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February 5, 2012
The Carbon Challenge: Impact on Oil Producers
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The Carbon Challenge: Impact on Oil Producers

Forth Webinar in the Series – September 8, 10:00AM Eastern Standard Time

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What you will learn:

Webinar Chairs:

James A. Slutz
President, Managing Director, Global Energy Strategies LLC
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy Former ChairCarbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF)

  • President, Managing Director, Global Energy Strategies LLC
  • US Asst. Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy (DOE) (2007-09)
  • Chair, Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) (until 2009)
  • Deputy Asst. Secretary for Oil & NG for the National Petroleum Council
  • Participant of the study, “Facing the Hard Truths About Energy”
  • MBA from Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business
  • B.S. from Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources


Webinar speakers:

Michael J. Hirl Michael J. Hirl
Director, Business Development with Kinder Morgan CO2 Company

Mr. Hirl graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in economics. He has spent over 30 years in the oil and gas industry, with broad experience in various functional areas from operations to finance, marketing, international project economics and trading and risk management. His experience covers a broad array of energy issues in both the domestic U.S. and international markets. At Kinder Morgan, Mr. Hirl leads the company’s efforts to develop CCS projects in North America, with special emphasis on general supply and infrastructure for expanded EOR opportunities. He has been active with various DOE regional sequestration partnerships since inception, is on the Board of the North American Carbon Capture and Storage Association, is one of the founding industrial members of the Gulf Coast Carbon Center, and is active with various organizations focused on CCS / EOR policy developments.
Tracy Evans Tracy Evans
President and Chief Operating Officer, Denbury Resources Inc.

Ronald T. (Tracy) Evans is president and chief operating officer of Denbury Resources Inc., a long-time oil producer that uses CO2 in enhanced oil-recovery operations. He is a registered professional engineer and joined the company in 1999, and was senior vice president, reservoir engineering, until becoming president and COO in June 2009. Before joining Denbury, he was with Matador Petroleum Corp. and Enserch Exploration Inc. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1984 and his MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1995. Evans is a Denbury director and is also on the board of Genesis Energy LP.
Dr. Donald L. Paul
Executive Director
University of Southern California Energy Institute
CTO
Chevron (Retired)
  • Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute
  • Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Chevron (Retired)
  • Participated in 1997 Presidential Panel on Federal Energy Research and Development, the National Research Council.
  • Participated in the 2007 study “Facing the Truth” by the National Petroleum Council for the Secretary of Energy.
  • PhD, MS and BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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