Energy & Industrials

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These Council Members include former managers of specific assets and business units, engineers, asset valuation experts, consultants, specialized market research firms, product purchasers, sales managers and distributors.

Leading Experts on Energy & Industrials

Leading Experts include Council Members from GLG Member Programs. The Gerson Lehrman Group® (GLG) Leader^SM Program is our premium Member Program^SM. Those identified as GLG Leaders are in the top 5% of GLG CouncilRank and have an exclusivity agreement with GLG.

Michael Brown

Managing Partner
TZ Chemicals

Michael Brown is President of StrategyMark, a firm providing consulting services in the chemical industry. Mr. Brown is also Managing Partner with TZ Chemicals International Pty Ltd (TZCI), a consulting and data provider primarily focused on the global...

Dennis Fagerstone

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...

Thomas Shewski

Owner
High Energy Services

Thomas Shewski is 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...

John Lane

Owner/ E & P Analyst
Ocean Energy Consulting LLC

John is an independent energy and project management Consultant for the oil and gas industry and owns and operates his own consulting company, “Ocean Energy Consulting”. John is a Chevron retiree; he was a project manager for the Chevron N. America Corporation...

David Faulkner

President
Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI), LLC

David Faulkner is CEO/President of Decisive Management Professionals International (DMPI), LLC since 2004. DMPI is a defense consulting firm dedicated to the advancement of strategic and operational planning, targeting and intelligence, C4ISR systems,...

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GLG Study Groups in Energy & Industrials(?)

Study Group Name	No. Members
Building Materials Industry Experts	2767
Mining Experts	2161
Utilities and Power Generation Industry Experts (EU)	1738
Transportation Managers (North America)	854
Logistics Experts (China)	808

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Santos basin shallow water wildcat may be game changer for Brazil's oil

February 3, 2012

Analysis by:Michael Lynch, Consultant,

Analysis of:OGX Confirms Hydrocarbon Find in Santos Basin | www.rigzone.com

Eike Batista, CEO of Brazilian independent OGX, commented that wildcat 1-OGX-63-SPS located in BM-S-57 (Fortaleza) identified hydrocarbons in both the Aptian and Albian of the stratigraphic column. What makes this remarkable is that the well was drilled in 509 feet of water. The OGX-63 cut 361 feet of high pressure Aptian which caused a well control incident.

Argentinian politicians' efforts to increase production are likely to backfire

February 3, 2012

Analysis by:Michael Lynch, Consultant,

Analysis of:Argentinean Governors to Push Oil Companies to Invest More | www.rigzone.com

Governors from 10 of the country’s oil producing provinces have planned a meeting for next week to pressure to oil companies. Last week President Cristina Kirchner attacked the industry for allowing production to decline. In 2011, Argentina imported $9.4 billion in fuel, double 2010 imports. Kircher added that oil companies should remember that they are working on land owned by the Argentine people.

Predictions come true, aquaculture can come to the rescue

February 3, 2012

Analysis by:Bill Manci, President,

The U.S. continues to run a huge trade deficit in seafood, but some important shifts have occurred over the past twelve months. I believe we have reached a tipping point of sorts, one that could mean the world for U.S. aquaculture.

Royal Dutch Shell to focus on frontier exploration in Arctic regions

February 2, 2012

Analysis by:Michael Lynch, Consultant,

Analysis of:Shell CEO Says Arctic Focus on Alaska, Greenland | www.rigzone.com

Shell CEO Peter Voser said in an interview that the company plans activity in Alaskan waters, offshore Greenland and in Russia’s far north. Most of the drilling will be in or near Arctic waters. Voser acknowledged that the Arctic environment is sensitive and challenging but added that he believes Shell can safely conduct operations there.

U.S. woody biomass prices have dropped the past three years

February 1, 2012

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Relatively low fossil fuel prices have reduced the demand and prices of woody biomass throughout the U.S. during the past three years. The Pacific Northwest currently has the lowest biomass prices, slightly lower than the South, while the Northeast continues to see some of the highest prices in the country.

GLG Live Meetings in Energy & Industrials(?)

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GLG Webcasts

Webcast: Biofuels Primer - Challenges to Development (11:00 AM EST)

2/28/2012

Webcast: Dairy Primer - Milk Products Go Global (11:00 AM EST)

2/27/2012

Teleconference: Construction and Mining Equipment - Robust Used Market (11:00 AM EST)

2/23/2012

Webcast: Railcar Market - North American 2012 Outlook (11:00 AM EST)

2/22/2012

Webcast: Acrylic Acid/Acrylic Ester - Impact of Sinopec/SABIC Petrochemical Agreement (4:30 PM HKT)

2/17/2012

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