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Presentations made at our monthly
Roundtable meetings are sometimes of a sensitive nature. For
this reason, the press is excluded from these meetings. This
also enhances the open debate that has become the hallmark of
our Roundtables. Where a speaker elects to post a
presentation to this website, it is for the personal use of the
viewer while visiting this website, with the understanding that
the copyright remains with the author(s). Use in any other
manner requires the express written permission of the copyright
holder.
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Date |
Friday, May 7, 2010 |
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Topic |
“Shifting O&G
Dynamics, Shifting EPC Opportunities" |
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Speaker |
Michael Krenek, Director,
Deloitte LLP |
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Date |
Friday, April 23, 2010 |
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Topic |
“CERA EPC
Project Capital Cost Trends” |
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Speaker |
Candida Scott — Cambridge
Energy Research Associates, Inc.; Senior Director of Research
Cost Analysis Forum |
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Date |
Friday, March 12, 2010 |
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Topic |
“The Impact of
Social Media on Recruiting” |
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Speaker |
David Tuttle -
Director, Digital Strategy, TMP |
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Date |
Friday, February 12, 2010 |
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Topic |
"A simple and
reliable method forecasting time and costs of E&C projects" |
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Speaker |
Dr. Tom Johns, PhD, PE, PMP, MAPM
Chairman Business Management Consultants Advisory Council |
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Date |
Friday, January 22, 2010 |
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Topic |
"A
Perspective on Managing Market Changes and Planning for the
Future"
The presentation is a
7.86 MB pdf file. Please allow time to load. |
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Speaker |
Marco Caccavale, North
America Region General Manager, GE Oil & Gas |
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Date |
Friday, December 11, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Is it Possible to be Ethical and Still Look Out for
Your Company’s Best Interest? |
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Speaker |
Ken Arnold has over forty years of industry
experience with 16 years at Shell Oil Company. He founded Paragon
Engineering Services in 1980 which was purchased by AMEC in 2005.
Since then Ken founded K Arnold
Consulting, Inc. |
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Date |
Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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Topic |
“Algae –
pond scum evolves to prime time Energy Source”
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Speaker |
Barry Cohen – Executive
Director, National Algae Association
PDF
Will Thurmond - Managing Principal, Emerging Markets
Online
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Date |
Friday, October 9, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Understanding Carbon Capture and
Sequestration" |
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Speaker |
Michael E. Moore, Vice
President of Business Development and External Affairs, Blue
Source LLC |
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Date |
Friday, August 14, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Compensation
to Engineers: Recent Past and Future Trends in Local Region and
Nationally" |
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Speaker |
Chris Touhey, Vice President,
Pearl Meyer & Partners |
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Date |
Friday, July 10, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Meltdown Management in the E&C Industry
and the Engineering Company Conundrum" |
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Speaker |
Paul Allen, CEO/Project
Executive, Project Executive Group and
Ken Arnold, Founder, Ken Arnold Consulting |
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Date |
Friday, June 12, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Construction in Today's Uncertain Market" |
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Speaker |
Daniel H. Lumma, Vice President,
Kiewit Energy Company |
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Date |
Friday, May 15, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Canada Line –
Automated Light Rail System" |
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Speaker |
Jean-Marc Arbaud, President and Chief
Executive Officer, IntransitBC |
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Date |
Friday, April 17, 2009 |
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Topic |
“Monetizing U.S.
Coal/Petcoke: The Gasification Opportunity”
To view the video visit
http://www.gasification.org/. Scroll to bottom of page. |
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Speaker |
James Childress, Executive
Director, Gasification Technologies Council
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Date |
Friday, March 13, 2009 |
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Topic |
“Louisiana Energy Projects – Economic
Impact?” |
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Speaker |
Dane E. Revette, Director of
the Energy Development, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical sectors for
Louisiana Economic Development (LED). |
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Date |
Friday, February 13, 2009 |
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Topic |
“Status of the Project Finance Market” |
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Speaker |
George Longo, Managing
Director in the Structured Finance Group of Raymond James &
Associates, Inc. |
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Date |
Friday, January 9, 2009 |
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Topic |
"Oil Trends"
(due to size, this presentation is loaded in 2 parts - A & B)
Part A /
Part B |
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Speaker |
Mark F. Peters, Vice
President of Gulf Publishing Company and the Publisher of
Hydrocarbon Processing and of the official OTC Conference
Newspaper |
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Date |
Friday, December 12, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Impact - current economic trend, financial
market issues and reduced demand for oil"
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Speaker |
John Townsend, Vice President
Procurement and Materials for KBR Operations. |
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Date |
Friday, November 14, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Managing
Contraction and Stress in an Ambient Pressure Insulated 9%Ni
Subsea Cryogenic Pipeline" |
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Speaker |
C. Neal Prescott, Executive Director Offshore Technology at
Fluor Offshore Solutions |
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Date |
Friday, October 10, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Improve Your
Success in International Contracting" |
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Speaker |
Dean Ragsdale, CEO, Ragsdale Group
LLC |
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Date |
Friday, August 8, 2008 |
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Topic |
"The Change
Competency: A Critical Success Factor for Today’s E&C Companies" |
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Speaker |
Dutch Holland, PhD, CEO, Holland &
Davis LLC |
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Date |
Friday, June 13, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Strategy, Forecasting and
Capital Investing in the Hydrocarbon Industry" |
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Speaker |
J P Chevriere, Founder, Transmar Consult Inc. |
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Date |
Friday, May 16, 2008 |
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Topic |
"New Views on
North American Gas: After the Inflection Point" |
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Speaker |
Raoul LeBlanc, Senior Director,
Financial Advisory, PFC Energy |
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Date |
Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Capital Projects: Meeting the Challenge of Predictability" |
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Speakers |
Mr. Richard Westney, PE, PMP,
Chairman and Ric Massie of
Westney Consulting Services |
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Date |
Friday, March 7, 2008 |
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Topic |
"Pakistan Oil Refinery Modernizations - a
Delegation Orientation Visit" |
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Speakers |
Mr. Mohammad Azam, Director of
Refining, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources,
Government of Pakistan
Delegation of Refinery Presidents and CEO's from Pakistan
Dr. Geoff Parker, Director, Entergy-Tulane Energy
Institute, Tulane University |
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Date |
Friday, February 15, 2008 |
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Topic |
"The Construction Labor Shortage . . .
Dealing with the Challenges - Locally & Globally" |
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Speaker |
Jason J. Marques, Vice President -
Construction Director, Aker Kvaerner Industrial Constructors |
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Date |
Friday, November 9, 2007 |
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Topic |
"Fabrication
Oriented Engineering" |
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Speaker |
Nick Routledge, Executive
Vice President, Projects, HFG Engineering US, Inc., A Heerema
Group Company |
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Date |
Friday, July 13, 2007 |
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Topic |
"Petroleum Engineering: A Discipline
Facing Challenges " |
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Speaker |
Vik Rao, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer, Halliburton |
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Date
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Friday, May 18, 2007
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Topic
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"LNG: where we are today and the impact LNG will have on other forms of energy"
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Speaker
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Chris Helms, Pipeline Group President, NiSource, Inc.
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Date
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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Topic
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"Construction Challenges for Pipelines in North America"
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Speaker
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Richard Adams, VP Operations & Engineering, Enbridge Corporation
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Date
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Friday, January 12, 2007
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Topic
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"Russia:
Political & Business Climate"
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Speaker
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Dean A. Peroff, Partner, Amsterdam & Peroff
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Date
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Friday, September 8, 2006
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Topic
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“The
Future of World Gas Trade”
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Speakers
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Dr. Peter Hartley, Baker Institute Rice Scholar and Professor of Economics, Rice University, &
Dr. Kenneth Medlock III, Research Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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Date
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Friday, August 11, 2006
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Topic
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“The
Personnel Availability Crisis: How the University of Texas is
Handling Requests for Training in the Oil and Gas Industry”
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Speaker
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Greg McCormack,
University of
Texas
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Date
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Friday, July 21, 2006
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Topic
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“BioChemicals & BioFuels from Renewables”
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Speaker
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Dr. Ramon Gonzalez,
Rice University
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Date |
Friday, June 9, 2006 |
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Topic |
"The Resurrection of Foster Wheeler” |
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Speaker |
Mr. Raymond J. Milchovich, Foster Wheeler |
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Date |
Friday, May 19, 2006 |
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Topic |
"Reclaiming the Gulf Gas & Oil Energy Network after the Damage from Ivan, Katrina and
Rita” |
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Speaker |
Mr. Mike Coyne, Shell Oil |
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Date |
Friday, April 21, 2006 |
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Topic |
“Global Oil and Gas Industry Construction Trends” |
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Speaker |
Mr. Bob Tippee, Editor, Oil
& Gas Journal |
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Date |
Friday, March 3, 2006 |
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Topic |
“Nuclear Power: Its Resurrection and the Effect on the E&C Industry “ |
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Speakers |
Mr.
Joseph J. Munisteri, The Joseph J. Munisteri Company
Mr. Michael J. (Mike)
Hyland, Snamprogetti |
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Date |
Friday, February 3, 2006 |
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Topic |
"Personnel
Availability (or Lack of It)" |
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Speakers |
Dr.
Stephen Klineberg, Rice
University
Mr. Kenneth Arnold,
AMEC
Paragon
Ms.
Mary Needham, Reserve
Technology Institute
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Date |
Friday, January 13, 2006 |
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Topic |
"Risk Management in the E&C Industry" |
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Speaker |
William (Bill) Zelle, Engineering & Construction Risk Institute
(ECRI)
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Date |
Friday, December 9, 2005 |
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Topic |
"The Realities of Certifying LNG Terminals in North America" |
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Speaker |
William (Bill) Westcott,
Lloyd's
Register
This
well-received presentation focused on the increasing roll that LNG Terminals will play
in the next decade in solving the growing natural gas shortage in North America.
Certification of these terminals will help insure that they have been designed, built, and commissioned with the proper codes and regulations, and that the inherent risks have been addressed and mitigated.
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Date |
Friday, November 18, 2005 |
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Topic |
"Corporate Suicide Prevention -
Case Histories of Billion Dollar Missteps"
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Speaker |
Kerry C. Williams,
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
This lively talk
brought to light the legal peril that companies
can face as a result of email messages. Major
litigation has resulted from snafus in this area and Mr. Williams
explained that this legal version
of "egg on the face" can be avoided! This presentation expanded Mr. William's talk from the September Roundtable,
with open discussion and participation by the audience.
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Date |
Friday, September 9, 2005 |
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Topic |
"New
Laws Impacting E & C Projects" |
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Speaker |
Kerry C. Williams,
Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
Kerry's talk focused on recent
developments in the law and the impact on engineering and
construction projects, including marine construction projects.
He focused on recent cases and developments affecting liability
and risk management issues, tax liability issues in the
international arena, Foreign Corrupt Practices issues, dispute
resolution issues and communications management in the
engineering and construction industry. |
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Date |
Friday, August 12, 2005 |
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Topic |
"Gas to
Liquids" |
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Speaker |
Ray
Oriss, Kellogg, Brown & Root
Ray challenged the group to consider
the future of coal-to-gas and gas-to-liquid, a process that was
discovered over 70 years ago, and has now hit center stage. He
covered the basics of the technology, the market forecast, and
economic drivers. |
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Date |
Friday, July 15, 2005 |
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Topic |
"Overview
of Coal Gasification" |
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Speaker |
Dick Olliver,
Aplethora Consulting (ex
ConocoPhillips)
Dick gave a very good overview of
Cola Gasification, the alternative technology and who the major
players are. He explained the schedule for new facilities coming
on-stream and how they will impact the energy situation within
the USA. |
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Date |
Friday, June 10, 2005 |
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Topic |
"Trends
and the Future the LNG Shipping Industry" |
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Speaker |
Bill Sember,
The American Bureau of
Shipping
Bill discussed the global LNG
shipping industry, its capabilities to
build future for demand based on the current availability of
resources and companies, safety record of the industry and the
types of ships we are likely to see in the future. |
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Date |
Friday, May 20, 2005 |
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Topic |
"E&C
Demands for the LNG Industry" |
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Speaker |
Joseph Munisteri,
Joseph P. Munisteri Company
At the Roundtable in May, Joe
Munisteri discussed if the industry had the capabilities to
build the LNG's future based on the current availability of
resources and the volume of proposed projects throughout the
world. |
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Date |
Friday, April 8, 2005 |
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Topic |
"How Will
Project Execution Change in the Next 5 Yrs?" |
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Speaker |
Ray Piper,
President, Business Improvement Solutions Ltd. Co.
At the April Roundtable, Ray
Piper, MCMI, PMP, discussed the array of project management
failures that contribute to the E&C industry's problems and the
best practices that can change this picture. Feedback from the
group was used to develop an outline for future study. |
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Date |
Friday, March 11, 2005 |
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Topic |
“Upgrading
Heavy Oil – the EST Process” |
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Speaker |
Mr. Montanari,
Chief Technology Officer, Snamprogetti
Our speaker this month discussed the
EST process, its advantages over other approaches and the almost
completed Commercial Demo Unit – start up is planned for Spring
2005 |
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Date |
Friday, February 18, 2005 |
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Topic |
"Alberta- The New Saudi Arabia" |
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Speaker |
Gary Kalynchuk,
VP, Stantec Engineering
Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Stantec is one of
the largest engineering companies in Canada. With its GKO
division, Stantec has done many projects in the Alberta oil
sands and gas industry in affiliation with Canadian construction
firms. |
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Date |
Friday, January 14, 2005 |
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Topic |
“Sarbanes-Oxley
Overview” |
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Speaker |
Stephen Moritz, VP, Sogeti USA
LLC - (Technology Consulting Sub of
Capgemini) Project Delivery & Governance
Services Practice
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Date |
Friday, November 12, 2004 |
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Topic |
“Understanding
the ( U.S.) Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act ” |
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Speaker |
Donald Cruver,
Managing Partner of the
Law Firm Cruver, Robbins
and Fu, LLP |
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Date |
Friday September 10, 2004 |
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Topic |
"Globalization
Challenge to the EPC Industry" |
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Speaker |
Freddie
Wong,
Manager at Aramco Global Services and is Co-Chair of
the Globalization Committee of CII (Construction Industry
Institute)
This
presentation is based on an extended workshop on this topic
conducted by CII jointly with several other organizations |
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Date |
Friday, July 9, 2004 |
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Topic |
"LNG Imports and
their Effect on the State, Regional and National Economies" |
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Speaker |
Eric
Smith, Former
Chairman of Saipem US, is now with Tulane
University at the Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute.
His
presentation is based on a study he co-authored at
Entergy-Tulane Energy Institute (published April '04) |
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Date |
Friday, May 14, 2004 |
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Topic |
“Can the Asian
Contractors Save the Global Petroleum Industry?” |
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Speaker |
J. P. Chevriere,
President, Transmar Consulting discussed the
ability of the Chinese E&C Industry to become
serious competitors in the near future.
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Date |
Friday, March 12, 2004 |
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Topic |
“Impact of
Technology in the Energy Industry”
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Speaker |
Martin VanSickels,
Chief Technology Officer, KBR
discussed how technology plays an important factor in
the competitiveness of US companies.
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Date |
Friday, January 9, 2004 |
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Topic |
"Construction for
the U.S. Offshore Market and the U.S. Shipping Market Effects of
Free vs. Regulated Markets” |
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Speaker |
Peter M. Lovie, P.E., Vice President, American Shuttle
Tankers presented a fascinating overview of the Free and
Regulated Markets within the shipping industry.
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