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Alaska Gas Pipeline Project Update - Denali President Bud Fackrell to Deliver Keynote at September ProMAC 2008 P. M. Conference in Anchorage
Bud E. Fackrell, President of Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, will deliver a keynote speech during the ProMAC 2008 International Project Management Conference in September. Mr. Fackrell's speech will be entitled "Moving Forward with Denali - The Alaska Gas Pipeline."
The ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference, "Project Management Leading Managerial Revolutions", will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska during September 15-18, 2008. This conference follows previous successful ProMAC conferences in Singapore, Japan, and Australia.
In April, BP and ConocoPhillips announced the start of the Alaska gas pipeline, the largest private energy project in North American history. Conference participants will be provided with an update on the project, current activities, and key milestones.
Bud E. Fackrell is President of Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC, a position he has held since June 2006. Bud graduated with a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming in 1975. He has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 30 years, with much of his career spent working internationally. Bud began his career with Amoco handling drilling, completion, work-over and production activities and providing expert witness as a regulatory engineer.
From 1980 to 1987, Bud was the District Engineer managing Amoco’s engineering activities in the Gulf of Suez (GOS) for four years, with two years as the GOS Subsurface and Resource Manager over drilling and water flood improvement projects. From 1991 to 1995, he led the development of a gas strategy and execution plan as the Trinidad Gas Asset Manager. In 1995, Bud was selected as the Executive Assistant to the International Group Vice President of Amoco and the lead representative for the Upstream group to develop a process for all of Amoco’s operating companies to ensure that major projects delivered “Best in Class” results. In 1996, Bud served as the GOS District General Manager for BP Amoco. Bud was responsible for BP’s extensive natural gas assets in southwest Wyoming from 2000 to 2002 where he functioned as the Asset Delivery Manager.
From 2002 to 2006, Bud served as the General Manager and chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company, a large joint venture operating all of the offshore concessions on behalf of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, BP, Total and the Japan Oil Development Company in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Bud transferred to Anchorage in August 2006 where he served as the Senior Vice President of BP Exploration (Alaska) with accountability for all operations of the Alaska Consolidated Team.
The ProMAC 2008 conference will serve as an important forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences to revolutionize today’s project management knowledge and techniques for the future. Special plenary sessions featuring top executives and government officials will be held to exchange their practices and plans. Numerous paper presentations and workshops will be held. For details, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage. For more information, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
The ProMAC 2008 Project Management Conference, "Project Management Leading Managerial Revolutions", will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook in Anchorage, Alaska during September 15-18, 2008. This conference follows previous successful ProMAC conferences in Singapore, Japan, and Australia.
In April, BP and ConocoPhillips announced the start of the Alaska gas pipeline, the largest private energy project in North American history. Conference participants will be provided with an update on the project, current activities, and key milestones.
From 1980 to 1987, Bud was the District Engineer managing Amoco’s engineering activities in the Gulf of Suez (GOS) for four years, with two years as the GOS Subsurface and Resource Manager over drilling and water flood improvement projects. From 1991 to 1995, he led the development of a gas strategy and execution plan as the Trinidad Gas Asset Manager. In 1995, Bud was selected as the Executive Assistant to the International Group Vice President of Amoco and the lead representative for the Upstream group to develop a process for all of Amoco’s operating companies to ensure that major projects delivered “Best in Class” results. In 1996, Bud served as the GOS District General Manager for BP Amoco. Bud was responsible for BP’s extensive natural gas assets in southwest Wyoming from 2000 to 2002 where he functioned as the Asset Delivery Manager.
From 2002 to 2006, Bud served as the General Manager and chief executive officer of the Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company, a large joint venture operating all of the offshore concessions on behalf of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, BP, Total and the Japan Oil Development Company in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Bud transferred to Anchorage in August 2006 where he served as the Senior Vice President of BP Exploration (Alaska) with accountability for all operations of the Alaska Consolidated Team.
The ProMAC 2008 conference host and lead sponsor is the Masters of Science program in Project Management (MSPM) at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Other sponsors include the PMI Anchorage Alaska Chapter, the Society of Project Management (Japan), Asia Pacific International College (Australia), Alaska Communications Systems (ACS), Alaska Airlines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company , ASRC Energy Systems, British Petroleum (BP), ConocoPhillips, CH2MHill, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Hawk Consultants LLC, NANA Development Corporation, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The general conference co-chairs are Dr. Jang Ra, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA (Chair); Prof. Ali Jaafari, Asia Pacific International College, Australia; Dr. Osamu Ohno, Society of Project Management, Japan; and Prof. Khim Teck Yeo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The Project Manager is Danny Elmore, University of Alaska Anchorage. For more information, visit http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/promac/.
