and a Master’s in
Geological Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. Sunday currently
lives in Houston where she enjoys exploring the city’s food and arts scene and
competing in Monopoly marathons with her three children and husband Ryan.

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EUGENE KIM

Director Research

Wood Mackenzie

Eugene Kim is a Research Director on Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Gas Research
team, which covers short-term and long-term market analysis and outlooks for
supply, demand, pricing, and flows in North America and as part of the global
gas market. Eugene recently rejoined Wood Mackenzie in 2018, initially serving
as the senior analyst for the Americas Gas Research team from 2005 to 2007. In
between, Eugene took several commodity trading analytics roles at Citadel, Shell
Trading and most recently Millennium Management where he served as an Oil and
Gas Strategist managing fundamental supply-demand balances to generate trading
recommendations. Prior to his initial role at Wood Mackenzie, Eugene performed
geological research for the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology publishing several
Permian, Gulf Coast, East Texas, and Barnett play analyses and reservoir
characterization studies. Eugene holds a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from The
University of Texas at Austin and a B.S.E in Mineral and Petroleum Engineering
from Seoul National University.

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DAVID EUDEY

Vice President

Chesapeake Energy



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MARK FINLEY

Fellow in Energy and Global Oil

Baker Institute - Rice University



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BRIDGET VAN DORSTEN

Research Analyst, Hydrogen and Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Bridget is a hydrogen-focused research analyst within Wood Mackenzie’s Energy
Transition Practice. They have expertise in cost modelling and developing market
forecasts for emerging hydrogen technologies. Before Wood Mackenzie, Bridget was
a consultant with Power Advocate specialising in hydrogen asset modelling,
strategic sourcing and category management for energy utilities in North
America. Prior to PowerAdvocate, they worked at AirLiquide France in their
hydrogen operations division and FirstElement Fuel in the US. Education BS
Energy Engineering, Brown University

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ROBERT CLARKE

Vice President, Upstream Research

Wood Mackenzie

Robert leads our US onshore research, with a particular focus on the evolution
of the tight oil sector. He specialises in geologic play description, portfolio
valuation, operator benchmarking, and sector trend analysis. Robert joined Wood
Mackenzie in 2005 as an original member of the Houston-based Lower 48 Upstream
Research group, where he led the modelling of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, and
Haynesville plays. He has worked on upstream consulting projects that range from
tight oil asset opportunity screenings for the Majors, to due diligence shale
gas work for private equity-led M&A. He is a frequent speaker and panel
moderator at industry conferences, and an adjunct professor in the Energy MBA
program at the Neeley School of Business at TCU in Fort Worth. Prior to joining
Wood Mackenzie, Robert was a geologist at a private engineering firm in Houston.

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JULIE WILSON

Director of Subsurface Research

Wood Mackenzie

Julie has specialised in global exploration since January 2011, following 11
years at Wood Mackenzie split between the upstream consulting and research
divisions. She has worked closely with clients advising on global and local
industry issues, with a recent focus on exploration strategy and performance.
Julie moved to Houston from the UK in November 2000 in an upstream consulting
role. She helped build the Houston consulting practice and managed a wide
variety of international consulting engagements, including corporate strategies,
exploration and country entry strategies, competitor analysis, gas supply and
market analysis. In 2006, she moved across to research and built the
Houston-based team focusing on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Prior to joining
Wood Mackenzie, Julie worked in BP's upstream business for eight years in a
variety of political, commercial and financial analysis roles, spanning
international and domestic North Sea operations and exploration.

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LIZ DENNETT

Data Architecture and Data Engineering

Wood Mackenzie

Liz Dennett, PhD is a passionate technologist with over a decade of experience
using data-driven approaches to solve pressing energy challenges. She has
demonstrated success pioneering novel data types, architectures, and analytics
solutions through the energy value chain. Liz is currently a VP of Data
Architecture and Engineering at Wood Mackenzie where she is helping slay data
silos to fuel sustainable innovation, and hosts the Horizons Podcast, a candid
take on the Energy Transition. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Liz was the Lead
Solutions Architect for Energy Data Platforms at Amazon Web Services (AWS), and
held various roles of increasing scope and complexity within AWS, Biota
Technology, Hess Corporation, and the NASA Astrobiology Institute. Liz holds
advisory board positions with the UW-Madison Dept. of Geoscience and Cemvita
Factory. A technology evangelist, Liz has given over 100 invited presentations,
received over a dozen awards including being named #13 in the “Top 50 Women
Leaders in Houston” in 2022, and writen more than a dozen academic and industry
publications. Liz holds a MS and PhD in Geoscience from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and has completed executive education at the Haas School of
Business. Liz’s passions include building things, board games, and stubbornly
refusing to believe things are “hard”.

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RAM CHANDRASEKARAN

Head of Road Transport

Wood Mackenzie

Ram is the head of Road Transportation at Wood Mackenzie, based in the company’s
Houston office. He studies the evolution of global transportation to assess the
impact of various commodities on the automotive industry as it trends toward
de-carbonization. Ram curates the electric vehicle (EV) subscription service, a
collection of reports that delivers thought leadership, analysis, and updates
about EV ownership, global policy, and consumer preferences. The service
provides a long-term outlook, examining the next 30 years and how EV ownership
will affect global oil consumption and related industries. It explores the
winners and losers of the upcoming EV revolution, as world governments push
toward carbon neutrality. Ram’s 15 years of experience in the automotive
industry have given him a wealth of knowledge in EV manufacturing, operations,
and costs, as well as the impact of EVs on complying with government-mandated
fleet fuel economy regulations. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he spent six
years at Ford Motor Co., specializing in hybrid and electric vehicles.

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DARRYL WILLIS

CVP Energy & Resources Industry

Microsoft

As Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Energy & Resources Industry, Darryl
Willis leads the global teams driving digital transformation for organizations
across the energy sector to enable the energy transition, reduce carbon
emissions and intelligently fulfil growing demand with new renewable sources.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Willis was Vice President of Oil, Gas and Energy at
Google Cloud. His other past roles include president and CEO of BP Angola; head
of Deepwater Horizon claims and spokesperson for BP; and senior vice president
and deputy head of Subsurface for BP. Willis is passionate about empowering
customers, partners, governments and investors to drive the transition to clean
energy, while providing equal access to all. Willis holds an MS in business from
Stanford University Graduate School of Business, an MS in geology and geophysics
from the University of New Orleans, and a BS in chemistry and literature from
Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

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SHAWN ROBINSON

Managing Director of Fundamentals

EQT

Shawn has spent 15 years at EQT, North America’s largest producer of natural
gas, where he has worked to develop a peer leading fundamental research team.
Prior to his current role, Shawn participated in numerous commercial functions
at EQT and was frequently involved with strategic decisions. He has an MBA in
Finance from the University of Pittsburgh and a BSBA from John Carroll
University. He is a volunteer and past member of the United Way of Southwestern
Pennsylvania’s Board of Directors. He is an avid baseball fan who enjoys
spending time with his wife, three children, and Goldendoodle

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CHRISTOPHER M. PAULSEN

Vice President, Business Development and Strategy

Pioneer Natural Resources

Chris Paulsen is Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for Pioneer
Natural Resources. Since joining Pioneer in 2002, Chris has served in various
areas including investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, operations and
subsurface. Over the past ten years, Chris has managed over $20 billion in
upstream, midstream and oilfield service transactions located in the Permian
Basin, Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast, Alaska and Rockies. In his current role,
Chris’ team is responsible for M&A, corporate strategy, scenario planning and
energy transition investments. Prior to joining Pioneer, Chris worked for SBC
Communications in planning as well as treasury. Chris received his BBA from
Baylor University and his MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the
University of Texas. Chris is a father of four young children and an avid
runner, golfer and skier.

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ED CROOKS

Vice-Chair Americas

Wood Mackenzie

Ed Crooks joined Wood Mackenzie in 2019 as Vice-Chair, Americas. Based in New
York, he covers the full range of commodities, technologies and sectors, with a
particular focus on climate policy, economics and the energy transition. He
writes Wood Mackenzie's popular Energy Pulse newsletter, analysing the latest
developments in the world of energy. Before Wood Mackenzie, he was an
award-winning energy editor for the Financial Times, first in London and then in
New York. He joined the FT in 1999 as economics editor. He previously worked as
an economics correspondent for BBC News, a reporter for Investor’s Chronicle
magazine, and an economic researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. He
also served on the UK government’s Sustainable Development Commission.

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VIKAS BHARATHWAAJ

Managing Director

Morgan Stanley

Vikas Bharathwaaj leads various energy transition and decarbonization coverage
initiatives at the investment banking division. He has been with Morgan Stanley
since 2008, having held key roles in its New York, Houston and Calgary offices,
and during his tenure has led and executed several strategic and capital markets
transactions for his clients in the energy and natural resources sectors. Prior
to joining Morgan Stanley, Vikas worked in various engineering and business
development roles in offshore oil & gas engineering and construction at Larsen &
Toubro Limited. Vikas received his MBA from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and also holds an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering. He
currently serves on the advisory board to the Energy Center at the UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School, and has served on the board of Global Kids, Inc.,
a NY-based non-profit organization that focuses on empowering the youth in some
of the underserved local communities, from 2017-2022.

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GRANT PORTER

Global Chairman of Investment Banking and Co-Chairman of Global Natural
Resources Banking

Barclays



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ASH SHEPHERD

Director, Business Development CCS

Talos

Ash Shepherd is Director of Business Development for Talos Low Carbon Solutions.
There he leads the commercial negotiations for all CCS transactions. Recently,
Ash negotiated the first permanent offshore CCUS lease in United States history.
Ash has previously been named by Oil & Gas Investor to their “Thirty Under 40”
list and is a former appointee of President Bush in the Department of Energy.
Ash earned his BA from St. Edwards University, JD from South Texas College of
Law and is earning his Executive MBA from Rice. He is married to his wife
Heather and together they have three children.

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CLAY LIGHTFOOT

Senior Manager, Americas Gas Research

Wood Mackenzie

Clay brings a detailed understanding of the US operating environment, with a
particular expertise in political and regulatory issues, to his role as a senior
manager in our North America Gas Service. Clay joined Wood Mackenzie in 2015. He
initially worked on our US Upstream Lower 48 team, leading play-level analysis
focused on type curve generation, asset economics and operator benchmarking.
Earlier in his career, he worked for Hess Corporation in New York City and in
the US Senate, advising on energy policy. Education MBA, University of Oklahoma
Political Science and General Business, Texas Christian University

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ARMANDO INFANZON

Director – Business Development, Clean Energy Innovations

SoCalGas

Armando Infanzon is director of business development for Southern California Gas
Company (SoCalGas) since June 2020. Mr. Infanzon is responsible for advancing
several low carbon infrastructure initiatives including hydrogen, carbon capture
utilization & sequestration and distributed energy resources. Prior to joining
SoCalGas, Mr. Infanzon served as director of operations for Peru at Sempra
Energy International between 2014-2020. Between 2011-2014, Mr. Infanzon was
Smart Grid Policy Manager for San Diego Gas & Electric working on several grid
modernization initiatives including energy storage. Mr. Infanzon joined Sempra
Energy in 1998 and had several positions of increasing responsibilities.

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MELANY VARGAS

Global Head of Hydrogen Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Melany has extensive experience solving strategic problems for clients across
the global energy value chain, including oil field services, upstream, chemicals
and mining. Her functional experience includes market entry, growth strategy,
large-scale transformation, M&A transaction and financing support. Melany joined
Wood Mackenzie as a consultant in our oil and gas team in 2018. Her recent work
has focused on due diligence and financing for North America LNG and assets
targeting LNG markets, including a series of pipeline and gathering and
processing support projects in North America. Prior to joining our team, Melany
worked with Accenture Energy strategy, where she advised some of the world’s
largest natural resources companies.

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KRISTY KRAMER

Head of Markets, Gas & LNG Research

Wood Mackenzie

Kristy brings more than a decade of energy industry experience with particular
expertise in flowing gas, LNG, and the upstream oil and gas business in the
Americas, Africa and the Middle East. Kristy leads Wood Mackenzie’s gas market
research team, which delivers fundamental supply, demand, and pricing analysis
across global and regional gas markets. Having joined Wood Mackenzie as a
principal in consulting in 2016, Kristy has been involved in helping customers
determine and evaluate investment opportunities, design portfolio strategy, and
understand associated market responses. She later joined our research team as
Head of Americas Gas Research. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Kristy spent eight
years at ExxonMobil, where she led deal evaluation and developed portfolio
strategies for both proprietary flowing gas and joint venture LNG assets.

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PETER FINDLAY

Principal Analyst, CCUS

Wood Mackenzie

Peter is leading the economics function for global CCUS projects as part of Wood
Mackenzie's Energy Transition. He has experience of corporate finance,
operations and strategy consulting projects in oil and gas, power & utilities
(including renewables and decarbonization), petrochemicals, and other sectors
since 2008. He has worked on transactions, corporate strategy, and operations
initiatives ranging in value from $50 MM to $40 billion for the world's largest
energy companies as well as much smaller operators, across the hydrocarbon and
power value chains. Peter also advises on emerging technologies, primarily
relating to decarbonization. Periodically, Peter publishes and presents research
at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies in the UK, on Canada's oil sands and
natural gas markets. Peter started his career as an aerodynamic design engineer
with Pratt & Whitney in Montreal in 2005 and has a Master's of
Science/Engineering degree in computational fluid dynamics and advanced
numerical / data methods from McGill University, an undergraduate degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and a finance-focused MBA
from ESSEC, Warwick, and Mannheim Business schools in Europe.

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ARIEL HANDLER

Senior Vice President, Commercial Structuring

Next Decade

Ariel Handler was appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial Structuring in
February 2022. He joined the company as Vice President, Finance and Market
Analysis in March 2018. Prior to joining NextDecade, Handler served as Manager
of Strategic Planning at Apache Corporation where he played a key role in
developing Apache’s short- and long-term term financial and operational plans,
capital allocation strategy, and portfolio and scenario analysis. Shortly before
his departure, Handler oversaw all of Apache’s planning activities in the
Permian, Midcontinent (Scoop/Anadarko Basin), and Gulf Coast regions. Handler
holds a B.A. degree with Honors in Mathematical Economic Analysis from Rice
University.

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IXCHEL CASTRO

Head of Refining Assets

Wood Mackenzie

Ixchel Castro leads our Refining and Assets team, covering our research on
refineries around the world through our products Petroplan and Refinery
Evaluation model. Previously, she was responsible for our refined product market
analysis in the Americas. She is regularly cited as an expert in Bloomberg,
Reuters, BNA, Reforma, Expansion, amongst others. Ixchel joined Wood Mackenzie
in 2012, covering Latin America for the Energy markets team in the Houston
office. She also worked in Paris, covering Southern European markets as part of
the Gas & Power team. In 2016, Ixchel joined the Oils team, leading the research
practice in Mexico City and developing our analysis for Latin America, focusing
on downstream and midstream. Before Wood Mac, Ixchel worked at PMI,
International Trading (Pemex) in crude trading and refined product analysis. At
PMI, she was responsible for fundamentals analysis of oil markets, including
daily pricing of Mexican crudes. She also analyzed gasoline and distillate
markets, providing market research analysis and support for the trading group.
She has also worked for Energy division of the World Bank doing research on
power interconnections in South America. Ixchel holds a Master in International
Energy Policy from Columbia University and a BSc (Hons) in Economics and
Political Science. She is based in Wood Mackenzie’s Mexico City office.

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ROB BERRA

Group Senior Vice President, CCUS Growth Unit Lead

Worley

Rob is an executive leader within the Transformation Group for Worley. He leads
the Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Growth Unit on a global basis
where he is responsible for establishing Worley’s position in this rapidly
growing sector. Rob has over 32 years of industry experience with contractors
and a major international oil company, leading teams in engineering,
construction, program management, significant P&L operations, sales and
executive management functions. He has extensive international experience with
several foreign expat assignments. Rob joined Worley in 2016 following an
executive/board position at CH2M Hill, and is a mechanical engineering graduate
from the University of Texas at Austin.


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