Best-in-Class techniques result in more effective operations, marketing, and finance.  Let us improve your bottom line.  Here are a few examples we have done for companies:

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• Developed, presented and received approval LNG strategies for Repsol's Energy North America's entry into the US market;

• Helped develop Enserco Energy, unit of Black Hills Corporation, North American cross-commodity strategy;

• Created and implemented Enron's derivatives marketing strategy within the pulp & paper group, focused upon the publisher market;

• Grew US LNG Natural Gas Trading and Origination Business. Expanded Repsol LNG marketing and procurement business from 3 to over 40 employees, creating the strategy and marketing plan and providing critical structuring, valuation, policies and procedures, risk policies, and systems implementations support;

• Structured, valued and negotiated LNG supply contracts with major LNG suppliers world wide.  Resulted in new flexible pricing mechanism allowing offtakers to change pricing after firm commitment to purchase LNG;

• Co-founded Oasis Bank SSB, merged the bank into Spirit of Texas Bank which filed SEC S-1 as IPO as a $1 billion Texas bank

• Rolled out new processes for Exxon, including new systems, financial controls, and continuous improvement techniques;

• Created and executed Floating Ragas LNG (FSRU) Asset Monetization Strategy (AMS). Included strategic asset analysis, marketing plan, transportation and pipeline analysis, storage analysis, introduction of partnership concepts and negotiations with upstream and downstream partnerships;

•  Created and incorporated LNG Business and Marketing Strategy - using Monte Carlo simulations into marketing, models to quantify, compare and present LNG supplier netbacks;

• Led international strategic analysis effort to quantify net present value of 160,000 cubic meter above ground storage facility for liquefied natural gas storage facility resulting in build decision;

• Using analytics, cargo acquisition and regasification flow optionality, analyzed downstream natural gas index baskets, forward curves and their volatilities, and incremental financial and physical trading and marketing profits;

• Led analysis and participated in many international multiparty LNG negotiations;

• LNG Competitive Analysis. Created models to compare U.S. LNG regasification terminals incorporating forward curves and volatility;

• Approved $609 million Municipal Bond after being Appointed to KISD Board of Advisors - Bond Committee

•  International Energy Transfer Pricing, Crude & Crude Products. Provided critical quantitative support to $6.3 billion IRS legal claim regarding energy transfer pricing of crude and refined products of Saudi Aramco and a Major integrated oil & gas company;

•  Storage, LNG Liquefaction Strategy and Analysis. Led the analysis and implementation of needle peaking LNG asset strategy for multi-LDC natural gas holding company;

•  Regasification Facility Analysis. Utilized Monte Carlo simulations and other analysis techniques to quantify, evaluate and compare LNG destination net-back profits. Directed effort in negotiations with overseas LNG firms seeking regasification terminal use agreement opportunities within the United States;

• Appointed to Board of Advisers and regular speaker for InfoCast LNG for High Horsepower Applications;

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LNG Project Development and Associated Activities

 

AGL Resources – Project development activities around several LDCs, as well as current and planned LNG facilities

• Created LNG peaking strategy and implementation for AGL-affiliated LDCs, including Virginia Natural Gas, Atlanta Gas Light, Florida Gas, others; analyzed supply stack, simulated demand day peaking LNG needs

• Managed certain permitting/other challenges relating to non-attainment areas for site selection and securing  

• Project developed capabilities and what if scenarios around Elizabethtown Gas peaking LNG, others

• Negotiated peaking joint venture with major importer of propane

• Explored joint venture regarding LNG expansion possibilities with Transco in Mid-Atlantic

• Developed preliminary site for Virginia LNG Import Facility

Repsol LNG – Project development activities and company building activities

• General project development activities associated with new assets, including Canaport LNG (1.2 Bdfd), Maritimes & Northeastern Pipeline (782 mmcfd after adding 5 new compressor stations and two looping pipelines), New Brunswick Pipeline new build (850 mmcfd)

• General business growth and development activities associated with the establishment of trading, marketing, risk management of new operations in North America

• Analyzed pipeline tariffs to maximize gas flow, optionality, backhaul and meter capacities

• Created Risk Management Policy

• Evaluated Storage Facility Policy

• Created Marketing Strategy

• Created Import Strategy

• Structured, negotiated anchor QatarGas LNG supply deal for Canaport LNG

• Headed Marketing for Repsol

• Originated, structured, valued LNG offtake deal with Northeast LDC Consortium

• Originated, structured valued LNG peaking offtake deals from Canaport LNG

• More

Excelerate LNG – Project development activities around two LNG import facilities

• General project development activities associated with Northeast Gateway and Gulf Gateway

• Led Asset Monetization Strategy

• Led Analyzed pipeline tariffs to maximize gas flow, optionality, backhaul and meter capacities

• Corporate Development Activities

Texas LNG – Project development activities around an export LNG import facility

• Conducted project development activities related to permitting, power supply, offtake agreements, supply agreements, area supply and demand, more

• Led Negotiations for Gas Supply Transportation

• Led Negotiations for Gas Supply

• Formulated Gas Supply Strategy

• Created Gas Supply Analysis, Strategy and Negotiations

SCT&E LNG – Project development activities around an export LNG import facility

• Project Development Activities

• Negotiated upstream pipeline deal

• Introduced MOU from special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for this second wave LNG project

Apollo Global Asset Management – Strategic Assessment activities hinging upon LNG facilities

• Advised regarding strategy regarding certain major midstream assets as it related to LNG project construction and utilization.

• Analyzed transportation contracts, exposures, risk and mitigation strategies

• Recommended potential actions of the midstream company’s potential future action relating corporate ownership and bond owners

Kitimat LNG – Project development activities around an export LNG import facility

• Conducted monetary assessment and valuation associated with breach of contract on  this export facility

• Constructed financial valuation model

MPEH LNG – Project development assessment around an export LNG import facility

• Conducted monetary assessment and valuation associated with judiciary jurisdiction regarding this export facility

• Constructed financial valuation model

 

 

Other Related Activities and Achievements - LNG, Natural Gas, Energy, Banking

• Board of Advisors, Regular Speaker for Infocast LNG for HHP

• FINRA-Licensed Securities Series 79,82,63

• Served as Head, Investment Banking, Entoro Capital (Energy Broker-Dealer based in Houston)

• Katy Independent School District Bond Committee, recently approved and recommended over $600 million in new bond issuances

• Introduced and negotiated MOU from special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) for second wave LNG export facility;

• Headed, grew LNG organization for Repsol Energy North America;

• Originated $7.5 million gross margin double novation for gas, storage, transportation:

  • One deal alone linked production, midstream, transmission, storage and two combined cycle power plants;

  • 7.5 year deal durations;

• Originated, valued and structured long-term structured downstream transactions for regasification: 

  • Customers and continued relationships include local distribution companies, private equity investors, power plants, aggregators, and municipalities;

  • Associated with $1.2 billion North American regasification facility and 10.5 Bcfd of storage;

•  Expanded Several Energy Companies' Marketing, Trading and Derivatives Businesses: 

  • Completed largest structured transaction in Enron paper group’s history, measured at $10 million in gross margin;

  • Increased transactions with end-users and profits from $75 thousand to over $1 million in marketing and trading business of Sonat Gas Marketing in Mid-Continent & Gulf regions;

  • Taught and expanded use of derivatives structures with clients;

• Founded and grew business units of Enron, Enserco, Sonat and Oasis;

• Co-founded, raised capital, and successfully merged Oasis Bank SSB with subsequent IPO:

  • Served as Director and Chairman of M&A and Asset & Liability Committees;

  • Managed the merged with Spirit of Texas Bank, recent IPO with SEC, public registered S-1 with market capitalization of $1 billion (NASDAQ: STXB)

• Business clients include private equity, owners, and managers of power plants, LDCs and retail aggregators, other developers, banks;

• Led or assisted in all aspects in startup of U.S. natural gas trading firms;

• Developed strategy and marketing plan for gas trading & origination; involved with establishment of risk policy document, policies & procedures, and implementation for trading & origination;

• Traded natural gas in the Gulf, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Mid-Continent areas;

• Managed traders, marketers using physical and financial derivatives to meet client risk management needs for hedging exposures to volatile energy prices;

• Originated reverse mergers, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures;

• Negotiated long term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts;

• Negotiated long term natural gas contracts;

• Negotiated long term pipeline contracts;

• Structured deals and negotiated propositions relating to LNG supply and several US-based LNG facilities;

• Developed and implemented Northeast LNG peak-shaving business strategy; resulted in $120 million peak-shaving LNG projects in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions;

• Coordinated, structured and negotiated power, gas and derivative transactions, tolling and capacity/commodity proposals, and contract monetizations & restructures involving local distribution companies, municipalities, utilities, and industrials;

• Developed for client executive  enterprise risk management structures and hedge programs;

• Commercial/structuring liaison of new origination business. Assignment involved training president and originators to more fully understand and utilize company physical and financial structures and capabilities resulting in more profits and deal flow;

• Conducted training of derivative structures and their applications to mitigate cash flow volatility of client businesses;

• Developed alliances, joint ventures, and co-marketing agreements to augment market penetration of start-up businesses.

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