The Next Wave: Innovations and Challenges in LNG

Cameron Chandler is the Owner of Chandler Energy Resources, LLC, an oil and gas consulting firm specializing in exploration, production and hydrocarbon marketing business matters. With a Dallas area base of operations, Chandler assists energy industry clients in the areas of Upstream Petroleum Land Management / Midstream Mergers & Acquisitions Due Diligence, Asset Management, Project Development and Litigation Support.

After receiving his BBA in Petroleum Land Management from The University of Texas at Austin in 1983, Cameron began as a landman for Texas Oil & Gas Corp. in Midland, Texas. Later relocating to the Company’s Dallas headquarters, Cameron transferred to affiliate, Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation during deregulation of the U.S. natural gas industry. Capitalizing on his combined expertise in petroleum land management and hydrocarbon marketing, Cameron Chandler worked in several public and private ventures, including Regal Petroleum/Commercial Gas Corporation, Aurora Natural Gas, Inc., Corpus Christi Natural Gas, Inc., Coquest Energy Services, Inc., and Energy Transfer Company.

Cameron's objective of creating a targeted oil and gas business consulting operation took shape in the formation of his company in 2005. Formally incorporated in 2011, Chandler Energy Resources, LLC’s mission is to help its clients excel through increased efficiencies within the various business disciplines of exploration, production, and value chain optimization.

An avid competitive runner and triathlete, Cameron Chandler currently serves as Emeritus Board Member and Past Chair of the McCombs School of Business BBA Advisory Board at The University of Texas at Austin, where he also serves as Guest Lecturer and Mentor, and as a regular Guest Lecturer at SMU’s Cox School of Business, including many energy industry association lecture appearances. 

Art is President of Gelber & Associates, an energy consulting & advisory company whose specialties include business strategy, price risk management, supply & demand analysis, regulatory matters, transactions, and litigation support. Art recently delivered an invitation-only research paper and associated speech at the Eurogas conference titled "The Upcoming Election and US LNG in Europe". Art and his company have been the development manager for Calais LNG, and Commercial Officer for Bienville LNG, and Pacific LNG. 

Prior to Gelber & Associates, Art was employed at ConocoPhillips in areas including Exploration, Production, International Crude Oil Trading, and Refinery Operations. Before ConocoPhillips, he was engaged in oil & gas resource evaluations for Gulf Oil and Mitchell Energy & Development Company (now Devon). Art has a Bachelor’s Degree from Colorado College and a Master’s Degree from Rice University.

Mr. Kataria also serves as a Director at LNG-9 PTE LTD, where he has served on the board of directors since January 2014, and as Charmain of the Board at GBTron Power Limited, where he has served on the board of directors since August 2013.

In the past, Mr. Kataria served as a Director at LNG Source from January 2011 to August 2023, and President at KatOil Limited from March 1998 to August 2023. Additionally, Mr. Kataria has lived and worked abroad in Singapore, Russia, Africa, and Canada.

Vasant has 21 years of experience in Engineering and Construction with 19 years in senior technical and leadership roles in LNG and CCUS. He currently leads the consulting group delivering concept development, technology and economic evaluations and asset advisory services for LNG Customers across the Americas.

He previously led the profit and loss for the LNG and CCUS businesses for the US Gulf Coast. The scope of services included greenfield and brownfield EPC projects, technology and economic evaluations, debottlenecking and production optimization scopes, turnaround and maintenance management, provision of owner’s engineering, operations readiness and decarbonization projects. In this role, he functioned as the designated project executive and sponsor on LNG and CCUS contracts providing execution oversight to project directors and managers.

Vasant is regarded as an LNG subject matter expert in the Worley global organization. He provides technical and commercial guidance to both greenfield and brownfield projects across the globe. His involvement in LNG projects spans the full project lifecycle from early conceptual designs through to startup and operation. He has worked on over 40 LNG projects supporting owners and investors on projects that employ various liquefaction technologies, both onshore and offshore and for a wide range of production capacities.

Vasant has spent the past decade working with licensors, equipment manufacturers and LNG Customers on decarbonization solutions involving pre-combustion and post-combustion carbon capture, hydrogen and low carbon alternate fuels, electrification and other carbon intensity reduction solutions for new and existing facilities. He regularly presents at international conferences to promote decarbonization initiatives in the LNG industry.

A career LNG professional, Robert has worked with organizations all around the world to develop LNG projects across all phases of design, construction and start-up. Robert started his career as an LNG consultant based in the UK helping customers configure and design projects for optimum economic returns. Robert moved to the US and subsequently held engineering and project management leadership positions at projects including Cameron LNG, ECALNG and Lake Charles LNG. Robert holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Bath and is a Chartered Chemical Engineer.