Center for Energy Finance
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Department of Finance, Red McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin

 


 

 

 

2005:  "THE FUTURE OF OIL PRICES"
February 17-18, 2005 at the Houstonian Hotel in Houston, Texas

The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Energy Finance Education and Research (CEFER), Texas Executive Education and ConocoPhillips are proud to present the 2005 Energy Finance Conference.

In 2004, crude oil futures contracts reached a peak of $55; in early 2005, they remain at historically-high levels in the low $40's, and with significant potential future volatility. Join us for a critical look at the future of oil prices as an impressive group of experts from oil and gas companies, merchant energy firms, consulting firms, investment banking, government agencies and academia scrutinizes the latest engineering, economic and financial data.

Speakers:

  • Matthew R. Simmons - Keynote Speaker. Chairman of Simmons & Company International. He serves as a Board Member of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Brown-Forman Corporation, the Center for Houston’s Future, Houston Technology Center, ICIC and the United States Atlantic Council. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
  • Robert G. Phillips – Keynote Speaker. President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., previously served as Chairman of the Board and CEO of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. and President of El Paso Field Services. 
  • Vincent (Vince) J. Kaminski - Panelist and Moderator. Adjunct Professor at Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management at Rice University, formerly a managing director of Sempra Energy Trading and Citadel Investment Group LLC, and Vice President of Commercial Analytics at Reliant Resources, Inc.
  • Ehud I. Ronn - Panelist and Moderator. Professor of Finance at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business and Director of the Center for Energy Finance and Research (CEFER)
  • Mark A. Borer – Panelist. Group Vice President of Duke Energy Field Services, formerly Vice President of natural gas marketing for Union Pacific Fuels, Inc., serves on the Board of Directors of TEPPCO
  • Steve Leppard - Panelist. Head of Structured Products, BP Europe, formerly Senior Strategist for Gaselys in Paris and Head of Enron Europe’s Research Group
  • Scott W. Tinker - Panelist. Director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin, State Geologist of Texas and a Professor in UT’s Department of Geological Sciences
  • Philip K. Verleger, Jr. - Panelist. Energy consultant and fuel economist, President of PKVerleger LLC, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics
  • Timothy H. Murray – Panelist. Executive Vice President and Manager of the Energy Group of Wells Fargo and President of Wells Fargo Energy Capital


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