Before joining Mustang in December 2003, Ned worked for Bechtel Global Gas Group where he was Project Director for the Darwin LNG facility, responsible for engineering, procurement, and construction. Prior to that, he was the Project Manager for the Atlantic LNG Trinidad facility, responsible for overseeing engineering, procurement, and construction management.

Ned has a degree from Rice University in Chemical Engineering, is a registered professional engineer in the State of Texas, and holds numerous patents - most recently a series of patents under the moniker, LNG Smart™ which offer new design products and services for LNG liquefaction, storage and regasification facilities to support gas commercialization in remote oil and gas fields.

Jean-Pascal Biaggi graduated from ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Techniques Avancées), Paris, as a naval architect in 1975, and received a MBA from IAE (Institut d'Administation des Entreprises), Paris, in 1977. He worked for 13 years for Total, from 1978 to 1991, primarily in the North Sea on offshore and subsea pipeline projects. In 1991, he joined, as Managing Director, Gaztransport & Technigaz, the French leading naval engineering company specialized in liquefied natural gas tankers and storages. He joined the Technip Group in 2001 to establish Genesis France, the Paris Branch of Genesis Oil & Gas Consultants Ltd.. He is also responsible for the Offshore LNG developments of the Group within the Oil & Gas Division.

Joseph Cho is a Technical Advisor in the LNG, GTL and Gas Processing Division at KBR. He is a registered professional engineer and has been in the LNG industry for sixteen years. He was involved in process design of LNG liquefaction plants and import terminals for various regions as a senior engineer. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering.

Masao Endo, manager, Kobe Steel

Mr. Masao Endo is a manager of Takasago Equipment Plant, Kobe Steel, a leading steel, aluminum copper company in Japan, also major fabricator of heavy wall pressure vessel, aluminum heat exchanger and LNG vaporizers.

He has 19 years experience of energy and high pressure gas handling system engineering, including gas separation plant engineering, adsorbent process, high pressure hydrogen/oxygen facilities. His recent involvement includes ORV, SCV, AFV (direct Air Fin Vaporizer) and HWV (Hot Water bath Vaporizer) engineering and projects.

Mr. Endo earned his bachelor's degree at Tokyo University in aeronautical engineering. He lives in a suburb of Kobe city in Japan.

Peter Falcone, R&D manager

Peter Falcone is the Product Development Manager at SFPC, responsible for improving existing product performance and bringing new products to commercialization in support of market opportunities, Pete has been with SFPC for 11 years; he hold both BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Villanova University and is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Joe has more than 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry, primarily in the offshore area. Joe has a varied background in terms of experience, having held positions in engineering, construction, and offshore operations. Over the course of his career, he has held positions at ABS, Marathon Le Tourneau, Deep Oil Technology, and the last 14 years with SBM-IMODCO.

Frank Maupay, LNG sales engineer, Selas Fluid Processing

Frank M. Maupay is a Sales Engineer for the LNG vaporization group of Selas Fluid Processing formerly T-Thermal. Frank has over 10 years of experience designing and marketing custom built thermal processing equipment. He has published articles in trade journals and is a member of the AGA Supplemental Gas Committee. Frank has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University.

Bob Nimocks, president, Zeus Development Corporation

Zeus Development Corporation is an energy research firm that focuses on world gas development. The company commonly serves manufacturing and oilfield service clients evaluating markets for their products and services in the LNG, GTL, methanol, DME, IGCC and gas-export-related markets. Zeus publishes a number of market-related periodicals, including the www.LNGExpress.com, www.SyngasRefiner.com and www.GasMonetizer.com and organizes workshops, conferences and training programs.

Prior to founding Zeus in 1991, Nimocks was vice president of corporate development for Elders Resources North America, the North American division of an international energy and natural resources company with substantial natural gas production. He earned an MBA from Harvard University (1987), served in the management consulting division of Accenture (1981-84) and obtained BS and BBA degrees from Mississippi State University (1981).

Jim O'Sullivan, Technip

Jim O'Sullivan is Senior Vice President of Strategy & Marketing for Technip USA, the North American Business Unit of Technip, a world leader in engineering and construction for the oil & gas industry. Mr. O'Sullivan is responsible for developing business, marketing and new product strategies for the Americas. He has 30 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, covering technology development, engineering, project management, commercial project development and multiple business related activities. He received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, a Masters in Ocean Engineering from MIT, a Professional Ocean Engineers Degree from MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and an MBA from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.

Leen Poldervaart , SBM

Leen Poldervaart joined Single Buoy Moorings Inc in 1975 and started as Concept Engineer. Hereafter as Project Engineer, Project Manager for studies on FSO's and FPSO's based on new built or converted vessels and Engineering Manager for two installed F(P)SO's. His present position is Business and Product Development Manager in the SBM Gas Business Development Group.

Leen presented numerous technical papers during the OTC, DOT and other technical conferences, is member of the SPE and holds patents on different type of offshore floaters and mooring systems.

John Romain, president, Energy & Chemicals Division, Chart Industries

John T. Romain is President of the Chart Energy and Chemicals, Inc. Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. was formed to focus many of the technical strengths of Chart Industries on the natural gas and petrochemical markets. John has been the President of Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. since its formation in 2003. John has been with Chart since 1993 in various positions. Prior to joining Chart, John spent nine (9) years in various positions associated with the Oil and Gas industry in Cleveland, London and Houston.

Ed Vogel, senior LNG sales/ product engineer, Selas Fluid Processing Corporation

Mr. Ed Vogel is a senior LNG sales / product engineer, submerged combustion LNG vaporizer systems for Selas Fluid Processing Corporation a subsidiary of Linde AG, Munich Germany.

Vogel has been involved for 40 years in the design, engineering and sales of Heat Transfer systems for diverse companies such as General Electric, Westinghouse, Selas Corporation of America and Selas Fluid Processing Corporation. He is a member of American Gas Association, LNG Supplemental Gas Committee Member for 25 years. Published AGA Technical papers, 1983, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2002, on SUB-X® Vaporizer Topics.

Mr. Vogel received his BS from Drexel University, and also the has taken classes at the Institute of Gas Technology & New York University Cryogenic Program.

John Wolff, director, LNG, Zeus Development Corporation

Prior to joining Zeus Development, he was a partner in Brett & Wolff LLC. He prepared various studies on CNG, LNG and biogas. He prepared an economic assessment and design evaluation for transporting natural gas as either CNG or LNG on the Amazon River for American Commercial Barge Lines and Petrobras. He contributed to Zeus' CNG Ocean Transport Study 2004.

Mr. Wolff had also been the Manager of Business Development for Panhandle Eastern's and then Duke Energy's LNG marketing and sales business that imported LNG at the Trunkline LNG terminal. He prepared models to improve business decisions in the business units that included the affiliated LNG shipping business, the LNG importing/marketing business and the Trunkline LNG terminal. He prepared joint venture agreements and technology assessments to increase the profitability of the Trunkline LNG terminal, including gas processing and cold recovery projects. He helped structure short-term LNG purchase contracts and assessed aspects of the long-term LNG contract between Duke Energy and Sonatrach.

Jack Young, principle engineering specialist, Bechtel

BS in Ceramics Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla, 13 years with Bechtel in Houston Materials Engineering Technology, responsible for Non Metallic materials including ceramics, concrete, fireproofing, insulation, refractories, plastics, elastomers, and glass. Previously 9 years with Amoco in Materials Technology Group, Naperville, Ill., Corporate Research and 10 years with Babcock and Wilcox, Insulating Products Division.