Peter D. Carragher — Head Discipline – Exploration, BP, Houston, TX

Pete Carragher currently holds the position of Head of Discipline - Exploration, in BP’s Worldwide Exploration Strategic Performance Unit.

Pete has been involved in oil and gas exploration for over 34 years, and has evaluated and drilled prospects or worked in most of the world’s oil and gas provinces.  Since 1990 he has been involved in developing and applying exploration risk assessment techniques and portfolio management processes.  He served for 2 years as Manager, Upstream Portfolio Analysis for Amoco immediately prior to the merger with BP.  In 2003 Pete was named to his current position, reporting to the Group Vice President for Access & Exploration, and works with him to develop and improve BP’s exploration strategy and performance, exploration process, R&D program, and organizational capability.  Pete graduated with a degree in geology from King’s College London in 1974.

Peter Carragher is the guest speaker in Houston.

Dick has 30 Years of experience in the Petroleum Industry. After graduating from Northern Michigan University, he began his career as an offshore oil field rough neck for Zapata Offshore Corporation in South Louisiana. He has since accumulated extensive experience in Field Operations, Product Management and Application Development.

He currently leads a team of 45 people and his management team of 5 individuals combine for over 150 years of experience.

Dick will be speaking in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Dallas and Houston.

Aliza Fan — Vice President, Senior Equity Analyst, Houston, TX

Aliza is Vice President, Senior Equity Analyst, for Herold IHS. Aliza is a member of Herold’s Equity Research Team.

Aliza leads Herold’s Upstream Capital Spending Analysis. In addition, she produces various topical industry analyses. Aliza has prior experience covering a group of U.S. E&P companies. Prior to joining Herold in September 1996, Aliza covered the oil, natural gas and power industries for Dow Jones & Co.’s Investment research department and tracked the petroleum industry for the financial news group of a leading trade publications. She is a member of the Houston Producers’ Forum, the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) and the Global Energy Management institute at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. Aliza also holds a NASD Series 65 license.

Aliza will be speaking in Dallas and Houston

Bob Fryklund — Vice President of Industry Relations, Houston, TX

Bob has more than 26 years experience in the domestic and international energy industry and prior to joining IHS, he served as president of Libya for a major, integrated international oil and gas company. His expertise extends from the changing role of NOCs, to energy security, unconventionals and E&P strategies and performance. Bob is available to the media to provide his expertise on Security of Supply, North America (including Canada), the Middle East and Latin America.

Based in Houston, Bob leads the Expert Source Programme for IHS, which delivers strategic-thought leadership to the oil and gas industry in the form of insight and analysis. He devotes much of his time to customer relations and to assisting IHS customers with business solutions.

Bob holds an AB from Hamilton College and an advanced certificate in management. He has also completed advanced studies in business and geology from the University of Houston and the University of Tulsa, respectively. Bob is a member of the Houston Geological Society (HGS) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). He speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Bob will be speaking in Dallas and Houston.

Rich Herrmann – Vice President of Global Information Access, Denver, Co.

As Vice President of Global Information Access, Rich leads the product management of IHS Energy content access and delivery technologies.  His team is driving the introduction of IHS new Enerdeq solution.  Enerdeq is a content delivery & integration platform providing web-based and desktop access to all of IHS’s global Energy content. 

He has over 20 years of oil & gas industry and technology experience including geologic and geophysical interpretation, software development, product management, business development and executive management.

Prior to IHS, Rich held a variety of positions with TGS-NOPEC, Petroleum Place, GeoGraphix, and Chevron.   Rich holds a B.S. in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences from MIT and an M.S. in Exploration Geophysics from Stanford University.

Rich will be speaking in Denver and Houston.

Forrest E. Hoglund — Chairman and CEO of SeaOne Maritime Corporation, Dallas, TX

Forrest is the retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of EOG Resources, Inc, one of the most active drillers of gas wells in the U.S. and Canada. He came to EOG Resources in 1987 to take it public and grow it into one of the best performing independent oil and gas companies in the industry.

Prior to his appointment with EOG Resources in September 1987, Forrest was President and CEO of Texas Oil & Gas Corporations (TXO), one of the fastest growing independent producing companies at that time.

After receiving a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas, Forrest began his career with Exxon Corporation. He worked for Exxon from 1956 to 1977in various capacities, including Vice President of Natural Gas.

He is past Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Foundation, a former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, and remains active in both institutions. Forrest also just finished chairing a successful $653 million fund raising effort for the University of Kansas. His latest effort involves leading the drive to get a ne Museum of Nature & Science built in downtown Dallas.

Forrest is also Chairman and President of the Hoglund Foundation. Started in 1989, the Hoglund Foundation has provided grants to numerous educational, medical and social needs programs in the Dallas and Houston area.

Forrest Hoglund is the guest speaker in Dallas.

Paul H. Jones - Director Global Sales, Houston, TX

Paul Jones is the Director of Global Sales for the PETRA® product line of the Energy division of IHS. His current responsibilities include the promotion and introduction of PETRA and PetraSeis™ to the worldwide E&P industry.

Jones’s 26 years of industry experience includes positions with Seismic Micro-Technology, Paradigm Geophysical, Chevron Information and Technology Company, and Gulf Oil. 

Jones has a geology degree from Michigan State University.  He is a member of the AAPG and the Houston Geological Society.  He has also written articles for Hart’s E&P and Petrosystems World.

Bob Meyer — Sr. Vice President, Tulsa, OK

Bob is Vice President, PETRA Sales and Marketing for IHS.  In 1996, he was a co-founder of geoPLUS Corporation, which developed PETRA, where he led the sales and marketing efforts of the company. Bob has a Masters degree in Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and worked at Hewlett Packard for 17 years prior to the formation of geoPLUS. His background includes software support, consulting, and project and business management

Bob will be speaking in Oklahoma City and Tulsa.

Daniel Pratt — Vice President, Senior Equity Analyst, Norwalk, CT

Dan is Vice President, Senior Equity Analyst, for Herold IHS. Dan joined Herold in 1997 as a member of the Financial & Operational Database  team and manager of the database products group, and became part of the Herold’s equity research team in 1999. Prior to joining Herold, Dan worked as an accountant for Applied Industrial Materials Corporation.

Dan holds a B.A. (Economics) from the University of Rochester with a Citation of Special Achievement in Finance. Dan holds the Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is a member of the CFA Institute, and a member of the Stanford CFA Society. Dan’s Coverage is focused primarily on a large and med-sized North American E&P companies, as well as several oversees independent producers.

Dan will be speaking in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Denver.

Wally Reed — Consultant, Interpreted Formation Tops, Houston, TX

Wally is currently a consultant for IHS. He was one of the three original founders of Geological Data Services (GDS) in 1984. GDS developed high quality formation tops data in the Permian Basin, Mid-Continent, and Rocky Mountain regions. He originally was director of operations when GDS began but later handled all management of their sales and marketing. GDS was acquired by IHS Energy in January 2007.

Wally holds a B.S. (Geography/Geology) from Western Kentucky University. While working as a cartographer in the 1970's for the Defense Mapping Agency in Washington D.C. he attended and graduated from the Defense Mapping School in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Before helping to start GDS he worked for seven years at Geomap Company as their chief cartographer in charge of all mapping operations. He is currently a member of the West Texas Geological Society and has been a member of AAPG prior to the sale of GDS.

Wally Reed is the guest speaker in Midland.

Lisa Stennes — Sr. Product Manager, Denver, CO

Lisa joined IHS in 1977 to help with the build of the California Well Database, and has managed various aspects of the business during her tenure.  She is currently Product Manager for US Land Grid and Lat Longs, North American 3D Seismic Survey Outlines, and US Well Data.
Lisa holds a B.A. (Business Administration) from Ft Lewis College, Durango CO.

Lisa will be speaking in Dallas and Houston.

Steve Trammel  —  Sr. Product Manager, New Product Development, Denver, CO

Steve joined IHS in 1981 and oversees Current Activity Reports, with a special focus on unconventional resources, the Gulf of Mexico and new product development for US-based products.

Steve regularly speaks and writes on a variety of industry topics, having begun his career within the oil and gas industry as a scout and writer on Rocky Mountain activity for Petroleum Information (now IHS). He also managed the development of the first Web-based product for Petroleum Information.

Steve studied English literature and art at the University of Colorado, and English and geology at Texas Tech University, receiving the highest honors for his studies. He is also a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Steve will be speaking in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Denver.