• Project Manager for the design and construction of a 2 Bcf gas storage facility in northwest Alabama. Responsibilities were expanded to include operation and marketing of the facility for expansion to 7.5 Bcf.

• Consultant to a U.S. energy company for the evaluation and implementation of the delivery system for a major oil field in south Louisiana.

• Pipeline due diligence responsibility for the acquisition of $200+ million of mid-stream assets in West Texas.

• Consultant to a major public utility for divestiture of 87 miles of pipeline and 6.5 million barrels of storage in the Houston area. The initial installed value of the system totalled $200 million.

• Valuation and due diligence responsibility for the acquisition of three offshore pipeline systems in the Gulf of Mexico. The three systems total 78 miles in length and gather 60 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

• Due diligence responsibility for the acquisition of an onshore gas transmission system in Texas. The system will gather gas production from several South Texas producing fields into a large gas processing plant south of Houston.

• Commercial and technical advisor to an international petrochemical company for the development and construction of a new pipeline delivery system in the Houston Ship Channel area. Responsibilities for this $30 million project included feasibilty studies, contract negotiations, technical oversight and general advisor to senior management.

• Pipeline marketing survey for a new $145 million gas plant planned for construction in the Midwest. This study evaluated all available pipeline alternatives to transport liquid products from the plant to markets and/or storage.

• Consultant for the valuation of a 900-mile crude oil pipeline from West Texas to the Gulf Coast. The valuation focused on determining a Net Salvage Value to be used for a re-alignment of ownership among the partners.

• Preliminary valuation of an existing pipeline near Houston. The client wanted to know an approximate value of the line in various services, e.g., refined products, crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids.

• Advisor to a U.S. energy company for the feasibility study of a new gas pipeline system in Venezuela. The new pipeline will supply gas to several communities near Caracas.

• Consultant to a major coal mining company for negotiations with two pipeline operating companies for costs to protect three large-diameter, high pressure pipelines from possible damage caused by subsidence during mining operation in southern Illinois.

• Project Manager for the design and construction of two crude oil truck unloading terminals in N. Dakota.

• Expert witness in several industry-related lawsuits. Lead expert for the defendent in a products pipeline explosion resulting in three deaths and several hundred millions of dollars in claims. Lead expert for the defendent in a breach of contract case involving the acquisition of oil and gas assets in West Texas.

Partial Client List

• Alliance Pipeline Ltd.
• Bayer Corporation
• Blue Dolphin Energy Company
• Penn Virginia Corporation
• BOC/Linde

• Equilon Pipeline Company LLC
• Texon L.P.
• Hilcorp Energy Company
• Reliant Energy
• Swift Energy

What The Clients Say. . .