Conference Agenda
Our 2024 agenda includes 30-45 minute panels and presentations discussing a variety of key energy industry topics. Each session allows for Q&A at the end.
Moderator: Chris Gibson, Texas Capital Bank
Chevron Corporation (CVX); Femi Odusote, Deepwater Assets Manager, Gulf of America BU
Karoon Energy Ltd (KAR); Martin Austgulen, Senior Vice President New Business
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR); Chris Olson, Vice President, Global Exploration
W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI); Tracy Krohn, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Moderator: Matt Sharrock, Texas Capital Bank
Beacon Offshore Energy (Private); Joseph Leimkuhler, Chief Operating Officer
Cantium, LLC (Private); Richard Kirkland, Chief Executive Officer
LLOG Exploration Company L.L.C. (Private); Philip Cossich, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Westlawn Americas Offshore (Private); Gregory Hebertson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Moderator: Craig Foster, SAS, Industrial Internet of Things
Energective LLC (Private); Colin Frost, Chief Executive Officer
Cantium LLC (Private); Adrian Purdy, Chief Exploration & Development Manager
Enterprise Offshore Drilling (Private); Brad James, President and Chief Executive Officer
Moderator: Eric Smith, Tulane University
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Private); Todd Hornbeck, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Laborde Marine Management (Private); Cliffe Laborde, Managing Member/Owner
Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (KITT); John Gibson, President & Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom Ryan (Private); Steve Dudgeon, Principal
Moderator: Victoria Beard, Piper Sandler & Co
Enterprise Offshore Drilling (Private); Brad James, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (GIFI); Richard Heo, President and Chief Executive Officer
Seadrill Limited (SDRL); Dustin Torkay, Director of Operations
Shelf Drilling, Ltd. (SHLF); Douglas Stewart, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Raymond James; Marshall Adkins, Managing Director & Head of Energy Investment Banking
PPHB; James K. Wicklund, Managing Director
Al Petrie Advisors, Al Petrie, Senior Partner
Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI); Richard Talley, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
The MISI, on the Mississippi River in JAX Brewery, 600 Decatur Street, 3rd Floor
Mini-bus transportation from main entrance of Four Seasons to/from venue
beginning at 5:45 pm
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Macquarie Group; Vikas Dwivedi, Chief Energy Economist – Managing Director
Moderator: Will Hodge, Raymond James
Ring Energy, Inc. (REI); Paul McKinney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Sequitur Energy Resources LLC (Private); Braden Merrill, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Surge Energy / Moss Creek Resources LLC (Private); Travis Guidry, Chief Financial Officer
Moderator: Richard Tullis, Al Petrie Advisors
Auctus Advisors, Stephane Foucaud, Founding Partner
Texas Capital Securities; Nate Pendleton, Vice President, Equity Research
Water Tower Research; Jeff Robertson, Managing Director, Natural Resources
Moderator: Marshall Page, Jones Walker
Black Bay Energy Capital, LLC; Matt Schovee, Partner
Breakwall Capital LP; Walt Hughes, Managing Director
Grey Rock Investment Partners; Sage Parikh, Investment Professional/Finance Manager
Lime Rock Partners, Greg Highberger, Managing Director
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Nicholas Stuart, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Berry Corporation (BRY); Fernando Araujo, Chief Executive Officer
Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC); Douglas Kris, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Foundation Energy Partners (Private); Allie White, President
Prairie Operating Co. (PROP); Edward Kovalik, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Amerisource Business Capital and Amerisource Secured Income Fund; Bill Herrington, Executive Vice President
Macquarie Group; Chris Rutherford, Managing Director
Nuveen – Energy Infrastructure Credit; Eliot Javanmardi, Managing Director
Pareto Securities; Bjorn Sestol, Partner, Investment Banking – Energy
Silver Point Capital, L.P.; Damon Putman, Managing Director
Fugro (FUR NA); Bari Blanks, Vice President of Legal, The Americas
Jones Walker; Marc Hebert, Partner
Moderator: Vikas Dwivedi, Macquarie Group
CIBC Capital Markets; David Lazarus, Managing Director
First Horizon Bank; Bryan Chapman, Market President, Energy Lending
Raymond James; Will Hodge, Managing Director, Co-head of E&P
Texas Capital Bank; Jared Mills, Managing Director
London Stock Exchange Group; Chris Mayo, Head of Primary Markets, Americas
Nasdaq; Kate Speight, Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets & Texas Listings
NYSE; Liz Hocker, Regional Head, Capital Markets, Southwest & NYSE Texas
Moderator: Jeff Robertson, Water Tower Research
Amplify Energy Corp. (AMPY); Martyn Willsher, President & Chief Executive Officer
Brookside Energy Limited (BRK); Chris Girouard, Executive Vice President, Land & New Ventures
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM); J. Mark Bunch, Chief Operating Officer
PEDEVCO Corp. (PED); Jody Crook, Chief Commercial Officer
Danos (Private); Melanie Hill, General Manager of Shale Production
Drilling Tools International Corp. (DTI); Wayne Prejean, Chief Executive Officer
EIS Engineering and Inspection Services (Private); Joe Brinz, Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET); Neal Lux, President & Chief Executive Officer
NCS Multistage Holdings Inc. (NCSM); Tim Willems, Chief Operating Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Jeff Robertson, Water Tower Research
Afentra plc (AET); Paul McDade, Chief Executive Officer
BW Energy (BWE); Lin Espey, Chief Operating Officer
Tamboran Resources Corporation (TBN); Dick Stoneburner, Chairman
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (EGY); Thor Pruckl, Chief Operating Officer
Moderator: Don Crist, Johnson Rice
DNOW Inc. (DNOW); Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK); Ryan Ezell, Chief Executive Officer
Key Energy Services (Private); J. Marshall Dodson, President and Chief Executive Officer
Ranger Energy Services (RNGR); Melissa Cougle, Chief Financial Officer
Eisner Advisory Group LLC; Julie Munn-Sims, Partner – CFO Advisory Services
J.P. Morgan Private Bank – Stephen Jury, Vice Chairman
Vue Orleans, 34th Floor of Four Seasons
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
Firefly Automatix (Private); Andrew Limpert, Chief Executive Officer
Hollywood Trucks Technologies, Inc. (Private); Andre Champagne, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
iCAN Technologies, Inc. (Private); David Decuir, Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Moderator: Michael Bennett, Macquarie Group
BloombergNEF; Enrique Gonzalez, Head of Americas Gas Research
Capital Energy Read S.L.V. (Private); Adolfo Martinez del Rio, Chief Executive Officer
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG); Alex Whittington, Director of International Affairs
Commonwealth LNG (Private); David Lang, Chief Commercial Officer & General Counsel
Fugro (FUR NA); Yosmel Sanchez, Director of CCS and Subsurface Storage
Halliburton Company (HAL), Glenn Wilson, Head – Measurement, Reporting & Verification, Low Carbon Solutions
Strategic Biofuels LLC (Private); Dr. Paul Schubert, Chief Executive Officer
Moderator: Angela Hernandez, Deloitte
Bernhard Capital Partners; Jeff Baudier, Senior Managing Director
Kayne Anderson; Jim Baker, Managing Partner & Co-Head Energy Infrastructure
R3 Sustainability; Kyle Granowski, President and Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Broadview Commodity Partners; Drew Lichter, Managing Partner
Moderator: Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research
GEVO Inc. (GEVO); Eric Frey, Vice President of Finance and Strategy
IMTT (Private); Carlin Conner, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
SLB New Energy; Sean Marshall, Business Development Manager – Geothermal Power
Westwater Resources, Inc. (WWR); Steven Cates, Senior Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
Ryan; Steve Dudgeon, Principal
Deloitte; Anna Taylor, Deputy Leader – Tax Policy Group
Moderator: Austin Zaunbrecher, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
GNO Inc.; Michael Hecht, President and Chief Executive Officer
AEGIS Hedging Solutions, LLC; Matt Marshall, President
EDF Trading; Chris Beyer, Head of Structured Solutions
Macquarie Group; Garrison Ziff, Managing Director
Moderator: Paige Carter, Louisiana Economic Development
Entergy Louisiana (ETR); Phillip May, President and Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Dustin Cabrera, ROTH Capital Partners
ENFRA [formerly Bernhard] (Private); Jeff Swann, Chief Development Officer
Entergy Louisiana (ETR); Phillip May, President and Chief Executive Officer
FlexEnergy Solutions (Private); Doug Baltzer, Chief Executive Officer
Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI); Allen Fore, Vice President, Public Affairs
Select Water Solutions, Inc. (WTTR); John Schmitz, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Moderator: Patrick Brandau, Deloitte
Deloitte Consulting LLP; Kevin Gregory, Practice Lead – Generative AI, Energy, Resources & Industrials
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
King Crow Studios (Private); Cody Louviere, Chief Executive Officer
MPressed (Private); Richard Taubin, Founder, AI/VR/Marketing Fusion
thinAIR (Private); Jeremey Charbonnet, Chief Executive Officer
Panelist Companies & Summaries
A diverse group of over 80 organizations, who are active in the energy industry, including public and private energy companies, advisory, investment, private equity, industry trade groups, regulatory agencies and support firms.
- Afentra plc (LSE:AET)
- All Coast, LLC (Private)
- Amerisource Business Capital
- Amplify Energy Corp. (NYSE:AMPY)
- Andalusian Energy (Private)
- Beacon Offshore Energy (Private)
- Black Bay Energy Capital, LLC
- BloombergNEF
- Breakwall Capital LP
- Cantium, LLC (Private)
- Capital Energy Read S.L.V. (Private)
- Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX)
- CIBC Capital Markets
- ComboCurve Inc.
- Danos Ventures (Private)
- Daniel Energy Partners
- Deloitte
- Diversified Energy Company PLC (NYSE:DEC)
- Drilling Tools International Corp. (Nasdaq:DTI)
- EnPoint Capital
- Enterprise Offshore Drilling (Private)
- Enverus
- Epsilon Energy Ltd. (Nasdaq:EPSN)
- Evercore ISI
- Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:EPM)
- ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions (NYSE:XOM)
- EY
- First Horizon Bank
- Flotek Industries, Inc. (NYSE:FTK)
- Fortify Energy, LLC (Private)
- Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FET)
- Foundation Energy Management, LLC (Private)
- Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. (NYSE:GRNT)
- Greyhound Energy (Private)
- Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (Nasdaq:GIFI)
- Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Private)
- Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD)
- International Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) (Private)
- Johnson Rice
- Jones Walker
- Juniper Capital Advisors, L.P.
- Key Energy Services (Private)
- KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:KLXE)
- Kolibri Global Energy Inc. (Nasdaq:KGEI)
- Laborde Marine Management (Private)
- LLOG Exploration Company (Private)
- London Stock Exchange
- Louisiana Economic Development (LED)
- Macquarie Bank Limited
- McKinsey & Company
- Mobius Risk Group
- Monarch Bioenergy (Private)
- Morgan Stanley
- Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR)
- Nasdaq
- NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:NCSM)
- NextDecade Corporation (Nasdaq:NEXT)
- New York Stock Exchange
- Nuveen – Energy Infrastructure Credit
- Pareto Securities
- PEDEVCO Corp. (NYSE AMER:PED)
- PetroTal Corp. (TSX:TAL)
- Petrie Partners
- Preng & Associates
- Production Lending, LLC
- ProPetro Holding Corp. (NYSE:PUMP)
- Ranger Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE:RNGR)
- Raymond James
- Regen Capital Partners
- Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE:REPX)
- Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE AMER:REI)
- Riverwater Partners, LLC
- Ryan
- Seadrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL)
- Silver Point Capital, L.P.
- SilverBow Resources, Inc. (NYSE:SBOW)
- Talos Energy, Inc. (NYSE:TALO)
- Tamboran Resources Limited (ASX:TBN)
- Tidewater, Inc. (NYSE:TDW)
- Texas Capital Bank
- Tulane Energy Institute
- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE/LSE: EGY)
- Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (NASDAQ:VGAS)
- Vertex Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: VTNR)
- Vital Energy, Inc. (NYSE:VTLE)
- Westlawn Americas Offshore (Private)
- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI)
Chevron Corporation (CVX)
Christie Brown, General Manager Asset Development, Gulf of Mexico BU
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR)
Chris Olson, Gulf of Mexico Exploration General Manager
Talos Energy, Inc. (TALO)
John Spath, Executive Vice President and Head of Operations
W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI)
William Williford, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Afentra PLC
www.afentraplc.com
An upstream oil and gas company focused on opportunities in Africa,
principally in West Africa where it has established a producing base
offshore Angola. The Company’s purpose is to support a responsible
energy transition in Africa by establishing itself as a credible partner for
divesting IOCs and Host Governments. Offshore Angola in the Lower
Congo Basin, Afentra has a 4% non-operated interest in the producing
shallow water Block 3/05 (increasing to 24% upon imminent completion of
a deal with Sonangol, the NOC), 4% non-op interest in the adjacent
development Block 3/05A, and a 40% non-op interest in the deepwater
Block 23 in the Kwanza Basin. Afentra also retains a carried interest in the
Odewayne Block, onshore southwestern Somaliland, which it inherited
from Sterling Energy plc as it was formerly known prior to new
Management and Board re-branding to