Speaker Richard L. Smith, VP Exploration & Business Development, Stone Energy Corporation
Thomas Hart, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Law, El Paso Corp
Gary S. Grinsfelder, Vice President of Exploration, TXCO Resources Inc.
Rich Smith just recently joined Stone Energy in Lafayette, Louisiana as Vice President of Exploration and Business Development after serving as General Manager of Deepwater Exploration for Dominion E&P …
Thomas Hart, Senior Vice President, Business Development & Law, El Paso Corp
Gary S. Grinsfelder, Vice President of Exploration, TXCO Resources Inc.
Rich Smith just recently joined Stone Energy in Lafayette, Louisiana as Vice President of Exploration and Business Development after serving as General Manager of Deepwater Exploration for Dominion E&P in New Orleans. Rich was with Dominion and its predecessor, CNG, for ten years. Before joining CNG/Dominion, Rich worked for Exxon for 13 years in many capacities and in several areas, including onshore and offshore Gulf of Mexico, Deepwater Brazil, the Sub-Andean play of Bolivia, and offshore Venezuela.
Rich has a Bachelors Degree in Oceanography and a Masters Degree in Geology, both from Texas A&M University. He is originally from Houston, Texas.
Thomas Hart, Senior VP Business Development & Law, El Paso Corp 
Thomas M. Hart III
is Sr. Vice President - Business Development and Law of El Paso Exploration and Production Company. Mr. Hart manages the company’s Business Development team and is responsible for the evaluation and execution of major upstream business development and merger & acquisition efforts. He also serves as General Counsel of El Paso’s E&P and other non-regulated subsidiaries. Mr. Hart has served in various corporate & business development roles with El Paso Corporation since January 2001.
Mr. Hart was previously a member of the Corporate Securities Group of Andrews & Kurth L.L.P., where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, private and underwritten public securities offerings, and partnerships and alliances. His clients included private and public companies in a variety of industries, investment banking firms, and private investment firms. Hart earned his Bachelor of Arts at Trinity University, his Doctor of Laws at University of Texas School of Law, and his Master of Business Administration at Universityof Texas Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas.
Gary S. Grinsfelder, Vice President of Exploration, TXCO Resources Inc.
Gary S. Grinsfelder was named TXCO’s Vice President of Exploration in May 2007 and is responsible for the company’s exploration and development activities. He was Executive Vice President of Exploration and Business Development for Output Exploration LLC prior to its acquisition by TXCO in April 2007. A geologist with more than 30 years of oil and gas industry experience, he was Vice President of Exploration for Triad Energy before joining Output in 1994. Earlier, he was with Union Oil Company of California, American Petrofina and Spartan Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Grinsfelder holds a B.S. in Geology from Southern Methodist University, and pursued graduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico, and University of Houston.
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