LEC 2025  |   May 27 – 29 at Four Seasons, New Orleans   |   PRESS RELEASE

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. 

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Randy Byrne, Texas Capital Bank
Chevron Corporation (CVX); Christie Brown, General Manager Asset Development, Gulf of Mexico BU
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR); Chris Olson, Vice President, Global Exploration
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
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Randy Byrne, 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); Eric Zimmermann, Chief Operating Officer
Westlawn Americas Offshore (Private); Gregory Hebertson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Eric Smith, Tulane Energy Institute
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (Private); Todd Hornbeck, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Laborde Marine Management (Private); Peter Laborde, Managing Member/Owner
Tidewater, Inc. (TDW); Piers Middleton, Chief Commercial Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: John Goodrum, Preng & Associates
Enterprise Offshore Drilling (Private); Brad James, President and Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc. (GIFI); Richard Heo, President and Chief Executive Officer
Louisiana CAT; Davis Webb, Vice President Power Division
Reliant Recycling (Private); Ames Lafferty, Vice President of Projects
Seadrill Limited (SDRL); Dustin Torkay, Director of Operations
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: David Preng, Preng & Associates
Petrie Partners, LLC; Richard Moss, Managing Director

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Katie LeGardeur, JPMorgan Private Bank,
GNO Inc.; Michael Hecht, President and Chief Executive Officer

The MISI, 3rd Floor, JAX Brewery

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Will Hodge, Raymond James
Riley Exploration Permian, Inc (REPX); Philip Riley, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Strategy
Ring Energy, Inc. (REI); Paul McKinney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vital Energy, Inc. (VTLE); Jason Pigott, President and Chief Executive Officer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
Ryan, LLC; Steve Dudgeon, Principal

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Marshall Page, Jones Walker
Black Bay Energy Capital, LLC; L. Guy Cook III, Partner
BlackGold Capital Management; Shalin Patel, Director of Research
Lime Rock Partners;
Gary Sernovitz, Managing Director
Pontem Energy Capital; Jeff Bartlett, Managing Partner

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom Foyer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Michael Bodino, Texas Capital Bank
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
Production Lending, LLC; Abhishek Kumar, Principal
Silver Point Capital, L.P.; Damon Putman, Managing Director

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Jeff Robertson, Water Tower Research
Amplify Energy Corp. (AMPY); Martyn Willsher, President and Chief Executive Officer
Fortify Energy, LLC (Private); Anthony Schnur, Chief Executive Officer
Kolibri Global Energy Inc. (KGEI); Wolf Regener, President Chief Executive Officer and Director
PEDEVCO Corp. (PED);
Doug Schick, President

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Michael Aldridge, Mobius Risk Group
Mobius Risk Group; Matt Parker, Managing Director, Strategy
Morgan Stanley; Grant Brady, Managing Director
Macquarie Group; Brennan Higgins, Managing Partner

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Moderator: Nicole Jasper, 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; Marc Graham, Managing Director, Head of Energy

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Moderator: Clint Smith, Jones Walker
London Stock Exchange Group; Chris Mayo, Head of Primary Markets, Americas
Nasdaq; Nicole Chambers, Senior Managing Director
New York Stock Exchange; Marc D. Cunningham, Head of Energy, Industrials, Capital Markets

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Nicholas Stuart, KeyBanc Capital Markets
Diversified Energy Company PLC (DEC); Douglas Kris, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
Evolution Petroleum Corporation (EPM); Ryan Stash, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. (GRNT); Luke Brandenberg, Chief Executive Officer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Sean Mitchell & Josh Jayne, Daniel Energy Partners
DNOW Inc. (DNOW); Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Drilling Tools International Corp. (DTI); Wayne Prejean, Chief Executive Officer
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET); Neal Lux, President and Chief Executive Officer
NCS Multistage Holdings Inc. (NCSM); Ryan Hummer, Chief Executive Officer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Jeff Robertson, Water Tower Research
Afentra plc (AET);
Anastasia Deulina, Chief Financial Officer
BW Energy (BWE);
Thomas Kolanski, Chief Commercial Officer
VAALCO Energy, Inc. (EGY); George Maxwell, Chief Executive Officer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Don Crist, Johnson Rice
Flotek Industries, Inc. (FTK); Ryan Ezell, Chief Executive Officer
Key Energy Services (Private); J. Marshall Dodson, President and Chief Executive Officer
ProPetro Holding Corp. (PUMP); David Schorlemer, Chief Financial Officer
Ranger Energy Services (RNGR); Melissa Cougle, Chief Financial Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Marc Hebert, Jones Walker
Andalusian Energy LLC (Private); Pedro Santos, Executive Chairman and Founder
IET Group Global (Private); Perry Cowart, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Jones Walker; Marc Hebert, Partner
Keystone Legal & Business Consultants, Inc. (Georgetown, Guyana); Joanna Simmons, Attorney-at-Law, Keystone Chambers

Sazerac House, 101 Magazine Street, Corner of Canal Street
Mini-bus transportation from main entrance of Four Seasons to/from venue
beginning at 5:45 pm

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Foyer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
BloombergNEF; Enrique Gonzalez, Head of Americas Gas Research
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG); Alex Whittington, Director of International Affairs
Commonwealth LNG (Private); Dan McGinnis, Executive Vice President, Commercial
Macquarie Group; Michael Bennett, Managing Director, Global LNG
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Greg Matlock, EY
Crescent Midstream (Private); Jerry Ashcroft, Chief Executive Officer
Storegga (Private); Randy Wheeler, Senior Vice President – Gulf Coast Projects
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Angela Hernandez, Deloitte
Deloitte; Steven Ward, Managing Director – ESG Services & Climate Market Offering Leader
Ranger Energy Services (RNGR); Melissa Cougle, Chief Financial Officer
Riverwater Partners LLC; Kirk Fox, Director of Research
Socialsuite; Seth Forman, Chief Executive Officer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Foyer

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Michael Aldridge, Mobius Risk Group
Mobius Risk Group; Drew Lichter, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Development
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Joe Bonavita, JPMorgan Private Bank
International-Matex Tank Terminals LLC (Private); Carlin Conner, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Vertex Energy, Inc. (VTNR); Doug Haugh, Chief Commercial Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Patrick Brandau, Deloitte
Bernhard LLC; David Amoss, Vice President of Development
Breakwall Capital LP; Jamie Brodsky, Managing Partner and Co-CEO
Lime Rock New Energy; Manasi Desai, Director
Regen Capital Partners; Andrejka Bernatova, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Moderator: Patrick Brandau, Deloitte
Deloitte; Katy Tresselt, Audit & Assurance Energy ESG Leader
Entergy Corporation (ETR); Raechelle Munna, Assistant General Counsel
Jones Walker; Victoria Bagot, Partner
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, River Ballroom
Moderator: Chris Delange, Al Petrie Advisors
Ryan, LLC; Dane Ware, Senior Tax Consultant
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Sean Milligan, Janney
24M Technologies, Inc. (Private); Richard Chleboski, Chief Financial Officer
ADVANO (Private); Christopher York, Chief Executive Officer
Momentum Technologies (Private); Mahesh Konduru, Chief Executive Officer
Westwater Resources, Inc. (WWR); Terence Cryan, Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Brad Lambert, Louisiana Economic Development
Greater Lafourche Port Commission on Offshore Wind Projects; Loulan Pitre, Jr. , Partner with Kelly Hart Pitre
Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources; Blake Canfield, Executive Counsel
Louisiana Public Service Commission; Brandon Frey, Executive Secretary
RWE Renewables – Offshore Wind; Anthony Bodin, Senior Wind Offshore Developer
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Chantal Hagen, ComboCurve, Inc.
ComboCurve, Inc.; Doug McMaster, Executive Vice President of Product Development
Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Moderator: Shawn Severson, Water Tower Research
Base Carbon (BCBN); Michael Costa, Chief Executive Officer
GEVO Inc.(GEVO); Eric Frey, Vice President of Finance and Strategy
Linde plc. (LIN); Eric D. Willis, Business Development Manager – HyCO & Atmospherics
SLB New Energy (SLB); Sean Marshall, Business Development Manager – Geothermal Power

Four Seasons, 3rd Floor, Plimsoll Ballroom
Alignment Lab AI; Austin Cook, Chief Executive Officer
MPressed; Richard Taubin, Founder
thinAiR (Private); J.R. Garrett, Chief Executive Officer
Lilly Benavides, Independent Consultant

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

Register for LEC 2024!