Subhash Thakur is a reservoir engineer. He has his own consulting company called Sustainable Petroleum Solutions LLC. His areas of expertise include reservoir management, reservoir simulation, reserve & economic evaluation, enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration. Previously, he worked for BP in various engineering and multidisciplinary team leadership positions in Tulsa, Calgary, Trinidad and Houston. He holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from India, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado.

Subhash served in the SPE Carbon Capture & Sequestration Committee from 2011-2016 and is currently in a team that is writing the guidelines for the CO2 Storage Resource Management System (CO2 SRMS). Subhash, his wife and two children live in Houston.

Khedher Mellah holds a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota and an MBA from Texas A&M university. He worked for oil service companies in directional drilling, surveying, LWD, wireline, product development, training and completions. Khedher developed concepts and technologies for various Deepwater, high pressure fields with Chevron and Shell. Khedher oversaw the development of new technologies and hold two patents. Khedher had significant exposure to system development, system design, Reliability, Six sigma and multiple engineering disciplines.

Khedher led Oil and Gas industry focus on High Pressure/High temperature challenges and chaired the API HT/HP validation subcommittee.

Khedher led the implementation of processes to facilitate organizational change and established training and development processes that forced organizational efficiency.

Khedher use this experience to help startups succeed in the energy space.

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