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Contents _____________________________________________________________ 1

Workshop Agenda ____________________________________________________ 1

Day 1 Monday, October 2, 2017 _______________________________________________________ 2

Day 2 Tuesday, October 3, 2017 _______________________________________________________ 5

Logistics ____________________________________________________________ 6

Airport Information _______________________________________________________________________ 6

Hotel Information__________________________________________________________________________ 7

Local Directions ____________________________________________________________________________ 8

Keynote Speakers ____________________________________________________ 9

Panel Members and Moderators ________________________________________ 11

Panel 1 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 11

Panel 2 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 13

Panel 3 _______________________________________________________________________________________ 15

Day 2 - Panel 4 _____________________________________________________________________________ 17

Workshop Participants ________________________________________________ 19

Planning Committee Membership _____________________________________ 23

Roster ________________________________________________________________________________________ 23

Biographies _________________________________________________________________________________ 24

Roundtable Membership _____________________________________________ 28

Roster ________________________________________________________________________________________ 28

Biographies _________________________________________________________________________________ 30

Roundtable Sponsors ________________________________________________ 38

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OFFSHORE Well Completion and Stimulation Using Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Technologies

Keck Center 500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC Room 100

Well completion and stimulation technologies to develop hydrocarbon resources offshore have evolved over many decades. While hydraulic fracturing has become widely known to the public with the intensive development of unconventional resources onshore in recent years, less understood by the public are other common well completion and stimulation technologies that are used in offshore operations including hydraulic fracturing, “gravel packs,” “frac-packs,” “acid-fracs,” and “matrix-acidizing treatments.”

This workshop will explore the unique features of operating in the U.S. offshore environment, including well completion and stimulation technologies, environmental considerations and concerns, and worker health and safety management. The audience and speakers from across government, industry, academic, and non-profit sectors will share information and their perspectives on operational and regulatory approaches to minimize environmental and human risk in developing offshore resources. Participants will also examine technical, environmental, and regulatory challenges and opportunities that will be captured in a workshop proceedings volume and an archived webcast.

Key themes addressed by the workshop will include:

1) Development of offshore oil and gas fields, including those that use completion and stimulation technologies such as gravel packing, hydraulic fracturing, frac-packs, and acidizing treatments.

2) Observations, monitoring, and technology development:

3) Environmental, health, and safety focus in the offshore.

Each of the areas will include discussion of science and technology, regulatory, and environmental aspects and will aim to identify future needs and opportunities.

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DAY 1 MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2017

07:45 am

Registration, continental breakfast

08:30-08:40 Welcome and opening remarks, Roundtable Co-chairs Wendy Harrison, Colorado School of Mines David Dzombak, Carnegie Mellon University

08:40-08:50 Workshop Overview and Objectives, Planning Committee Co-chairs Melissa Batum, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Joe Lima, Schlumberger

08:50-09:50 Keynote Presentations: Advanced technologies for offshore oil and gas development: Resource recovery, environmental stewardship, and safety Moderated by Bud Danenberger, Independent consultant

Evan Zimmerman, Executive Director, Offshore Operators Committee From exploration to production: Offshore oil and gas development and the context of unconventional resources in the offshore environment

David Payne, Vice President, Global Drilling and Completions, Chevron Corporation Overview of well completion and stimulation technologies in offshore settings

William Y. Brown, Chief Environmental Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulatory and environmental considerations for offshore development

09:50-10:20 Moderated Discussion

10:20-10:45 Break

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10:45-12:30 Panel 1: Offshore oil and gas development 101 Panelists will have 10 minutes to share their opening remarks. The remainder of the time will be an active discussion among panelists and workshop participants, guided by the moderator. Moderated by Jill Lewandowski, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Azra Tutuncu, Colorado School of Mines Life cycle for offshore development and the offshore footprint Benjamin Coco, American Petroleum Institute Industry risk management – industry practices and approaches for managing safety and integrity of well stimulation technologies Bradley Watson, Acting Executive Director, Coastal States Organization The state regulatory landscape – state responsibilities and cooperation with federal and private entities

12:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:15 Panel 2: Offshore technologies in practice Panelists will have 10 minutes to share their opening remarks. The remainder of the time will be an active discussion among panelists and workshop participants, guided by the moderator. Moderated by George Wong, University of Houston

Dennis McDaniel, Anadarko Corporation Offshore well completion and stimulation operations using hydraulic fracturing and proppant: technologies, operational practices, challenges, and risk exposures Michael Schexnailder, Halliburton Discuss approaches in the Gulf of Mexico: technologies, operational practices, challenges, and risk exposures Mike Hecker, ExxonMobil Corporation Approaches in the offshore Pacific: technologies, operational practices, challenges, and risk exposures Lisa Grant, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Well integrity considerations for technology deployment and practice

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15:15-15:40 Break

15:40-17:20 Panel 3: Safety in the offshore environment Panelists will have 10 minutes to share their opening remarks. The remainder of the time will be an active discussion among panelists and workshop participants, guided by the moderator.

Moderated by Charlie Williams, Executive Director, Center for Offshore Safety Bud Danenberger, Independent consultant Historical regulatory perspectives Paul Hebert, Chevron Corporation Industry risk management experience for performing stimulation treatments in offshore settings Nancy Tippins, CEB Beyond compliance

17:20-17:50 Day 1 Wrap-up Joe Lima and Melissa Batum, Planning Committee Co-chairs

18:00-20:00

Reception Atrium located on 3rd floor

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DAY 2 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2017

08:15

Registration, continental breakfast

09:00 Day 2 Overview and Objectives Joe Lima and Melissa Batum, Planning Committee Co-chairs

9:15-11:00 Panel 4: Environmental considerations, advanced technologies, and solutions Panelists will have 10 minutes to share their opening remarks. The remainder of the time will be an active discussion among panelists and workshop participants, guided by the moderator.

Moderated by Lois Epstein, The Wilderness Society James Ray, Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC Offshore oil and gas operations. Ecosystem considerations: what have we learned over the past four decades? Paul Montagna, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Marine ecology and water research, Gulf of Mexico Desikan Sundararajan, Statoil Air emissions from offshore platforms Robert S. Habel, California Department of Conservation Regulatory approaches and considerations for environmental risk offshore California

11:00-11:30 Plenary Wrap-up Melissa Batum and Joe Lima, Planning Committee Co-chairs

11:30-11:45 Next Steps and Adjournment Wendy Harrison and Dave Dzombak, Roundtable Co-chairs

Public Workshop Adjourns

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Logistics

AIRPORT INFORMATION

Ronald Reagan National Airport

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is 4.9 miles away from Cambria Hotel & Suites. Options for traveling are:

• Taxi – 18 Minutes The estimated cab fare for this option, with tip, is approximately $26.09.

Dulles International Airport

Dulles International Airport is 28.1 miles away from Cambria Hotel & Suites. Options for traveling are:

• Taxi – 45 Minutes The estimated cab fare for this option, with tip, is approximately $77.63.

Baltimore-Washington International Airport

Baltimore-Washington International is 31.8 miles away from Cambria Hotel & Suites. Options for traveling are:

• Taxi – 45 Minutes The estimated cab fare for this option, with tip, is approximately $84.50.

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HOTEL INFORMATION

899 O St NW, Washington, DC 20001 202-299-1188

Our Cambria hotel & suites Washington D.C. hotel is located at the new CityMarket at O lifestyle center, just steps from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Cambria hotel & suites™ is the all-suites hotel where style, form and function meet. Our well-appointed guest rooms with a modern decor provide all the amenities needed to make the most of your stay. Accessible by Metro and walking-distance to D.C.’s Chinatown, Verizon Center, National Mall, White House, and all the District has to offer, Cambria hotel & suites is the place to be. Reflect on the rooftop patio next to fire pit or in our modern and spacious lobby. Refresh at our rooftop state-of-the-art gym and pool. Cambria hotel & suites Washington D.C. Convention Center hotel welcomes you to experience the stay changing the pace of business travel.

Cambria Hotel is 1.1 miles from the Keck Center. Options for traveling are:

• Taxi – 7 minute taxi ride. The estimated fare for this trip, with tip, is $9.43. • Walking – 20 minute walk. • Metro

o Walk to Mt Vernon Sq Station o Take the Yellow or Green train towards Huntington o Get off at Gallery Place-Chinatown

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LOCAL DIRECTIONS The Keck Center, located in downtown Washington, D.C., is served by Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI). It is accessible by Metro's Red and Green/Yellow lines.

By Metro’s Red Line 1. Take Metro's Red Line to the Judiciary Square station. 2. Exit the station by following signs to the Building Museum (F Street) exit, between Fourth and

Fifth Streets N.W. 3. Turn LEFT and walk WEST on F Street N.W. 4. Cross Fifth Street N.W. and turn LEFT. 5. Walk past the fire station parking lot. The next building on your right will be 500 Fifth St. N.W.

Metro System Map Judiciary Square Station Information

By Metro’s Green or Yellow Line 1. Take Metro's Green or Yellow Line to the Gallery Place-Chinatown station. 2. Exit the station by following signs to Seventh and F Streets/Arena. 3. Turn LEFT and walk EAST on F Street N.W., two blocks past the Verizon Center. 4. Turn RIGHT on to Fifth Street N.W. 5. Walk past the fire station parking lot. The next building on your right will be 500 Fifth St. N.W.

Metro System Map Gallery Place-Chinatown Station Information

Parking is available at the Keck Center. The entrance to the parking garage is located on 6th Street NW.

Please remember to bring a government issued photo I.D. for the guard’s desk.

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Keynote Speakers

ELMER PETER DANENBERGER III, MODERATOR Independent Consultant Elmer “Bud” Danenberger is currently a consultant specializing in offshore safety, pollution prevention and regulatory policy. He has worked for the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, major and independent oil companies, State and Federal agencies, law firms, and a safety equipment manufacturer. He was part of the first panel to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee following the Macondo blowout. He is a member of the Marine Board of the National Academies, and served on the National Academies panel that published the report (2016) entitled “Strengthening the Safety Culture of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry.” After a 38-year career, Mr. Danenberger retired from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s offshore oil and gas program in January 2010. During his career, he served as a staff engineer in the Gulf of Mexico regional office, Chief of the Technical Advisory Section at the headquarters office of the U.S. Geological Survey, District Supervisor for Minerals Management Service (MMS) field offices in Hyannis, Massachusetts and Santa Maria, California, and Chief of the Engineering and Operations Division and Chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs at MMS Headquarters. Bud received the Distinguished Service Award, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s highest honor award, was inducted into the Offshore Energy Center’s Hall of Fame as a Technology Pioneer for Health, Safety, and the Environment, and in 2015 received the Offshore Technology Conference’s Distinguished Achievement Award. Bud earned a B.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering and a Master’s degree in Environmental Pollution Control, both from Pennsylvania State University. EVAN H. ZIMMERMAN Offshore Operators Committee Evan Zimmerman is Executive Director of the Offshore Operators Committee and has two decades of experience in offshore related engineering, technology development and risk management. Mr. Zimmerman has held senior management roles in the offshore oil and gas service sector in the United States, North Sea and Australia. He has received numerous patents for offshore related technology, served in key roles in many industry and academic initiatives, and received many awards for service or accomplishments including a Corporate Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Interior. Mr. Zimmerman holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the South Texas College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University.

DAVID PAYNE Chevron Corporation David Payne is Vice President of Drilling and Completions for Chevron. He assumed the position in May 2006 and is based in Houston, Texas. He began his career with Getty Oil Company in Santa Maria, California in 1981. Prior to his current position he was the Drilling Manager in Bangkok, Thailand. He has held various engineering and management positions in California, Trinidad and Tobago, Louisiana, Indonesia,

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Vietnam and Thailand. Mr. Payne graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering. Mr. Payne is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has served in various roles for local chapters including section chairman in Santa Maria, California. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Houston Food Bank. WILLIAM YANCY BROWN Board of Ocean Energy Management William Y. Brown is the Chief Environmental Officer of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management in the Department of the Interior, where he oversees science and regulation for protection of the environment in energy and non-energy minerals development on the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States. Dr. Brown's former positions include nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; Science Advisor to Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt; President & CEO of the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts; President & CEO of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia; President & CEO of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii; Vice President of the National Audubon Society; Vice President of Waste Management, Inc.; Senior Scientist and Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund; Executive Secretary of the U.S. Endangered Species Scientific Authority; and Assistant Professor, Mount Holyoke College. Dr. Brown is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, a fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and a member of the IUCN Environmental Law Commission. He is a former member of the advisory committee for the Division on Earth and Life Studies of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He is a former president of the Natural Science Collections Alliance, former chairman of the Ocean Conservancy, and former chairman of the Global Heritage Fund. He is a former board member of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Environmental Law Institute, U.S. Committee for the United Nations Environment Programme, U.S. Environmental Training Institute, and the Wistar Institute. He is the author of two novels: “Valley of the Scorpion” and “Ruffner’s Cave”. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia (BA Biology, with highest distinction), Johns Hopkins University (MAT), University of Hawaii (PhD, Zoology), and Harvard Law School (JD).

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Panel Members and Moderators

PANEL 1 Offshore Oil and Gas Development 101

JILL LEWANDOWSKI, MODERATOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Jill Lewandowski currently serves as Chief of the Division of Environmental Assessment in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) where she leads a national-level team of experts in providing environmental science and policy advice to decision-makers. In this role, Jill manages strategic initiatives to strengthen scientific rigor, stakeholder engagement and transparency in environmental risk assessments and overall improve the effectiveness of BOEM's environmental policies. Jill previously served as BOEM's subject matter expert on protected species and marine sound issues and also managed the Division's compliance with environmental consultations. Prior to joining BOEM in 2005, Jill worked as a marine biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service and a conservation programs administrator for the National Wildlife Federation. Jill received her Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University where her research centered on transforming stakeholder conflict on complex environmental issues, particularly the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals.

AZRA TUTUNCU Colorado School of Mines Azra Tutuncu is professor, Harry D. Campbell chair, and director of the Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil Institute at the Colorado School of Mines Petroleum Engineering Department. Before joining Colorado School of Mines faculty, Dr. Tutuncu held various research and leadership assignments in well Engineering, Rock Physics, Geomechanics and Subsurface R&D groups at Shell International Exploration and Production Company and Shell Oil Company in Houston and in the Netherlands. Her interest areas include rock-fluid interactions, integrated borehole stability, geomechanics, reservoir characterization and formation damage detection, mitigation and removal. She has over fifty publications in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings in addition to over sixty reports in research and implementation of novel technologies in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, unconventional gas and oil shale, heavy oil sands and carbonates integrated borehole stability, in situ stress and rock property determination, nonlinear rock deformation and failure, pore pressure and fracture gradient prediction, stimulation, drilling and drill in fluid design and compatibility analysis. She holds several patents on pore pressure prediction, attenuation and acoustic stimulation. Dr. Tutuncu is a member of SPE, SEG, Sigma Xi, ARMA, AADE and Pi Epsilon Tau and has been actively involved in SEG, SPE and ARMA organizations over twenty five years. She is licensed Professional Petroleum Engineer

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and Geoscientist in the State of Texas and received her B.S. from Istanbul Technical University, two M.S. degrees from Stanford University and University of Texas at Austin, and her Ph.D. also from University of Texas at Austin. BENJAMIN COCO American Petroleum Institute Ben Coco currently serves as a Senior Associate in the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Standards Department. His responsibilities include managing the standards development process in accordance with API’s procedures; by providing leadership and support to API’s committees that develops technical standards to the oil & gas industry. In doing so, Ben facilitates industry participation in global standards activities and coordinates joint activities with other industry or standards developing organizations. He promotes the role of technical standards in support of public policy goals, and identifies technical areas where standards development initiatives can support API’s objectives. Additionally, Ben is responsible for identifying, proposing, and supporting the implementation of new initiatives in programmatic areas such as derivative publications, training seminars and certification programs, and research opportunities that are in support of standards development activities. Prior to joining API, Ben worked for 10 years with the U.S. Federal Government, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and Minerals Management Service (MMS). During his time with the agency, Ben conducted inspections and reviewed permit applications related to production safety systems and drilling/completion/workover/ decommissioning operations, as well as conducted accident/incident investigations, for both the shelf and deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico. Ben also provided support in matters related to policy and regulation development, and on international special assignments that represented the agency. Ben is a graduate from Louisiana State University with a BS and MS in Petroleum Engineering. During this time he worked both offshore and onshore in roles as a roustabout, roughneck, wireline logging engineer, production engineer, and laboratory and teaching assistant.

BRADLEY WATSON Coastal States Organization Bradley Watson is CSO’s Acting Executive Director. Spanning parts or all of four Congresses, Bradley worked for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure under the late Chairman James L. Oberstar, as a member of the investigations team for the Senate Armed Services Committee under Senator Carl Levin, and as a senior legislative staffer for Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Bradley is a graduate of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., Tulane University in New Orleans, LA, and the evening program at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America. Bradley is a native of Prince Georges County, Maryland, is admitted to the bar in the State of Maryland, and resides on Capitol Hill.

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PANEL 2 Offshore Technologies in Practice

GEORGE WONG, MODERATOR University of Houston George Wong is a faculty member of the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Houston (UH). Prior to joining UH he worked with Shell R&D and producing companies for 31 years. He served as the Deepwater Completion/Sand Control Technology Lead and the Production Engineering Advisor in Shell E&P Company, USA. George also held the position of Principal Technical Expert (PTE) in Sand Control & Sand Management for the global Shell organizations. PTE is the highest technical expert for a given technical area in Shell. George has played key roles in the development and deployment of fracpack completion and the current maximum rate operating guidelines in Shell’s deepwater operations. His areas of expertise are in areas of production engineering, sand control completion design and execution for producers and injectors, production operations on bean-up and ramp-up, geomechanics and fracture mechanics for both consolidated and unconsolidated sand formations. He received the SPE Distinguished Membership in 2015 and the SPE Gulf Coast Regional Completion Optimization and Technology Award in 2013. George has been the chairperson for the last 4 SPE-ATWs on Injectors Requiring Sand Control since 2009. He has also served as technical committee member, session chair, discussion leader, moderator, and speaker in different SPE conferences, ATWs, and Forums. George received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of California at Davis, and Ph.D. from Stanford University, all in Civil Engineering. He is also a registered Civil Engineer from the State of California. DENNIS MCDANIEL Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Dennis McDaniel is currently Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s completion engineering manager for the Gulf of Mexico and International deepwater operations. He is a registered professional engineer with 35 years of industry experience and his technical background involves design and operational execution in completion, drilling, production, and reservoir engineering on land and offshore locations. His areas of expertise are completions, workovers, stimulation, and well integrity and he has co-authored two SPE papers, helped develop and patent new tool technology, and made presentations at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). He is an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the American Association of Drilling Engineers. He has a BS in petroleum engineering from the University of Missouri – Rolla.

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MICHAEL SCHEXNAILDER Halliburton Michael Schexnailder is Completion Technical Sales Manager for Halliburton Gulf of Mexico. He received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Louisiana State University. He has 11 years of industry experience focused on deepwater completion work in the Gulf of Mexico. He has spent 3 years with various operators and 8 years working for Halliburton Energy Services. He supported the first installations of Single Trip Multizone fracpac completions in the Gulf of Mexico as outlined in OTC 27222-MS. His current role focuses on identifying operator challenges and development needs to assure future success for Gulf of Mexico completions. MIKE HECKER ExxonMobil Corporation Mike Hecker has been with ExxonMobil since 1999 and currently provides completion support for drill teams around the world from concept selection through implementation. He began his career with Mobil in South Texas as a production engineer focusing on a wide range of workover, completion and artificial lift design. He was later responsible for the stimulation design and completion of 450 Hugoton infill wells over 3 years in Kansas and for the completion/workover design and onsite technical supervision of high rate, HTHP, sour gas wells in the Mobile Bay area while in New Orleans. After transferring to ExxonMobil with the merger, Mike worked extensively with frac packs, providing design, real-time support and post-job analysis on all of ExxonMobil’s frac packs. He later provided critical support in the conception, development, testing and successful field installations of the NAFPac process, Internal Shunt Alternate Path Technology (ISAPT) screen, Shunted Zonal Isolation (SZI) openhole packers and Mazeflo technology. Mike established and coordinated the Completion Engineering Network within ExxonMobil in 2008 to further develop and sustain Completion Engineering knowledge and expertise. He assisted in the development of an ExxonMobil Sand Control manual and school where over 350 ExxonMobil students have been trained through 17 sessions of the Sand Control School. In his current position, Mike actively participates in industry trade groups. He is the co-author of 18 technical papers relating to sand control and hydraulic fracturing and co-inventor on 23 completion related patents. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas. LISA GRANT Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is considered an industry Subject Matter Expert (SME) on well integrity and wellbore positioning with extensive experience in both domestically and internationally in Deepwater and onshore operations. She started her career at Schlumberger in Drilling and Measurements working High Temperature and High Pressure (HTHP) projects and field testing new technologies. Lisa joined Shell Oil in 2004 to work as an operations engineer in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  She continued in Shell as one of the Global Principal Technical Experts.  In 2014 she moved to Noble Drilling as the Global Technology and Assurance Manager where she was responsible for quality, assurance and targeted technologies for global drilling and completions operations.  Lisa has recently joined the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

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(BSEE) as the SME for well control and well integrity. Lisa has pioneered extensive technology developments to better manage the ever-changing challenges of the downhole environment.  She has been active in many industry organizations, including President of American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) - New Orleans chapter, various leadership roles in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and Chair of an American Petroleum Institute (API) technical workgroup on wellbore positioning and an officer or contributing member of other technical sections.  Lisa has numerous publications and patents related to her industry service. She graduated from Tulane University in 1995 with a BSE in Chemical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer (PE). 

PANEL 3 Safety in the Offshore Environment

CHARLIE WILLIAMS, MODERATOR Center for Offshore Safety Charlie Williams was named Executive Director for the Center for Offshore Safety (COS) in March 2012. Prior to joining COS, he retired from Shell Oil as Chief Scientist - Well Engineering after a 40-year career. At Shell he held other senior management positions including Vice President – Global R&D. Charlie received the 2012 Offshore Technology Conference Special Citation and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Regional Safety Award for his offshore safety work. He serves on the Department of Interior OESC Federal Advisory Committee, and he has presented extensively on Safety Management and drilling technology - including to the Presidential Commission, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and National Academy of Science. Charlie chaired the post-Horizon Joint Industry Task Force - Subsea Well Control & Containment and the BSEE/Argonne Labs Workshop – Effects of Water Depth on Offshore Equipment & Operations. Charlie is a recipient of the US Department of Interior - Corporate Citizenship Award and has been awarded the National Ocean Industries Association “Safety in the Seas Award". He has also served on the Petroleum Engineering curriculum advisory committee at University of Texas. He has been a lifetime member of the SPE. He is a mechanical engineering graduate of the University of Tennessee and Professional Mechanical Engineer. ELMER “BUD” DANENBERGER Independent consultant See biography under Keynotes.

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PAUL ANDRE HEBERT Chevron Corporation Paul Hebert has worked for 36 years with Chevron in Gulf of Mexico and Nigeria areas with predominance in deepwater drilling and subsea completions. Paul has held both field operational and office engineering levels leading up to Senior Drilling Superintendent and Engineering Manager positions. Paul started working in deepwater in 1984 and has been actively engaged in the industry growth curve of deepwater drilling and subsea smartwell completions over this 30-year deepwater time period. Paul has served in multiple SPE Advanced Technical Workshops related to subsea equipment and subsea smart well completions, and has served on the American Association of Drilling Engineers leading to President level at both New Orleans Chapter and National AADE organizational levels. Paul’s current role is Drilling and Completions Special Projects Manager focused on industry wide related topics, supporting Chevron Projects, and Chevron internal processes. Paul is currently based in Chevron’s Covington, Louisiana office. He received his B.S in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana Tech. NANCY T. TIPPINS CEB Dr. Tippins is a Principal Consultant at CEB where she brings more than 30 years of experience to the company. She manages teams that develop talent acquisition strategies related to work force planning, sourcing, acquisition, selection, competency identification, succession planning, and employee and leadership development. She also conducts executive assessments and coaching and provides expert support in litigation matters. Active in professional affairs, Dr. Tippins has a longstanding involvement with the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology where she served as President (2000-2001). In addition, she served on the Ad Hoc Committee on the Revision of the Principles for the Validation and Use of Personnel Selection Procedures (1999) and is co-chairing the committee for the current revision of the Principles. She was one of the U.S. representatives on the ISO 9000 committee to establish international testing standards. She also served on the Joint Committee to revise the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests (2014). She has served on a number of National Academies of Science committees and recently chaired a committee on Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Culture. Dr. Tippins has authored numerous articles on tests and assessments. Recently, she co-authored Designing and Implementing Global Selection Systems, co-edited the Handbook of Employee Selection, and another edited volume, Technology Enhanced Assessments. Dr. Tippins received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a M.Ed. in Counseling and Psychological Services from Georgia State University, and a B.A. in History from Agnes Scott College.

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DAY 2 - PANEL 4 Environmental Considerations, Advanced Technologies, and Solutions

LOIS EPSTEIN The Wilderness Society Lois Epstein, P.E., an Alaska-licensed engineer, is Arctic Program Director for The Wilderness Society, a national conservation organization. Her efforts focus on ensuring that onshore and offshore Arctic oil and gas operations are as safe and environmentally-sound as possible and protecting sensitive areas from new resource development. Previously, Ms. Epstein was a private consultant on environmental and policy issues and a senior engineer for several national and regional non-profit advocacy organizations. Ms. Epstein has presented invited testimony before the U.S. Congress on over a dozen occasions largely focusing on release prevention in the oil and gas sector. Additionally, she has served on several federal advisory committees covering offshore operations, pipeline safety, and refineries; on the Transportation Research Board Committee on Performance-Based Safety Regulation; and currently is President of the board of the Bellingham, Washington-based, non-profit Pipeline Safety Trust. Ms. Epstein has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. In May 2010, Ms. Epstein advised the Department of the Interior on its safety report to the President following BP’s Gulf spill. Ms. Epstein has a masters’ degree from Stanford University in Civil Engineering with a specialization in environmental engineering and science, and undergraduate degrees from both Amherst College (English) and MIT (mechanical engineering).

JAMES RAY Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC James Ray retired from Shell Oil in 2004 and started his consulting business, Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC. His recent interest has been the development of marine vibroseis as an alternative to air guns for offshore seismic surveying. His career at Shell included various roles as a technical specialist and environmental manager. He was an integral member of environmental scientists from across the industry that assisted in building our knowledge base on the fate and effects of discharges related to offshore oil and gas operations. His career included the early research and offshore studies related to drill muds and cuttings discharges. In following years, mostly under joint industry programs through the American Petroleum Institute and the Offshore Operators Committee, the focus switched to research related to the offshore discharges of produced water and sand. This included research involving radionuclides. Over a number of years, the focus switched to issues related to the offshore discharge of synthetic based drill muds and associated cuttings. This research also included seafloor studies related to trace metal speciation, accumulation, and distribution. Dr. Ray served six years on the Minerals Management Services “Environmental Studies Program Advisory Committee”. He also served for three years on the Ocean Studies Board, and six years on the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. He served on numerous NAS panels and study groups, including issues such as drilling fluids, offshore environmental monitoring, and the NAS Oil in the Sea reviews. He also served on the Marine Mammal Commissions Federal Advisory Committee on the effects of sound on marine mammals. He was chairman of the 1995 International Oil Spill Conference, and the 2008 recipient of the Offshore Technology Conferences “Individual Achievement Award.” He received a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from Texas A&M University.

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PAUL MONTAGNA Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Paul Montagna is professor and endowed chair for ecosystems studies and modeling at the Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences and the Harte Research Institute for the Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. His research on ecosystem studies of estuaries and the deep sea focuses on benthic components, freshwater resources, water quality, ecological modeling, environmental statistics, and integrating natural science with human dimensions research. Prior to joining Texas A&M, he served in various research, teaching, and management capacities with the Marine Science Institute and the Department of Marine Science at The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas. The author of numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, he is also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the Estuarine Research Federation, and the Gulf Estuarine Research Society, among others, and Co-Editor in Chief for the journal Estuaries and Coasts. He received his B.S. from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, his M.S. from Northeastern University, and his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina.

DESIKAN SUNDARARAJAN Statoil Desikan Sundararajan is currently working with Statoil as a Team Lead and Technical Program Manager in the Shale Oil and Gas research and technology sector in Austin, TX. In his current role, his research is focused on investigating, developing and implementing new technologies to facilitate clean oil and gas production from shale plays with specific emphasis production optimization and sustainability management. Methane and VOC emissions form the oil and gas industry have always been at focal point of his current work at Statoil. He is involved in developing various strategic policy and technology based alternatives to reduce Statoil’s carbon footprint. Desikan has over 15 years of industrial and academic R&D experience across automotive, glass manufacturing and oil and gas industries. He has served on advisory committees of several DOE NETL and RPSEA studies and has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Sundararajan obtained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from University of Toledo in 2009, MS in Environmental Engineering from The University of Arizona in 2004 and a BE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pune.

ROBERT S. HABEL California Department of Conservation Rob Habel is currently Program Manager over the Idle Well and Enforcement Programs for the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in California. He has worked in the oil, gas, and geothermal industry for over 35 years. While working for the Division, he has been involved with permitting geothermal power plants, underground injection projects, including gas storage facilities, and permitting the drilling of oil, gas and geothermal wells. Although he has worked in Oregon and Washington, he has primarily worked throughout California, addressing both on and offshore operations. He has extensive experience with writing regulations, and was one of the primary authors to California’s well stimulation (hydraulic fracturing) regulations. He received a B.S. in geology from San Diego State University and is a registered geologist with the State of California.

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Workshop Participants

Edith Allison American Geosciences Institute Jamiu Arije Lister Oil Limited Reza Barati University of Kansas Benjamin Coco American Petroleum Institute Uni Blake American Petroleum Institute William Y. Brown Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Michael Celata Bureau of Ocean Energy Management David Cheney Technology Policy International LLC Xiang Cheng Case Western Reserve University Kim Coffman Bureau of Ocean Energy Management John Cushing Bureau of Safety & Environmental

Enforcement Steve DeWitt Department of Energy

David Dunlap KII Elmer “Bud” Danenberger Independent consultant Chris Elfring Gulf Research Program Rusco Frank USGAO Lois Epstein Wilderness Society Jennifer Ewald Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Luis Manuel Fernandez Aristimuno R2M Laura Fields Beer Chevron Corporation Rusco Frank USGAO Adalberto Garcia BP Exploration & Production Inc. Lisa Grant Bureau of Safety and Environmental

Enforcement Robert S. Habel California Department of Conservation

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Ed Hanlon Environmental Protection Agency Paul Hebert Chevron Corporation Mike Hecker ExxonMobil Corporation Holly Hopkins American Petroleum Institute Cameron Hu University of Chicago Cruz (Gabby) Intihar Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy Ahsanul Kaiser Monash University Malaysia Gary Katz Katz Water Technologies Elizabeth Komiskey BP Nick Komninos U.S. Coast Guard Harold Leslie Independent consultant Jill Lewandowski Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Emily Lindow Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Karthik Mahadev BP Exploration Matthew Alan Mahoney Center for Responsible Shale Development Grant Malmberg IBM Corporation David McCabe Clean Air Task Force Dennis McDaniel Anadarko Corporation Stephanie Meadows American Petroleum Institute Paul Montagna Texas A&M University Bob Moran Halliburton Briana Mordick Natural Resources Defense Council Diana Nielsen U.S. Senate Energy & Natural Resources

Committee John Noel Clean Water Action Ben Norris American Petroleum Institute Nicolette Nye NOIA

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Oluchuku Ochonogor E N Consulting and Projects Kelly Oskvig The National Academies of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine Gregory S. Parnell University of Arkansas Kate Pickard BP David Payne Chevron Corporation James Pettigrew Ocean Energy Safety Institute Victoria Pilate Department of Homeland Security Olga Popova Department of Energy EIA James Ray Oceanic Environmental Solutions, LLC Arturo Robinson Regional Health Command Atlantic Lara Rodriguez The George Washington University Michael Schexnailder Halliburton

Stephanie Seki The National Academies of Sciences,

Engineering, and Medicine Renee Sims Prince Georges County Public Schools Greg Southworth Offshore Operators Committee Heather Spence Department of Energy Desikan Sundararajan Statoil Nancy Tippins CEB Jessica Trice Environmental Protection Agency Azra Tutuncu Colorado School of Mines Sarah Tsoflias Chevron USA, Inc. Denise Tuck Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. April Volke Energy Information Administration Bradley Watson Coastal States Organization Gene Whitney Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Chair

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Charlie Williams Center for Offshore Safety Scott Wilson Environmental Protection Agency George Wong University of Houston Terry Yen Energy Information Administration Susan Zaleski Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Evan Zimmerman Offshore Operators Committee

STAFF MEMBERS

Diamond Abney Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Linda Casola Board on Mathematical Sciences and

Analytics

Eric Edkin Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Elizabeth Eide Board on Earth Sciences and Resources John Holmes Board on Energy and Environmental

Systems Mark Hutchins Transportation Research Board Brendan McGovern Water Sciences and Technology Board Nicholas Rogers Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

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Planning Committee Membership

ROSTER

Melissa Batum, Co-Chair Senior Program Analyst Division of Environmental Assessment Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Department of the Interior Joe Lima, Co-Chair Director, Environmental Sustainability Schlumberger Services, Inc. David A. Dzombak (NAE) Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Wendy J. Harrison Professor of Geology and Geological

Engineering Department of Geology and Geological

Engineering Colorado School of Mines

Jan Mares Senior Policy Advisor Resources for the Future Elena S. Melchert Director of Upstream Research Office of Fossil Energy Department of Energy Kris J. Nygaard Senior Stimulation Consultant ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. Michael Parker Principal Parker Environmental and Consulting, LLC Sandra Wiegand Petroleum Engineer Bureau of Safety and Environmental

Enforcement Department of the Interior

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BIOGRAPHIES CO-CHAIRS

MELISSA BATUM is a senior program analyst and technical subject-matter expert for the Department of the Interior (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). As a Senior Analyst she manages complex program issues and initiatives, drives strategic planning, and influences policy decisions and procedure development. With her education in geology, she serves as the BOEM principal representative for policy and technical issues regarding sub-seabed CO2 use and sequestration on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). She is a liaison for and within the Department and Bureau and works collaboratively across other federal agencies, state and local governments, foreign governments, and international groups. She also works on policy and technical issues regarding hydraulic fracturing on the OCS. She received her B.S. in geology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her M.S. in geology from Texas Tech University. She is also a Licensed Professional Geologist (P.G.) in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

JOE LIMA is the Global Environmental Solutions Manager and Director of Environmental Sustainability for Schlumberger Services, Inc. Before this role, Mr. Lima served as the Unconventional Resources Theme Manager for North America where he was responsible for directing technology development and application throughout the region specifically for shale and tight gas environments. From 2004 through 2008 he was the Oilfield Services Marketing Manager for the western United States, developing strategic growth plans for Schlumberger as well as managing the sales organization and executive level client relationships. Previously, he was the Business Development Manager for Schlumberger’s multistage hydraulic fracturing technologies. Mr. Lima also served in various management roles for Well Services facilities throughout the United States hydraulic fracturing markets including the San Juan, Anadarko and Arkoma Basins. He spent four years as an in-house completions engineer for various Schlumberger clients and has served on the Boards of Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Interstate Petroleum Association of Mountain States and California Independent Petroleum Association. He holds a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio.

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MEMBERS

DAVID A. DZOMBAK (NAE) is the Hamerschlag University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently serving as head of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The emphasis of his research and teaching is water quality engineering, environmental restoration, and energy-environment issues. His current research, all of which is being conducted collaboratively, is focused on climate change adaptation for infrastructure, forecasting the sustainability of water supplies, recovery of rare earth elements from brines, and the use of low-grade heat for membrane treatment processes for wastewater management and reclamation in power production. Dr. Dzombak serves on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board, the U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Science Advisory Board, the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council, and the Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability of the Academies. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1986. He also holds an M.S. in Civil Engineering and B.S. in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Saint Vincent College. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, a Board Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

WENDY J. HARRISON is professor of geology and geological engineering at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). Her fields of scholarly expertise are in geochemistry and hydrology as well as geoscience education. She has published papers in topics that range from impact shock metamorphism in lunar materials, the formation of gas hydrates and their role in CO2 sequestration, metals uptake by trees in mined lands, and mitigating respiratory quartz dust hazard. During her career in academia at CSM, she has served as President of the Faculty Senate, Director of the McBride Honors Program in Public Affairs for Engineers, Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Faculty, and Faculty Trustee of the CSM Board of Trustees. Dr. Harrison recently completed an appointment at the National Science Foundation as Division Director for Earth Sciences in the Geosciences Directorate. She currently serves as an advisor to the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi and Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, in the foundation of in-country educational and research programs in earth resources. Dr. Harrison is a member of the Kazakhstan-U.S. Joint Commission on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. She received her B.Sc. and Ph.D. in geology from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Dr. Harrison held a pre-doctoral fellowship at The Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and a National Research Council research fellowship at NASA-Johnson Space Center. Her work experience includes 8 years as a senior research geologist for Exxon Production Research Company in Houston, Texas.

JAN MARES is a senior policy advisor at Resources for the Future. He was previously a business liaison and deputy director at the Private Sector Office of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). During the Reagan administration, Mares was an assistant secretary of commerce for import administration and a senior policy analyst at the White House, where he was involved with environment, energy, trade, and technology issues. He also served as assistant secretary of energy for international affairs and energy emergencies; assistant secretary of energy for policy, safety and environment; and assistant secretary of energy for fossil energy. For six months, he was the acting under secretary of energy. Before entering

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federal service, Mares was with Union Carbide Corporation for 18 years, half in the Law Department, working on antitrust compliance and purchasing issues, and half in its chemical business, including leading an effort for three years to create a chemicals joint venture with a Middle East government company and being the operations/profit manager for several groups of industrial chemicals. Subsequent to his service in the Reagan administration, he worked with the Washington, DC, law firm Shaw Pittman, the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, and the EOP Group (a Washington, DC, environment, energy, and budget consulting firm). He received his B.A. in chemistry from Harvard College, his M.S. in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his L.L.B. from Harvard Law School.

ELENA S. MELCHERT is director for the Upstream Oil and Gas Research Division at the Department of Energy. She was a Program Manager at Department of Energy Headquarters from 1990 - 2013, and led the development of several DOE technology research plans and research programs including: Advanced Drilling, Completion and Stimulation Research Program Plan, and the Offshore Technology Roadmap. Starting in 1985, she was a production engineer at the Department of Energy’s commercial oilfield, producing oil and natural gas for 4 years, after spending 5 years in field operations for Getty Oil/Texaco, all in California. From 1995 through 2000, she served as the Department of Energy’s US Coordinator for Natural Gas in the Western Hemisphere under the President’s Summit of the Americas/Western Hemispheric Energy Initiative. In 2001, she served as a member of the Senior Professional Staff for oil and gas technology at the Executive Office of the President of the United States/National Energy Policy Development Group, and provided subject matter expertise for the President’s National Energy Policy. In 2010, she served as the Committee Manager for the President’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling where she also served as the Designated Federal Officer for several of the Commission’s Subcommittees, and at times for meetings of the full Commission. In 2011, she supported the Shale Gas Subcommittee, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. In 2012, she served as a Subject Matter Expert on the Spill Prevention Subcommittee of the Department of the Interior’s Ocean Energy Safety Advisory Committee. In 2014, she led the development of the “fuels” section of the Department’s Quadrennial Technology Review. Ms. Melchert received her B.S. in soil science at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and her M.Sc in petroleum engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She earned an Executive Certificate in international business at Georgetown University and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute.

KRIS J. NYGAARD is Senior Stimulation Consultant, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. In his Senior Technical Professional role, Kris is the Corporation’s recognized expert on hydraulic fracturing and related well construction technologies. Kris advises the research and development program at ExxonMobil’s Upstream Research Company and works with ExxonMobil’s business units on technology strategy, deployment, and applications. He began his career at Exxon Production Research in 1992 following a post-doctoral research and teaching assignment at the University of Arizona. During his 23 years with ExxonMobil, he has held technical and management positions in the areas of drilling, subsurface engineering, well completions, and unconventional resources. In 2010, he was assigned to lead the Upstream Fracturing Center of Excellence, coordinating ExxonMobil’s worldwide hydraulic fracturing resources and fracturing related technical interfaces. During the last 3 years he has also led ExxonMobil’s efforts to address risks of induced seismicity, serves as chair of the American Petroleum Institute’s induced

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seismicity workgroup, and is currently a technical advisor to several oil and gas regulators in the United States (via the StatesFirst initiative). In addition, he has served as consultant to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency related to studies associated with hydraulic fracturing and underground injection. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Seismological Society of America. He holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering, an M.S. in aerospace engineering, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering all from the University of Arizona.

MICHAEL P. PARKER is currently principal of Parker Environmental and Consulting, LLC, which provides environmental and regulatory policy development, technical, and advocacy support on a range of issues, focusing on nonconventional oil and gas development including hydraulic fracturing, produced water management, water resource management, onshore and offshore environmental management issues, and carbon capture and storage issues. Prior to establishing his consulting practice, Mr. Parker worked for ExxonMobil Production Company for over 35 years in a variety of engineering and technical assignments. At retirement, Mr. Parker was a technical advisor in ExxonMobil’s Upstream Safety, Health, and Environment organization. Mr. Parker provided technical support and guidance to ExxonMobil affiliates world-wide on a range of issues including drilling and production discharges, underground injection control, spill prevention and control, facility decommissioning, artificial reef programs, marine environmental issues, carbon capture and storage, hydraulic fracturing, and general issue management coordination. Mr. Parker has served as chair of the American Petroleum Institute’s (API’s) Upstream Environmental Subcommittee, the Hydraulic Fracturing Workgroup, the Carbon Capture and Storage Work Group and the Water Issues Group, and was involved in the revisions to API’s HF Guidance Documents and Recommended Practices. He holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Texas and a M.S. in ocean engineering from Texas A&M University. SANDRA WIEGAND is a petroleum engineer in the Houston office of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) – part of the Houston Engineering and Technology Center (HETC), which evaluates new or current technologies and provides guidance and recommendations on current or potential technical challenges. Prior to BSEE, she spent 14 years in the oil and gas industry with Petrobras America Inc. and Shell where she focused on production engineering and, specifically, production surveillance, inflow/outlfow modeling, production optimization, and decommissioning projects. She has extensive experience interfacing with non-operated ventures as the liaison between international and domestic partnerships. She received her M.S. in engineering management from the University of Texas at Austin and her B.S. in petroleum engineering from Universidad Surcolombiana, Colombia. Fluent in three languages (English, Spanish, and Portuguese), she was also an exchange student at the University of Oklahoma and has a certificate in advanced international affairs with emphasis in diplomacy from Texas A&M University.

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Roundtable Membership

ROSTER

David A. Dzombak (NAE), Co-Chair Hamerschlag University Professor and Department Head Department of Civil and Environmental

Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Wendy J. Harrison, Co-Chair Professor of Geology and Geological

Engineering Department of Geology and Geological

Engineering Colorado School of Mines Brian J. Anderson Professor and Director Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering

and Mineral Resources Department of Chemical Engineering West Virginia University Melissa Batum Senior Program Analyst Bureau of Ocean Energy Management U.S. Department of the Interior Division of Environmental Assessment Susan L. Brantley, NAS Distinguished Professor and Director Earth and Environmental Systems

Institute The Pennsylvania State University David Cole Professor The Ohio State University

L. David Glatt Section Chief, Environmental Health North Dakota Department of Health and Co-Chair, Environmental Council of the

States’ Shale Gas Caucus Julia Hobson Haggerty Assistant Professor Department of Earth Sciences Montana State University Steven P. Hamburg Chief Scientist Environmental Defense Fund Marilu Hastings Vice President, Sustainability Program The Cynthia and George Mitchell

Foundation Murray Hitzman Associate Director U.S. Geological Survey Joe Lima Director, Environmental Sustainability Schlumberger Services, Inc. Peter MacKenzie Energy Services Division Director GeoStabilization International Jan Mares Senior Policy Advisor Resources for the Future

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Elena S. Melchert Director Office of Fossil Energy Department of Energy Evan S. Michelson Program Officer Alfred P. Sloan Foundation C. Michael Ming General Manager GE Global Research Oil & Gas Technology

Center Kris J. Nygaard Senior Stimulation Consultant ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. Amy Pickle Director, State Policy Program Nicholas Institute for Environmental

Policy Solutions Duke University Craig Simmons Distinguished Professor and Chair Flinders University Timothy R. Spisak Senior Advisor Bureau of Land Management Department of the Interior Berry H. (Nick) Tew, Jr. Alabama State Geologist and Oil and Gas

Supervisor Geological Survey of Alabama/State Oil

and Gas Board and Official Representative, Interstate Oil and

Gas Compact Commission and Groundwater Protection Council

Scott W. Tinker Director and State Geologist Bureau of Economic Geology Professor and Allday endowed Chair Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin Association of American State Geologists,

official representative and past-president

American Association of Petroleum Geologists, past president

American Geosciences Institute, president Sandra Wiegand Petroleum Engineer Bureau of Safety and Environmental

Enforcement Department of the Interior

STAFF MEMBERS

Elizabeth Eide Senior Board Director Board on Earth Sciences and Resources eeide@nas.edu Nicholas Rogers Financial and Research Associate Board on Earth Sciences and Resources nrogers@nas.edu Eric Edkin Senior Program Assistant Board on Earth Sciences and Resources eedkin@nas.edu

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BIOGRAPHIES CO-CHAIRS

DAVID A. DZOMBAK (NAE) – see above planning committee biography.

WENDY J. HARRISON – see above planning committee biography.

MEMBERS

BRIAN J. ANDERSON is the director of the West Virginia University (WVU) Energy Institute and the GE Plastics Materials Engineering Professor in Chemical Engineering at WVU. The WVU Energy Institute is the central university organization coordinating and facilitating collaborative research projects at WVU in Fossil Energy, Sustainable Energy, Energy Policy, and Environmental Stewardship related to energy. Dr. Anderson was awarded the 2012 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers and a 2014 Kavli National Academy of Science Frontiers of Science Fellow. He has been a National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)-Regional University Alliance Faculty Fellow at the NETL since 2008 where he is the coordinator of the International Methane Hydrate Reservoir Simulator Code Comparison study. In 2011, he was awarded a Secretary Honor Achievement Award from the Secretary of the Department of Energy for his role on the Flow Rate Technical Group, a team spanning multiple National Laboratories that worked in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. After joining the faculty at WVU in January of 2006, he coauthored the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report, “The Future of Geothermal Energy: Impact of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on the United States in the 21st Century,” considered the seminal report on EGS and the future of geothermal energy. He serves on the technical advisory board of AltaRock Energy and in 2011, along with colleagues from Stanford, MIT, Cornell, University of Utah, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Nevada, he cofounded the National Geothermal Academy. His research interests include molecular, reservoir, and multiscale modeling applied to energy and biomedical systems. Dr. Anderson received his B.S. in chemical engineering at WVU and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from MIT.

MELISSA BATUM – see above planning committee biography.

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SUSAN L. BRANTLEY (NAS) is Distinguished Professor of Geosciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Pennsylvania State University where she is also the director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. She has been on the faculty at Penn State since 1986. Dr. Brantley’s career as a geochemist focuses on the chemistry of natural waters both at the surface of the earth and deeper in the crust. Dr. Brantley and her research group investigate chemical, biological, and physical processes associated with the circulation of aqueous fluids in shallow hydrogeologic settings. She has published more than 160 refereed journal articles and 15 book chapters. Professor Brantley is a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Geological Society of America (GSA), the Geochemical Society, the European Association of Geochemistry, and the International Association for GeoChemistry. She was president of the Geochemical Society from 2006 to 2008. Professor Brantley was awarded the Arthur L. Day Medal from the GSA in 2011, the Presidential Award from the Soil Science Society of America in 2012, and an honorary doctorate from the Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III, France) in 2012. Dr. Brantley was appointed to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board on September 21, 2012, by President Barack Obama. Also in 2012, she was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Brantley received her A.B. in chemistry (1980) and her M.A. and Ph.D. in geological and geophysical sciences in 1983 and 1987, respectively, all from Princeton University.

DAVID R. COLE is a professor at The Ohio State University (OSU). His research interests span a number of sub-disciplines in the geosciences and chemistry, and includes both low temperature and high temperature studies. His work has focused on six fundamental challenge areas in the Earth Sciences: a) reaction mechanisms, rates and transport processes of elements and isotopes in minerals, glasses and melts; b) quantifying the spatial and temporal evolution of natural water-rock systems; c) chemical, mineralogical and isotopic behavior during biomineralization; d) use of isotopic and mineralogical proxies to reconstruct past climates; e) CO2 sequestration in geologic formations; and f) development of nanoporosity and the molecular-level behavior of fluids in nanopores. He employs microscopy, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and neutron scattering tools in concert with numerical models to quantify complex fluid-gas-matrix interactions. He has applied these tools to quantifying geochemical processes associated with CO2 storage, oil and gas generation and migration, geothermal exploitation, and ore deposition. He has published over 150 journal articles, book chapters and proceedings papers. He has served as an Associate Editor of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and the American Mineralogist. He was co-organizer of the 2010 Goldschmidt Conference held in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2010. He is Director of the OSU Subsurface Energy Materials Characterization and Analysis Laboratory (SEMCAL) and Chair of the Deep Energy Community of the Sloan Foundation funded Deep Carbon Observatory. He is a Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America. Dr. Cole earned his B.S. from The State University of New York and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in geochemistry and mineralogy from The Pennsylvania State University.

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L. DAVID GLATT is the section chief for the environmental health section of the North Dakota Department of Health. Over a career spanning more than 30 years with the Department, David has worked within the Division of Water Quality, and as division director for the Division of Chemistry and Division of Waste Management. His extensive experience includes regulatory compliance issues for the Safe Drinking Water Act, groundwater protection, and the North Dakota Arsenic Trioxide Superfund Project. He is the state representative for North Dakota in the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS), a national non-profit, non-partisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders. The purpose of ECOS is to improve the capability of state environmental agencies and their leaders to protect and improve human health and the environment. David is also a board member of the North Dakota Water Well Contractors Board and the Red River Basin Commission, and serves as the state representative for the International Souris River Basin Commission. He received his B.S. in biology and his M.S. in environmental engineering from North Dakota State University.

JULIA HOBSON HAGGERTY is an assistant professor of geography in Montana State University's Earth Science Department and holds a joint appointment with the Montana Institute on Ecosystems. Haggerty’s research focuses on interactions between natural resource use and the social and economic well being of rural communities. Her specific research interests include underserved and tribal communities, metrics and theories of community resilience, participatory research, and longitudinal impact assessment. Haggerty currently directs “Escaping the Resource Curse,” a multi-institutional research project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to assess local costs and benefits of unconventional oil and gas development in the Bakken, Powder River Basin, and Marcellus shale regions. She is co-Director of energyimpacts.org, an NSF-funded Research Coordination Network focused on cross-disciplinary social science research on energy development. Prior to joining Montana State University in 2013, Haggerty worked for five years as a policy analyst for the regional non-profit research group Headwaters Economics. There she gained extensive experience working directly with decision-makers in local, state and regional contexts. Haggerty is a native of Boston and a graduate of Colorado College. She received her Ph.D. in history from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2004 and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment at the University of Otago (New Zealand) from 2005-2007.

STEVEN P. HAMBURG is chief scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). In this role, he works to ensure that EDF’s advocacy is based on the best available science. He is currently coordinating 16 studies on methane emissions from along the natural gas supply chain. Prior to joining EDF he spent 25 years on the faculty of Brown University and the University of Kansas, published extensively on biogeochemistry, climate change impacts on forests and carbon accounting, and served as a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He currently co-chairs the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (joint project of Royal Society, The World Academy of Sciences, EDF) and serves on the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Environmental Science and Toxicology as well as many university/government advisory bodies.

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MARILU HASTINGS is vice president of Sustainability Programs for the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation in Austin, Texas where she leads all of the foundation’s strategic grantmaking programs. Current programs include clean energy, natural gas sustainability, water, and sustainability science. She has a 25-year career specializing in the interaction of science, public policy, and philanthropic investment as they relate to environmental decisionmaking. Ms. Hastings convenes high-profile, collaborative efforts to promote Texas’s transition to sustainability, including initiatives to modernize its oil and gas regulations, address ongoing drought, and adopt clean energy policies. She is also a sought-after strategic and organizational development advisor to nonprofit organizations, foundations, and academic organizations. Ms. Hastings leads a number of national efforts with other prominent U.S. foundations to develop environmental grantmaking strategies, define program evaluation protocol, and co-convene conferences and workshops on key issues related to water, natural gas, clean energy, and sustainability science. Prior to moving to the foundation, she held leadership positions from 1996 to 2008 at the Houston Advanced Research Center, a non-profit research organization founded by George P. Mitchell. Her work focused on enhancing the integration of social sciences into environmental decision-making. She analyzed the dynamics of environmental decision-making within the oil and gas industry, especially in sensitive and remote environments. Ms. Hastings is a member of the Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability at the National Academy of Sciences; member of the Board of Visitors at the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin; member of the Energy Institute Advisory Board of the University of Texas at Austin; member of the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago; a trustee of the Regional Endowment for Sustainability Science; and a stakeholder advisor to the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, a Regional Integrated Science Assessment Team of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ms. Hastings is a Fellow of the Houston Advanced Research Center. She earned a B.A. in economics and political science from Duke University, her M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, and her M.P.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

MURRAY HITZMAN is Associate Director of Energy and Minerals at the U.S. Geological Survey where he oversees the research and assessments conducted on the location, quantity, and quality of mineral and energy resources, including the economic and environmental effects of resource extraction and use. He comes to the USGS after a 20-year career with the Colorado School of Mines in Golden bringing with him a breadth of skills and experience. He most recently served as the Charles F. Fogarty Professor of Economic Geology at the Colorado School of Mines. In this role, he built one of the largest academic economic geology teaching and research programs in the United States. He also served as head of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines for five and a half years. Prior to this, he was an American Association for the Advancement of Science/Sloan Foundation Fellow in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Among many other honors, Murray was presented the Haddon Forrester King Medal by the Australian Academy of Science recently; in 2015, he received the Daniel C. Jackling Award from the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. and the Des Pretorius Award from the Geological Society of South Africa. Dr. Hitzman holds a B.A. in anthropology and a B.A. in geology from Dartmouth College. He received his M.B.A. in geology from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in geology from Stanford University.

JOE LIMA – see above planning committee biography.

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PETER MACKENZIE is an accomplished geologist who joined GeoStabilization International as the Energy Services Division Director with 20 years of experience in the upstream (exploration and production) energy sector, most recently as Vice President of Operations for the Ohio Oil and Gas Association. He joined the United States Army out of high school as a 19D Cavalry Scout, serving at Ft. Knox, Kentucky and in an Air Cavalry Squadron of the Ohio National Guard while attending the Ohio State University, where he received a B.S. in geological sciences. Mr. Mackenzie has worked in most of the 50 states and almost all of the continents (including a three-month stint in Antarctica). He has also worked in all aspects of the petroleum industry, from public independent oil and gas exploration and production to consulting and prospect generation. Throughout his career, Mr. Mackenzie has been a pioneering advocate of the use of 3D seismic technology to help reduce risk in the Appalachian Basin. He is responsible for the site selection and drilling of over 500 wells, and is active in the leadership of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), where he serves as an elected member of the Advisory Council, Chair of the GEO-DC Board, Director of DataPages, Inc., and as a Trustee Associate of the AAPG Foundation.

JAN MARES – see above planning committee biography.

ELENA S. MELCHERT – see above planning committee biography.

EVAN S. MICHELSON is a program officer, Energy and Science at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Dr. Michelson is responsible for overseeing strategy development and grantmaking in support of original, high-quality research on the economic, technological, and environmental consequences of energy production and consumption. He also manages grantmaking associated with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (IV) focused on advancing understanding of the evolutionary history of the universe as well as providing support for basic research in the natural sciences across a diverse array of disciplines. Dr. Michelson has experience designing trend monitoring, horizon scanning, and strategic foresight processes in the social sector. Previously, Dr. Michelson was Director at the Markle Foundation, overseeing research activities and the systemic collection, analysis, and dissemination of forward-looking information covering a wide range of technology, economic, and policy issues. Dr. Michelson was an associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation, where he co-created and implemented a global network of horizon scanning organizations and guided the Foundation’s early stage idea generation efforts. Dr. Michelson served as a research associate for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has worked as a visiting researcher in the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation. He also developed public science and technology outreach and education programs as a Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Michelson has published a range of articles and book chapters in journals and collections such as Review of Policy Research, International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, Public Administration Review, Science and Public Policy, Development, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Technology in Society, and The Innovation Imperative. Dr. Michelson is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He received his Ph.D. at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. He also received a M.A. in international science and technology policy from The George Washington University, a M.A. in the philosophical foundations of physics from Columbia University, and a B.A. in philosophy of science from Brown University.

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C. MICHAEL (MIKE) MING is the general manager of General Electric’s Global Research Oil & Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City. Mr. Ming is responsible for the overall strategy and leadership of GE’s first sector-specific global research center where he manages a team of engineers and scientists dedicated to driving oil and gas innovation and technological advancements and accelerating the product development process. Mr. Ming has in-depth industry experience with nearly 40 years of oil and gas experience. He formerly served as the president of the Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America (RPSEA), the Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor Mary Fallin, and as an independent oil and natural gas producer as a principal of K. Stewart Petroleum Corp. He serves on advisory boards at Stanford University, the University of Texas’ Bureau of Economic Geology, Oklahoma University, and Tulsa University. He formerly served on the MIT Future of Natural Gas Study as an adjunct professor in Energy Management at the University of Oklahoma and as an oil and gas strategic planning advisor to the Department of Energy. He also currently serves on the Central Oklahoma United Way Board of Directors. Ming holds a B.S. degree in petroleum engineering and an M.S. degree in engineering management from Stanford University and is a registered professional engineer in Oklahoma.

KRIS J. NYGAARD – see above planning committee biography.

AMY PICKLE directs the State Policy Program at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions. She focuses on state and local roles in developing energy resources; state energy planning; the interaction among federal, state, and local water management policies; the role of water utilities in green infrastructure implementation; and local governments' efforts to adapt to climate change and improve urban sustainability. Her research interests include governance of unconventional oil and gas exploration and development; water resources management; state administrative law; energy law and climate adaptation law. Ms. Pickle has served on the North Carolina Ecological Flows Science Advisory Board, which was tasked with reviewing the current science on ecological impacts associated with reduction of surface water flows. She has also served on the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, which is the state’s primary air and water resource regulatory commission, and the North Carolina Mining and Energy Commission (MEC). As vice-chair of the MEC and chair of the Rules Committee, Ms. Pickle played a critical role in developing North Carolina’s rules for unconventional oil and gas exploration and development. She holds a J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a B.A. in English and chemistry from the University of Florida.

CRAIG SIMMONS (FTSE) is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Hydrogeology and Schultz Chair in the Environment at Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia. He is a leading groundwater scientist, recognized for major national and international contributions to groundwater science, education and policy reform. As Director of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, he is one of Australia’s foremost groundwater academics and has been a significant contributor to global advances in the science of hydrogeology for many years. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and is a member of the Statutory Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development (IESC). Professor Simmons’ work has been recognized by numerous national and international research and teaching awards including the Anton Hales Medal for outstanding contributions to research in the Earth Sciences by the Australian Academy of Science. He was

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named the 2015 South Australian Scientist of the Year. Professor Simmons has served as an Editor and Associate Editor for numerous major international journals including Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrogeology Journal, Groundwater, Environmental Modeling and Assessment and Vadose Zone Journal. He received his B.E. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Adelaide, his B.Sc. double major in theoretical and experimental physics from the University of Adelaide, and his Ph.D. in hydrogeology from Flinders University/CSIRO.

TIMOTHY R. SPISAK is Senior Advisor for Conventional Energy, in the Energy, Minerals & Realty Management Directorate, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Washington Office. The directorate provides policy development and oversight to the BLM’s minerals programs including National Renewable Energy Coordination Office (solar, wind and geothermal); fluid minerals (oil, gas, and helium); solid minerals (coal, locatable and mineral materials); and BLM’s realty programs including land exchanges, sales, withdrawals, rights-of-way authorizations for linear and communication sites and Cadastral survey. Tim has a total of 31 years of government service with the U.S. Bureau of Mines including time as a Petroleum Engineer, Supervisory Petroleum Engineer, Program Analysis Officer, Administrative Officer, and with the Bureau of Land Management including 5 years as the Amarillo Field Office Manager managing the Federal Helium Program in Amarillo, Texas, 5 years as Fluid Minerals Division Chief in Washington Office, 5 years as the Deputy Assistant Director, Energy, Minerals & Realty Management, and 2 years in the current position. He received a B.S. in petroleum and natural gas engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.B.A. from West Texas A&M University.

BERRY (NICK) TEW, JR. is Alabama’s State Geologist and Oil and Gas Supervisor. In these capacities, he directs the Geological Survey of Alabama (GSA) and the staff of the State Oil and Gas Board (OGB) of Alabama. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Alabama. Nick has been with GSA and OGB for over 30 years and has served in his present capacity since 2002. Dr. Tew has extensive knowledge of Alabama’s surface and subsurface geology and the state’s rich endowment of geologically related natural resources and has published extensively on the geology of the state and region. He is an expert in Gulf Coastal Plain stratigraphy, petroleum geology, and the regulation of oil and gas operations and is a frequent speaker on these and other topics, nationally and internationally. Dr. Tew has served as President of the American Geosciences Institute, a federation of organizations representing approximately 250,000 geoscientists worldwide, and is on the Executive Board of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents. He has previously served as President of the Association of American State Geologists, Vice-Chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, and Chairman of the U.S. Department of the Interior Outer Continental Shelf Policy Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Groundwater Protection Council and is member of the National Petroleum Council and the National Ocean Council Governance Coordinating Committee, in addition to many other geoscientific and service activities. Dr. Tew is a Fellow in the Geological Society of America and was awarded the 2013 E.W. Marland Award by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Recently, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley appointed Tew as Chairman of the Alabama Water Agencies Working Group to continue to study water issues in the state and to undertake activities toward development of recommendations relative to water policy and management. He received a B.A. in anthropology and B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in geology from the University of Alabama.

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SCOTT W. TINKER’s passion is bringing academe, government, industry and NGOs together into what he calls the “radical middle” to objectively address major societal issues in energy, the environment and the economy. Scott is director of the 250-person Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG), the State Geologist of Texas, and a professor holding the Allday Endowed Chair in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Scott is past president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Association of American State Geologists, the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, and is the current president of the American Geosciences Institute. Tinker has visited over 50 countries and given over 600 keynote and invited lectures on energy, the environment and the economy to government, industry, academia and the public. He will receive the Halbouty Leadership Medal from the AAPG in 2016, is a Fellow of the Geologic Society of America, an honorary member of the AAPG, and has been awarded by AIPG, AGI, TIPRO and other societies for his balanced efforts to educate the public. At the BEG Tinker co-leads the Sloan Foundation funded integrated team who is studying shale gas and oil reserves and production across the U.S; created and is director of the 25-university Advanced Energy Consortium whose mission is to build small smart sensors for subsurface characterization; recently put together the Center for Integrated Seismicity Research, a major cross-disciplinary program to study seismicity in Texas; helped to create the BEG’s Gulf Coast Carbon Center and co-lead the State of Texas FutureGen proposal; and has helped build a major water-energy research program. Tinker serves on several private, public, academic, government boards and councils (past member of the NRC BEES) and co-produced and is featured in the award-winning documentary film, Switch, which is now in over 600 universities and has been seen by over 10 million viewers. He received his B.S. in geology and business administration from Trinity University; M.S. in geological sciences from the University of Michigan; and his Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

SANDRA WIEGAND – see above planning committee biography.

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Roundtable Sponsors

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation

Colorado School of Mines

Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy

Department of the Interior

• Bureau on Safety and Environmental Enforcement • Bureau of Ocean Energy Management • Bureau of Land Management • U.S. Geological Survey

Environmental Defense Fund

ExxonMobil

Flinders University

GE Oil & Gas

Schlumberger

Texas A&M Engineering

The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

The Ohio State University

West Virginia University