2008 Coalbed and Shale Gas Symposium
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Speaker

Scott Reeves is the Executive Vice President of Advanced Resources International, Inc., a research and consulting firm specializing in non-conventional gas, enhanced oil recovery and carbon sequestration. He provides technical consulting and advisory services to clientele throughout the world, and performs research on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy, industry consortia and others. Scott has published over 150 articles, papers and consulting reports. He was a 2002/2003 SPE Distinguished Lecturer on Enhanced Coalbed Methane Recovery. Scott received a BS in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Duke University.

George Koperna is a Project Manager with Advanced Resources International, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia. He possesses over twelve years of experience providing a broad range of engineering design, field supervision and technical analysis for work related to desorption-controlled reservoirs, such as coal and organic shale. He has a strong understanding of reservoir simulation and evaluative modeling, which have been employed in history matching efforts and predictive simulations for the production of coalbed methane and shale-gas as well as for enhanced coalbed methane recovery. He has presented several short courses on coalbed methane technology. George received his BS and MS degrees in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from West Virginia University.

Dr. Reinaldo Gonzalez, an applied mathematician with more than 15 years’ experience in the oil industry and over 20 years of academic experience, is a Senior Consultant with Advanced Resources International, Inc. (ARI) in Houston, Texas. Prior to working for ARI, Dr. Gonzalez was an independent consultant for the Venezuelan national oil company (PdVSA) and an Associated Professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). His experience includes reservoir characterization, geostatistics, and the application of advanced mathematical solutions to oil industry problems. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the “Universidad Simon Bolivar” and a PhD in Mathematics from UCV.

Andrew R. Scott, has more than 15 years of coalbed methane experience and has
published more than 70 senior author papers and abstracts on various aspects of
coalbed methane exploration and development. He has participated in numerous
coalbed methane workshops and short courses in the United States as well as
internationally, and has received more than a dozen awards for his research efforts.
Prior to starting Altuda Geological Consulting and Altuda Energy Corporation, Mr.
Scott held a position of Research Associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology,
the University of Texas at Austin, where he worked on a wide variety of research
projects and served as Program Director of Domestic Energy Research and Texas
Regional Director of the Petroleum Technology Transfer Council. Mr. Scott recently
served as President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of
Petroleum Geologists.

Michael “Mike” Conway, Ph.D., is President of Stim-Lab, Inc., a division
of Core Laboratories located in Duncan, Oklahoma and has 30 years of
experience in the evaluation of all aspects of hydraulic fracturing in low
permeability and unconventional reservoirs. After receiving in PhD in organic
chemistry, he worked for 10 years in Halliburton Services Research Center. At
Stim-Lab, Mike manages the laboratory testing of fracturing fluids, additives
and proppants used in hydraulic fracturing. He also consults on stimulation
treatment design and conducts completion engineering studies in tight gas,
CBM and gas shale reservoirs. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum
Engineers.

Randall S. “Randy” Miller is President of Integrated Reservoir Solutions,
a division of Core Laboratories located in Houston, Texas. Randall Miller
received his B.A. in Chemistry and Geology from the University of California at
San Diego and pursued graduate studies at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
and the University of Houston. He has 25 years of experience in the analysis
and evaluation of reservoirs both domestically and internationally. He has
conducted and directed over 50 joint industry projects including a Regional
Study of the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Reservoirs, Reservoir Prediction in
Deep Shelf Sandstones Gulf of Mexico, Tight Gas Sands of North America
- Reservoir Characterization and Fracture Stimulation Optimization and Gas
Shales-Reservoir Characterization and Production Properties. His special
interests are integrating geology, petrophysics, stimulation and production
analysis for optimizing the exploitation of unconventional reservoirs. He is
a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the
Houston Geological Society.

Ian Palmer is a consultant in coalbed methane, sand prediction, hydraulic
fracturing, shear stimulation, and general geomechanics. He was most recently a
Geomechanics Specialist with BP in Houston. Before that he worked for Amoco,
NIPER, University of Arizona, Oral Roberts University, and Los Alamos National
Laboratories. Ian has evaluated completions in CBM plays internationally as
well as in USA and Canada. He is an originator and principal of a consortium of
companies investigating stimulation of low-perm formations (sands, shales, and
coals). He was an SPE Distinguished Lecturer in 2001-02. He is a partner with
Higgs-Palmer Technologies and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Russell D. Stevens has served in various sales/technical capacities during
his 23 year tenure with Norris. In 2006, Stevens was promoted to the position
of Manager of Technical Services where he is responsible for coordinating
and directing all technical service activities including rod string designs, failure
analysis, technical papers and presentations, and technical training seminars.
Stevens is a member of the AESC, SPE, NACE, ASM, and serves as a member
of the API Committee 1, Subcommittee 11, Field Operating Equipment Task
Group.

Randy De Werff is Eastern Regional Manager (eastern half of North America)
with Harbison-Fischer located in Fort Worth, Texas. Randy has been with Harbison-
Fischer for 22 years, with the past three years spent in the home office;
previous seven years in Illinois as District Manager for northeast; and prior
to that 12 years as sales representative in Michigan and Ontario. His Career
began 25 years ago in the supply business in Kansas and Oklahoma. Randy is
originally from Ellinwood, Kansas.

David Doyle, PE, is Chief Engineer with Lufkin Industries, Oilfield Division. He
is a 1993 graduate of Texas A&M University in Mechanical Engineering (BSME);
and has 7 years’ experience in artificial lift - all with Lufkin’s pumping unit design
engineering group.