Houston Chapter

The Houston Chapter of the United States Association for Energy Economics is committed to expanding the reach of energy information in both the private and public sectors of Houston, and the surrounding area.

The chapter holds monthly luncheon meetings featuring guest speakers at the Houston Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank (1801 Allen Parkway). Meetings are held at noon on the second Thursday of each month from September through June. For more information, please contact Skip York (Chapter President) at 713.646.2241.

If you have any specific questions about the Houston Chapter, contact any of the below representatives. They can help answer any questions you may have.

Houston Officers President Skip York Wood Mackenzie 5847 San Felipe, Suite 1000 Houston, TX 77057 Ph: 713-470-1667 E-mail: skip.york@woodmac.com Vice President Shree Vikas ConocoPhillips 600 North Dairy Ashford Houston, TX 77079-1175 Ph: 832-379-6162 E-mail: Shree.Vikas@conocophillips.com Treasurer Thomas Isaac General Electric (Energy) 1333 West Loop South, Suite 808 Houston, TX 77027 Ph: 713-803-0517 E-mail: thomas.isaac@ge.com Secretary Ariana Landry Williams Gas Pipeline 2800 Post Oak Boulevard Houston, TX 77056 Ph: 713-215-2362 E-mail: Ariana.Landry@Williams.com Presentations & Publications Oxidative Desulfurization - June 11, 2009 A SMART ENERGY POLICY: An Economist's Rx for Balancing Cheap, Clean, and Secure Energy - May 21, 2009 CERA Construction Trends - April 9, 2009 Current State of Oil and Gas Markets - Mar 12, 2009 Lower 48 States Gas Supply Review - Feb 12, 2009 World Energy Outlook 2008 - The Era of Cheap Oil is Over - November 13, 2008 Energy Policy, the 2008 US Presidential Campaign, and What it may Mean? - October 16, 2008 How Companies Inadvertently Destroy Shareholder Value During Deals ...and what can be done about it? - June 12, 2008 Restructuring of European Community Gas Markets - April 10, 2008 Facing The Hard Truths About Energy - A Comprehensive View To 2030 Of Global Oil And Natural Gas - September. 13, 2007 Ethanol (EtOH) & Other Renewables - June. 6, 2007 Achieving Predictability in a World of Black Swans - May. 10, 2007 Houston Economic Outlook - Apr. 12, 2007 Latin America New Realities - Mar. 8, 2007 Rising Capital Costs - Are We There Yet? - Feb. 8, 2007 Why Can China Go Big Globally? And It's Implications for Foreign Companies - Jan. 11, 2007 Climate Change Regulation: What and When - Dec. 7, 2006 Challenges Facing Independent Oil Companies - Oct. 12, 2006 LNG Projects & Markets - Past, Present & Challenges Ahead - Sept. 14, 2006 GTL Technology and its Potential Impact on the Global Energy Markets - June 8, 2006 Global Warming: Who to Believe? - One Perspective on the Current State of the Global Warming Issue - April 13, 2006 The Oil Market Context - 2006 Out of Step with Past and Future - March 9, 2006 Boom & Bust & Boom - Wind Energy In The United States - December 8, 2005 The Coming Oil Price Collapse - November 10, 2005 The Postmodern Oil Company and Geopolitics - October 13, 2005 China, Asia, and Global Oil Markets China, Asia, and Global Oil Markets and Geopolitics - September 8, 2005 A&D Market Overview- Making Great Deals Inscrutable OPEC? A Production Test of the Cartel Hypothesis - March 10, 2005 Changing Dynamics of the North American Natural Gas Market - Speaker Presentations Mexico Energy Update: Progress, Bottlenecks and Outlook - February 10, 2005 Does Energy Deregulation Work? - IAEE Mini-Conference High Energy Prices: Are They Here to Stay? - December 9, 2004 Conference Presentations

Houston Events Houston Chapter Photo Gallery June Monthly Meeting Date: June 11, 2009 Time: 11:30am doors open for networking; meeting starts at 12 noon Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch (1801 Allen Parkway) Topic: SulphCo's Oxidative Desulfurization Technology Bio: Dr. Florian J. Schattenmann, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer at SulphCo will be the speaker. He will address the business of developing and commercializing proprietary technology to alter the molecular structure of petroleum. He will focus on Sonocrackingtm technology, which is based upon the novel use of high power ultrasonics to "upgrade" the quality of crude oil and petroleum products by reducing the density and viscosity, as well as reducing and/or modifying the sulfur and nitrogen content to make those compounds easier to process using conventional techniques. Dr.Florian Schattenmann joined SulphCo in August of 2008 from Momentive Performance Materials (formerly General Electric Advanced Materials), where he was Global Technology Manager for the Elastomers division and prior to that Technology Director for GE-Bayer Silicones based in Leverkusen, Germany. Dr. Schattenmann joined the GE Advanced Materials business from the GE Global Research Center, where he successively led several laboratories focused on the development of advanced technologies ranging from electronic materials to selective catalysis to nano-structured materials. Dr. Schattenmann is a certified Master Black Belt from GE in Six Sigma process methodology, holds seven patents and is the (co-)author of numerous peer-reviewed publications. He has a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from M.I.T. Registration: http://iaeehoustonjune2009.eventbrite.com/ (More event information can be found on this site, as well)   June 16 Co-sponsored event at Baker Institute Date: June 16, 2009 The Houston chapter of the USAEE and the Baker Institute at Rice University are co-sponsoring a presentation of the BP Statistical Review by Mark Finley, General Manager of Global Energy Markets, BP America. The presenation will begin at 11:30 am in the Kelly International Conference Facility, Baker Hall, Rice University. A lunch will follow after the presentation. To RSVP, please e-mail bipprsvp@rice.edu or fax your RSVP to 713.348.5993 before Friday, June 12. (Click here for more information)