Speakers

Tom Chrisfield, NorthStar, Inc

Tom Chrisfield is the Vice President of Sales for NorthStar, Inc in Evanston, WY. NorthStar is a turnkey provider of liquid natural gas (LNG) and liquid-to-compressed natural gas (LCNG) refueling facilities. Mr. Chrisfield has twelve years of experience in the design and construction of such facilities.

Mr. Chrisfield received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1983. From 1984-1988, he was employed by Dresser Atlas to perform wireline logs of producing oil & gas wells. From 1988-1997, he worked at MVE as Quality Engineer, Design Engineer, then Project Manager. Since 1997, Mr. Chrisfield has performed Engineering and Technical Sales duties with NorthStar. His hobbies are firefighting, glider flying, and gardening.

William R. Luthern, executive consultant, Levitan & Associates

William R. Luthern is an Executive Consultant with Levitan & Associates, Inc. (LAI) in Boston, Massachusetts where he advises clients on operations, strategic planning, and regulatory matters as part of the firm's natural gas practice. Prior to joining LAI, Mr. Luthern was Vice President of Production & Control for KeySpan Energy Delivery, the largest natural gas distributor in the Northeast. There he held enterprise-wide responsibility for LNG and LPG production and storage operations, system control centers, meter stations and pressure control facilities. Mr. Luthern also served as Vice President of Gas Resources for the Eastern Enterprises LDC group ( comprised of Boston Gas, Colonial Gas, Essex County Gas, and Energy North) where he was responsible for all gas supply planning and acquisition activities, supplemental gas operations, and U.S. / Canadian federal regulatory matters. Mr. Luthern has also held senior management responsibilities in sales, marketing, engineering and distribution system operations

Mr. Luthern is a Director of the New England Canada Business Council and a member of the Nova Scotia / Massachusetts Business Advisory Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Northeastern University and an M.B.A. from Suffolk University.

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.

Walter Sonne, VP, Moffatt & Nichol International

Mr. Walter Sonne, P.E. is a Vice President with Moffatt & Nichol International in Houston, Texas. He is responsible for Oil and Gas projects as well as the Houston office. Moffatt & Nichol is a U.S. based engineering company focused on waterfront and marine engineering. Mr. Sonne's experience includes the planning, permitting, design and construction for over 50 port, harbor and marine terminal projects. Early in his career, Mr. Sonne worked for Raymond International, the EPC contractor for the marine facilities at Cove Point, Elba Island and Trunkline LNG projects. Recent technical activities have focused on the development of liquid bulk terminals including LNG, LPG, GTL, and condensates, crude and refined products on a worldwide basis. Mr. Sonne has an Undergraduate Degree in Ocean Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology as well as graduate studies at the University of Houston in soil/structure interaction.

Gary Van Tassel is the President of Argent Marine Operations an affiliate company of the Argent Marine Companies. He has been with Argent since 1990 and had responsibility for bringing the LNG tankers Galeomma (ex Arzew) and LNG Delta (ex Southern) back into service after a 20-year lay-up. The reactivation included significant modifications and upgrades to bring the vessels into regulatory compliance and allow for worldwide trading. Over a period of the past 10 years, Gary has been involved in developing LNG barge designs and exploring potential trade routes. Gary's experience in the marine transportation of LNG dates back to the El Paso Algeria I project of the 1970's where he was responsible for crew training and tanker cryogenic systems. Gary is a Dual License, holding both deck and engineering officer licenses, graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy were he earned a BS in Marine Engineering and has an ME degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in Ocean Engineering.

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.

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