FULL COMMITTEE FORUM: Shale Development: Best Practices and Environmental Concerns
May 23, 2013
10:00 AM
SH-216 Senate Hart Building
This forum will focus on the extraction of gas from shale. Particular topics of interest will be current best practices within the industry and environmental concerns to be addressed.
The forum will be webcast live on the committee's website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the forum is complete.
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Witness Panel 1
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Jack Williams
PresidentXTO Energy Inc. -
Charles Davidson
Chairman/CEONoble Energy, Inc. -
Clay Bretches
Vice President, Exploration and Production Services and MineralsAnadarko -
David Porges
Chairman/President/CEOEQT Corporation -
Mark Brownstein
Associate Vice President & Chief Counsel, US Climate and Energy ProgramEnvironmental Defense Fund -
Amy Mall
Senior Policy Analyst, Land and Wildlife ProgramNatural Resources Defense Council -
Deb Nardone
Director, Beyond Natural Gas CampaignSierra Club -
Barry Smitherman
ChairmanTexas Railroad Commission -
Alan Crain
Senior Vice President/Chief Legal and Governance OfficerBaker Hughes -
Marc Edwards
Senior Vice President of Completion and ProductionHalliburton -
Don Garvin
Legislative Coordinator, and member, Board of Directors for STRONGER (State Review of Oil & Natural Gas Environmental Regulations), Inc.West Virginia Environmental Council -
Stan Belieu
Representing the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission,Deputy Director, Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission/President, Ground Water Protection Council -
Tim Spisak
Deputy Assistant Director of Minerals and Realty ManagementBureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior