2007 Regional Meetings: TIPRO/IPAA Leaders in Industry
Luncheons
Houston
Petroleum Club
Houston,
Texas
January
10, 2007
TIPRO
Explorers Martin Fleming, Noble Royalties, Inc.,
Tad Mayfield, Goldston Oil, Scott Anderson,
Anderson
Oil, Inc., and Donna Warndof, TIPRO, with speaker
Michael Linn, Linn Energy, LLC.
After
giving an overview of federal efforts with the new
Congress, Mr. Linn (second from left) spoke to the
January Leaders in Industry luncheon on Linn Energy,
LLC and its innovative organization as an LLC in
the energy industry.
Michael
C. Linn - Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Linn
Energy, LLC. Mr. Linn has over 25 years
of experience operating natural gas and oil properties
in the Appalachian Basin. He is currently the Chairman
of the Independent Petroleum Association of America
(IPAA), the largest national trade association of
independent natural gas and oil producers. In addition,
he is a member of the Natural Gas Council and the
National Petroleum Council and sits on the board
of the Natural Gas Supply Association. From April
1991 to March 2003, Mr. Linn was President of Allegheny
Interests, Inc., a private natural gas and oil investment
company. Previously, he was President and CEO of
Meridian Exploration, a private Appalachian Basin
natural gas and oil company which was sold to Columbia
Natural Gas Company in 1999.
February
14, 2007
Speaker
Bill Marko addresses the audience
Marko
(left) and TIPRO President Scott Anderson, Anderson
Oil
William
“Bill” Marko is a Managing
Director at Jefferies Randall & Dewey,
the Oil & Gas Investment Banking Group at Jefferies.
He has managed more than $15 billion of asset and
corporate transactions, specializing in applying
a deep understanding of the technical aspects of
the oil and gas assets to the sales processes. Prior
to joining Jefferies
Randall & Dewey, Mr. Marko worked more than
18 years in various engineering, operations and
commercial roles at Mobil Oil, followed by COO of
Madison Energy Advisors, a transaction advisory
firm. With more than 25 years of industry experience
in worldwide acquisition, divestment and new business
development, he has evaluated transactions in all
major U.S. basins and more than 40 countries. He
is a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana
and is an active member of IPAA, currently serving
on its SE Region Board, and SPE, having previously
served on the Gulf Coast Section
(Houston) Board. Mr. Marko received an MS and BS
in engineering from Tulane University.
