Topic: “The 2024 Energy Landscape”

The dynamics of the oil and gas industry are being driven increasingly by a globalist effort to transition to renewable energy under the guise of preventing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. We will explore what oil and gas demand is doing and how the industry is responding to that with supply. The environments of regulatory pressure and geopolitics are also explored.

Biography:  Leo works mostly on reservoir descriptions and matching the most appropriate technology for the application. He specializes in horizontal well drilling and completion designs, reserves, valuations, and acquisitions work, as well as providing litigation support for oil and gas matters, and strategic guidance for oil and gas investors. Some of his recent projects include characterizing unconventional redevelopment opportunities in the Wind River Basin and conventional Muddy recompletions in the Powder River Basin using petrophysics, geomechanical models, and researching offset history. He has authored numerous articles for SPE, WGA, IADC, ASME, World Oil, Drilling Contractor, and American Oil and Gas Reporter. He publishes a weekly oil and gas industry newsletter, and serves on the Technical Review Committee for SPE’s Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering and Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology. He was named Outstanding Technical Editor in 2018. He is also a member of the Northern Rockies Chapter of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Wyoming Geological Association and a Professional Engineer in the state of Wyoming.