Mr. David E. Butz has above 30 years of experience in the field of Law & Legal. He earned his BA from Bethany College and his JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Currently, this expert is a Director and Co-Chairfor Litigation Section at Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A....
Mr. William D. Griffin has 51 years of experience in Petroleum Engineering and he earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the States of Texas and Louisiana. Formerly, this expert served as a Special Projects Engineer and as a Reservoir Engineering Group Supervisor with Amoco Production Company. He was also the Owner and Principal of Griffin Consulting PLLC. He currently serves as a ...
Dr. Shagun N. Bhat has 16 years of experience in Environmental Engineering. He earned his BTech in Chemical Engineering from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, his MS in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University, and his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rice University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Manager at Environ International Corporation and as a Senior Engineer at Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Currently, this expert serves ...
Mr. James F. Hardwick Jr. has 40 years of experience in Geology with expertise in Petroleum Geology. He earned his BA in Geology from the University of Colorado Boulder and his MA in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. Today, this expert is certified as a Private Pilot by the Federal Aviation Administration and a Petroleum Geologist by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Formerly, this expert served as a Geologist in the Production and ...
Mr. Peter W. Keller has 47 years of experience in Oil and Gas finance. He earned his BA in History, Environmental Studies, and Economics from Williams College. Formerly, this expert served as the Managing Director and Vice President at Bank of New York Mellon, as the Principal at RPI Institutional Services, Inc., and as a Corporate Banking Officer at Midlantic National Bank. Currently, this expert is the Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, LLC....
Dr. Elliott Taylor has over 35 years of experience in the field of Environmental and Marine Sciences. He earned his BS in Oceanography from the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexico and his Ph.D. in Oceanography from Texas A&M University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Project Scientist at Woodward-Clyde Consultants and the Principal at Taylor Environmental and Marine Services, Inc. Currently, he serves as the Principal at Polaris Applied ...
Mr. Frank M. Paskewich has over 30 years of experience in the field of Coastal Disaster Response, including Oil Spills. He earned his BS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from the United States Coast Guard Academy. He also completed his MS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture, and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Today, this expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. Formerly, this expert served in the ...
Dr. David R. Dutton has over twenty years of experience in Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. He received his MS in Toxicology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Kansas Medical Center. He then went on to complete Postdoctoral Training at the University of California San Francisco. Today, this expert is a Certified Industrial Hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Formerly, he served for BP Amoco/BP PLC in a ...
This highly-qualified expert is an MIT-trained engineer specialized in mechanical engineering, process engineering, oil and gas, flow assurance, and thermal-hydraulics with 40 years of experience in his field. After graduating from the industrial engineer program at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Venezuela, he went on to study at MIT, earning an MSc, an ME, and a PhD. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas and is a Bechtel-certified ...
This expert has nearly 30 years of experience consulting on matters involving energy and utilities, oil and natural gas, refining, renewable energy, petrochemicals, and project management. He earned a BS in engineering from Bangalore University in India, and served as a project manager at an engineering consultancy in India for two years before attending graduate school in Texas. While earning a MS in engineering at Texas Tech University, this expert served as a research ...
This expert earned his PhD in law at the University of Naples Parthenope and his masters degree in comparative law at the University of Miami. He has formerly worked as the director of the India-U.S. Chamber of Commerce of Florida and the chairman and CEO of the United States Association of the Club of Rome. He is currently the president and CEO of a company that organizes speaking engagements for energy companies from around the world....
This highly-qualified expert has more than 20 years of experience in oil and gas accounting. She earned her BS in accounting from Phillips University and is an accredited petroleum accountant. She is active in her field as a member of the Council of Petroleum Accountants Society and the Petroleum Accountants Society of Oklahoma. She formerly served as a financial analyst at KCS Resources/Petrohawk Energy and as a senior financial analyst and joint venture audit ...
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Thomas v. W&T Offshore, Inc. Citation: 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145842 Facts In this case, the plaintiff, Torrey Thomas, alleged that he tripped and fell…
This case involves residents of a small town in Alabama who suffered severe flooding and subsequent property damages after a hurricane. It was alleged that a local petrochemical refinery complex dammed up a bayou without warning nearby residents. It was…
This case involves an expansive wildfire in Texas that destroyed more than 3,000 structures and resulted in multiple deaths. Investigations have concluded that the majority of the fire was caused by equipment and infrastructure maintained by a major electrical utility provider. As…
This case involves a lessee who allegedly failed to pay oil and gas royalties owed to the owner of the mineral rights. According to the landowner, he and the lessee had negotiated a royalty rate of 14%. The lessee claimed that the…
This case involves the deaths of several workers following an explosion at an oil production and transfer site. Based on an initial investigation, the defendants state that the fire was caused by a transfer pump which was used to move…
This case involves a gas mater placed by a natural gas company in the parking lot of a hospital in Maine. The gas meter was not protected with any sort of bollard. During an emergency, an ambulance carrying a critically injured…
This case involves a class action against an energy storage company. The class action was filed on behalf of a putative class of the limited partners of the company regarding conflicts in the amounts of quarterly distributions to the limited partners…
This case involves an intellectual property dispute between two fuel companies over gasoline blending. The patent in question allowed for the accurate blending of the gasoline at the point of distribution based on its volatility level. An expert in the field…
This case involves a gas turbine explosion at a power plant in New Mexico that killed 2 workers. Further investigation of the turbine revealed that the compressor had suffered erosion damage causing changes in the blade profiles and airflow. The…