Bob Arvedlund, branch chief of environmental gas branch I,
Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Mr. Arvedlund joined the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in 1972 as a Chemical Engineer. His primary area of work is in the field of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and cryogenic engineering and has held the position of Branch Chief since 1989.

Mr. Arvedlund's responsibilities include directing the preparation of draft and final environmental impact statements of pipeline, enhanced oil recovery and LNG projects. Planning, supervising and directing LNG safety/engineering related activities of the Branch. Direct cryogenic design and technical reviews of jurisdictional LNG facilities which entails on-site inspections of LNG import/export and peakshaving facilities, coordination of inspections for integrity of design and construction of plant operating procedures and the preparation of inspection reports. Mr. Arvedlund is a full committee member of the National Fire Protection Association committee on LNG-NFPA 59A since 1980 and testifies as expert witness on complicated environmental and engineering issues such as LNG spills, facility failures, and LNG dispersion cloud and thermal radiation issues, etc.

Mr. Arvedlund holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Maryland. Publications include LNG Land-Based Spills, LNG Siting-You Can Do It (If You're Careful) - co-written by R. Hoffman and Observations and Reactions to Indications of Rollover.

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Noam Ayali, partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Mr. Noam Ayali's practice involves representing multilateral agencies, commercial bank lenders and project sponsors and developers in connection with international energy, natural resources and infrastructure project financings. His practice also involves advising project sponsors and lenders in connection with political risk insurance matters relating to project financings.

Mr. Ayali has represented many companies involving energy related issues. He represented a European lender to one of the consortium members developing the Ohanet Liquified Natural Gas Project in Algeria to finance a portion of its share of the project costs. Also, Mr. Ayali represented a multinational energy company in connection with a project involving construction of a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, storage and regasification facilities, pipeline and gas-fired combined cycle power plant in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Ayali advised International Finance Corporation in connection with its evaluation and anyalysis of the Sasol-sponsored Mozambique to South Africa gas pipeline project, involving the upstream development and production of Mozambique gas fields and cross border gas pipeline to South Africa. These are just a few of the many representative matters Mr. Ayali has been involved with.

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Chuck Bayens, chairman, Zeus Development Corporation

Chuck Bayens has over 35 years of experience in the commercialization of new process technologies for use in the chemical, refining and power generation industries, with particular emphasis on synthetic fuels technologies.

He spent most of his career with Shell Oil Company where he established Shell Synthetic Fuels, a wholly owned Shell subsidiary chartered to license and develop projects based on Shell's suite of gasification/synthetic fuels technologies. He served as President of Shell Synthetic Fuels until his retirement. During his tenure with Shell, he participated as a member of the National Coal Council, an advisory organization to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, and worked with others in industry to establish the Gasification Technologies Council, a trade association for gasification and synthetic fuels.

After retiring from Shell, he joined Syntroleum Corporation as Vice President of Engineering and built a multi-functional engineering organization with the capability to lead engineering studies, FEED packages and construction projects. After completion of the engineering work for Syntroleum's $650 million Sweetwater gas-to-liquids project in Australia, he left Syntroleum, joining Zeus Development Corporation in 2003 as Chairman.

Chuck holds three degrees in chemical engineering, a B.S. degree from the University of Detroit, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University.

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Kevin Boyle, senior consultant, Zeus Development Corporation

Mr. Boyle covers the petrochemical and NGL markets through to derivative products. He has more than twenty-five years experience. Mr. Boyle provides clients with advice and support in the areas of pricing, forecasting, market research, acquisitions, due diligence, asset valuation and optimization, and risk management, hedging and trading strategies.

Mr. Boyle has provided consulting services to major petrochemical producers, banks and international financial institutions, and foreign governmental entities. He was one of the original management team guiding the creation and start-up of ChemMatch, an internet commodity chemical exchange, and separately developed the market analysis group for Koch Industries chemical trading group. Prior to these experiences, he spent fifteen years at Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem). At OxyChem, he was responsible for market research for all polymers and petrochemicals. Earlier he filled various business development roles, and started his career in manufacturing engineering and product development. Mr. Boyle earned an MBA in Financial Planning and Control from SUNY at Buffalo, and a BS in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.

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Paul Cavicchi, president and CEO, Tractebel Project Development Inc.

President & CEO of Tractebel Project Development, Inc. - January 2001 - Present
Paul Cavicchi through Tractebel Project Development, Inc. supervises and directs wholesale power acquisition and development efforts, LNG development efforts, long dated contract restructuring activities, and portfolio rationalization.

Mr. Cavicchi's direct experience includes the acquisition of eight projects and one publicly traded corporation totaling over $1 billion in value as well as the greenfield development of power and LNG assets in excess of $3.0 billion. Projects under construction include a 520 MW gas turbine combined cycle facility located in Chehalis, Washington and a 720 MW gas turbine combined cycle facility located in Wise County, Texas. Major development initiatives include the 5 million ton per annum LNG regasification facility located in Freeport, Bahamas and associated pipeline delivery of natural gas to South Florida.

Mr. Cavicchi has been with Tractebel since 1991. Mr. Cavicchi began his professional career as an environmental engineer with the Water Supply and Pollution Control Commission for the State of New Hampshire.

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Richard L. Grant, president and chief executive officer, Tractebel LNG North America and Distrigas of Massachusettes

Mr. Richard L. Grant (Rick) is President and Chief Executive Officer of Tractebel LNG North America (TLNGNA) and its Everett, Massachusetts-based subsidiary Distrigas of Massachusetts (Distrigas), which has been involved in the importation and distribution of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States since 1971. Having more than 20 years experience in the natural gas industry, Mr. Grant is responsible for the overall management of these companies' activities, including acquisition and transportation of LNG via a portfolio of vessels; operation of the LNG import terminal in Everett, Massachusetts, which serves customers in the northeastern United States; and deliveries to other U.S. LNG import facilities, including in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, Cove Point, Maryland, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. TLNGNA and Distrigas also help to promote new LNG projects in North America and the Caribbean.

Mr. Grant has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a Juris Doctorate degree from Northern Kentucky University. He is a member of the Ohio bar, and is a licensed professional engineer.

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Jens P. Kaalstad, managing director, Advanced Production and Loading Inc.

Jens Kaalstad has over 20 years experience in the shipping and offshore industry. He graduated with a MSc in Naval Architecture from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1983 after serving one year at MIT, Department of Ocean Engineering in 1980-81.

Jens is the Managing Director for Advanced Production and Loading Inc (APL Inc.) He joined and helped form APL Inc in Houston in September 1997 where he first served as Technical Director until August 1999. He has been very actively involved in the development of APL's new Deepwater Offloading systems and the Energy Bridge - Offshore LNG Terminal project.
APL Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary APL a.s. Arendal, Norway.

Prior to joining APL in 1997 he was with Aker Marine Contractors Inc. in Houston, where his duties among others involved being Marine Engineering Manager for the Exxon Diana DDCV project and Project Engineer for the pre-installation of the mooring system for Mobil FPSO Zafiro Producer in Equatorial Guinea.

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Steve Lowden, svp business development and integrated gas, Marathon Oil Company

Mr. Lowden joined Marathon Oil Company in 2000 as senior vice president, Business Development and Integrated Gas. Prior to joining Marathon, Mr. Lowden was an executive director of exploration production and business development at Premier Oil. He joined London-based Premier Oil in 1987, and has extensive business development experience in Asia, Australia, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Mr. Lowden earned a bachelor of science degree, with honors, in pure mathematics from Exeter University in Exeter, England, and a Master of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Imperial College in London.

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Bob Nimocks, Zeus Development Corporation

Zeus Development Corporation is an integrated business development company focusing on gas development and upstream technology. The company has completed recent multi-client research in the areas of CNG ocean transport, associated-gas-management strategies, West Coast LNG terminals, undersea power transmission, and offshore LNG terminal feasibility. The company also publishes several periodicals, including: Remote Gas Strategies (monthly), LNG Express (monthly), World LNG/GTL Review (annual); and Upstream CIO (monthly) as well as numerous single issue white papers and special reports.

Prior to founding the company 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).

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Arthur S. Pugsley IV, senior environmental analyst, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Ocean Management Task Force

Mr. Pugsley has many responsibilities such as providing senior staff support to The Ocean Management Task Force, charged with comprehensive review of all Massachusetts statues and regulations affecting coastal zone/territorial sea. He also oversees implementation of recommended statutory and regulatory changes. Mr. Pugsley provides advice and background information to The Task Force Members on technical and regulatory issues. He has authored summaries of existing statues and regulations as well as preparing case studies of major coastal developments since 2000.

Mr. Pugsley implemented Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) by conducting Cabinet level environmental impact reviews (over 600 to date) for technical and policy issues on broad range of public and private industrial, commercial, residential, energy, and transportation projects. Mr. Pugsley also oversees environmental reviews of large development projects, including development of more than 30,000,000 square feet of office/research space and 20,000,000 square feet of retail space to date.

Mr. Pugsley also authored Secretarial MEPA decisions, including precedent-setting decisions guiding development of the world's largest offshore renewable energy project, major extension of eastern Massachusetts natural gas pipeline network, major expansion of Massachusetts Liquefied Natural Gas storage; processing infrastructure, restoration of historic Emerald Necklace/Muddy River park system, and development of Fall River Executive Park and creation of SE MA Bioreserve.

Mr. Pugsley graduated from Harvard University in 1990 with a B.A cum lade, majoring in Government and Environmental Science. Mr. Pugsley completed his Master of Science in Environmental, Coastal, and Ocean Science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 2003.

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Ms. Sandra Racha has been an Economist, specializing in Natural Gas Economics for Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago since 1996. Ms. Racha is responsible for market analysis, forecast of the crude oil, LNG and natural gas-based sectors. She has completed several policy papers on natural gas taxation in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms. Racha also currently works as a part-time Lecturer at the University of the West Indies. She has had experience working as a consultant to the UNECLAC on the petroleum sector in Trinidad and Tobago.

Ms. Racha has a CIM Advanced Certificate from the UK's Chartered Institute of Marketing.

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Gordon Shearer, ceo, Weaver's Cove Energy

Mr. Gordon Shearer joined Poten & Partners in January 2001 in the Project Development and Finance Group. He is also serving as CEO of Weaver's Cove Energy which is developing an LNG terminal in Fall River, Massachusetts. Prior to this he was employed by Cabot Corporation from 1978 until 2001, with numerous assignments in the Corporation's energy businesses.

From 1981 until 1987 he worked at Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation where he was a Vice President responsible for exploration, production, gas transmission and marketing in the Appalachian Basin. From 1987 until 2000 he was Chief Executive Officer of Cabot LNG Corporation which owned and operated an LNG import terminal in Boston Harbor and the LNG carrier "Matthew". During his time with Cabot LNG he was heavily involved in the creation of the Atlantic LNG project in Trinidad and Tobago. He was a Vice President of Cabot Corporation from 1991-2001.

Mr. Shearer received a B.Sc. in Geophysics from Edinburgh University in 1976, and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978.

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Steven Sparling, attorney, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan

Mr. Steven Sparling's practice focuses on LNG issues and related areas such as shipping and oil spills. His LNG practice builds on his experience as a Naval Officer aboard the USS Barry (DDG 52) and as a law clerk for the Honorable Sarah S. Vance, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Sparling's experience in LNG matters includes: advising major concerns in negotiations for capacity and transportation rights at U.S. LNG terminals; counseling major concerns in all aspects of LNG terminal operations from shipping to interstate pipeline interconnections; leading role in implementation of complex intershipper agreements that address LNG vessel schedules, inventory management and send-out coordination; representing a Cove Point stakeholder in connection with the U.S. Coast Guard's development of a model operations and emergency plan for land-based LNG facilities-The Chesapeake Bay Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Vessel Management and Emergency Plan; key counsel during the negotiations for the provision of tug services at an East Coast LNG terminal; counseling major concern on interruptible access to U.S. LNG terminals; ongoing analysis of commercial, regulatory and policy developments affecting U.S. LNG terminals; key counsel analyzing the shippers' rights and obligations under an LNG terminal tariff and settlement agreements; and key team member in extensive due diligence regarding all commercial, maritime and regulatory aspects of the Cove Point LNG terminal.

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Mark R. Sudbey, president, New York and Southeast Regions, Reliant Energy Wholesale Group

Mark R. Sudbey is the President - New York and Southeast Regions within Reliant Energy Wholesale Group, a position he has held since June of 2003. He is responsible for all of Reliant Energy's activities in these regions. Mark joined Reliant in February of 2002, where he served as Vice President of East Region Origination for the Wholesale group.

Mr. Sudbey came to Reliant as a result of the Reliant merger with Orion Power Holdings in 2002. While at Orion he served as Vice President of Energy Management and was responsible for trading operations, origination, and all commercial aspects of power sales and plant commercial operations. Prior to joining Orion he worked at PG&E NEG where he was responsible for setting up the generation trading function to incorporate power plant bidding and asset operations functions into their trading operations.

Before joining PG&E, Mr. Sudbey spent 10 years with New England Electric System (now National Grid) in various managerial positions, across a broad spectrum of business disciplines.

Mr. Sudbey's hometown is Weymouth, Massachusetts. He holds a BS degree in engineering from the University of Massachusetts.

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David Voght, managing director, IPD Latin America

David Voght specializes in the Venezuelan gas and power markets, providing industry players with information on project opportunities, industry operations, political and economic risk, financing, and business to government relations.

David has been a resident of Venezuela for ten years, during which time his primary focus has been on this country's oil and gas industries, providing analysis and marketing services for multi-lateral and US Government agencies as well as private financial institutions and multi-national energy developers.

David founded IPD Latin America, Inc. in 1999 with the launch of the Venezuelan EnergyNet, an on-line consulting and advisory service providing economic and political risk analysis with a focus on energy project development. Today, David also oversees the company's operations in Mexico where a local office was opened in 2001.

David publishes and speaks regularly on the Venezuelan energy sector with particular focus legislation, regulatory and government issues impacting the day-to-day operations of the country's oil industry and scenarios for the build-out of new energy infrastructure.

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Thomas J. Woods, senior consultant, Platts Research and Consulting

Dr. Woods is an expert on North American oil, gas, NGL, and electricity supply, transportation, and market issues, having directed or participated in numerous studies in these areas. He recently joined Platts Research and Consulting, where he is a Senior Consultant for Gas.

Dr. Woods worked for Ziff Energy Group for 6 years prior to joining Platts in 2003. At Ziff Energy Group, he directed or participated in numerous studies on North American gas and electricity supply, transportation, and markets. Ziff Energy was one of the first consultants to indicate that LNG would be a major source of North American gas supply within a decade and that rumors of the imminent "death of nuclear power" were greatly exaggerated.

Dr. Woods worked for Gas Research Institute (GRI) for 16 years prior to joining Ziff Energy Group in 1997. While at GRI, he developed the initial GRI Baseline Projection, which became the basis for the GRI R&D planning. Following that, he directed the development of the GRI Hydrocarbon Model, which was the first publicly available analytic framework to capture the co-product nature of oil, gas, and NGL production in North America and its implications for prices and industry profitability. The model is used by many North American oil and gas companies.

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Chris Zerby, environmental engineer, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Mr. Chris Zerby has been performing the environmental, safety, and engineering design reviews on applications for LNG peackshaving and import/export terminals for the past twenty five years.

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