Expert Alert: Frontier & Unconventional Resources

“There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.” -- Charles F. Kettering (American engineer, inventor of the electric starter, 1876-1958)
"Please, Captain, not in front of the Klingons." -- Spock to Kirk, as Kirk is about to hug him, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

LinkedIn groups are a fertile source of potentially useful information. For example the following was a recent post to the LinkedIn group Frontier & Unconventional Resources

Global Unconventional Gas hosts top U.S. and international experts
Started by Trevor Smith, Business Development Manager, Gas Technology Institute

• Jan Panek - Head of Unit for Coal & Oil, European Commission
• Jean-Francois Cirelli - Vice Chairman and President, GDF SUEZ and president‐elect of Eurogas
• Aubrey McClendon - CEO of Chesapeake
• Dr. Abdul Rahim Hashim - President of Int’l Gas Union (IGU)
• Christopher Flavin - President of Worldwatch Institute
• Chris Smith - Deputy Assistant Secretary of U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Dominico Dispenza – Chairman of the European Union Natural Gas Industry
• Dr. Manuel Lage, President, NGVA Europe
• Randall Miller, President, Core Lab
• Dr. Mart van Bracht, Director, TNO Built Environment and Energy
• Dr. Rhodri Thomas, Managing Consultant, Wood Mackenzie
• Gerald Schotman, Chief Technology Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
• Jan Dirk Bokhoven, Chairman Executive Board, EBN
• John Harris, Director, Global Gas, IHS CERA
• Scott Reeves, Global Head, Unconventional Gas Resources, BG Group
• Dr. György Szabó, Chairman of the Board, Falcon – TXM Oil and Gas Ltd.
• George C. Yeung, Principal Professional, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
• Chris Hopkins, Vice President, Unconventional Resources, Schlumberger
• John McGinnis, Senior Vice President, Exploration & Development, NFG/Seneca Resources
• Alastair Nichol, Executive Advisor, Encana
• Richard Stoneburner, President and COO, Petrohawk Energy Corporation
• Porter Bennett, President & CEO, Bentek Energy, LLC
• Vello A. Kuuskraa - President and Chairman, Advanced Resources International Inc
• Steve Wolhart - Vice President, Fracture Diagnostics, Pinnacle - a Halliburton Service
• Dr. Rich Haut - Senior Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)
• Rowen Bainbridge - Chief Executive Officer, Aurelian Oil and Gas PLC
• Rich Broderick, Schlumberger Water Services
• Brent Halldorson, Chief Operating Officer, Aqua‐Pure/Fountain Quail
• Charles Kozora, Regional Business Development Manager, Aquatech

Major sponsors to date include Smith International, Encana, Upstream Magazine, Int’l Gas Union (IGU), Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), Core Lab, and Landmark - a Halliburton Service.

Visit www.gastechnology.org/gug2010 for the full agenda and for registration. Members of LinkedIn receive a $200 discount off registration. Just enter GUGLINK2010 into the discount code. If your company is considering sending two or more delegates, a half price discount on the second registration is available. The hotel block is filling quickly and expires on May 18.

To join Global Unconventional Gas on LinkedIn click:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/GGij6B7nEBL-Q2i9GXYYaVmFV47-HmDDUPSjABOn2_q3w-r/blk/I542574036_3/dzcMd3sRczgRbShEi6RTrRB1bPoQczoRczANbPgQe3kOdP8LtCBDbOYWrSlI/giv/
By Trevor Smith, Business Development Manager, Gas Technology Institute

While not directly connected to desulfurization, since everything in connects to everything else in the brave new world of the Internet, a list of names like the above may be worth mining.

The next step is to search the Web for background information on each of the people listed. A quick search reveals, for example, that at least two of the people has a LinkedIn profile.

• Jan Dirk Bokhoven, Chairman Executive Board, EBN (http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/jan-dirk-bokhoven/10/507/595)
• Dr. György Szabó, Chairman of the Board, Falcon – TXM Oil and Gas Ltd. (http://hu.linkedin.com/pub/gyorgy-szabo/17/5b8/869)

Your corporate librarian can help you research these names. You don’t have a corporate librarian? Contact an Independent Information Professional such as Jean Steinhardt Consulting LLC (www.jeansteinhardtconsulting.com)