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MEET THE EXPERTS
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Terrence Higgins
Executive Director, Refining and Special Studies
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Experience in the fuels and refining industry: 35 years
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14 years as technical director with the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA)
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Also worked with TEXACO, HESS, and US DOE
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Dr. Petr Steiner
Director, Global Refining; Expert, Russia & CIS
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Holds a doctorate in chemical engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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Worked with Statoil, the SINTEF research center, and with the University of Cambridge, U.K. on the improvement of refining catalysts
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Kristine Klavers
Senior Vice President
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Experience in the fuels and refining industry: 20 years
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Responsible for Hart’s Global Consulting Business. Publisher of FUEL magazine and its newsletter division. MSc in Chemical Engineering from University of Twente, Netherlands and Catalyst R&D at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
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Rodrigo Favela
Executive Director, Refining, Planning and Evaluation
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Experience in refining, energy and environment, business development and planning
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MSc in Process and Systems Design from Imperial College, University of London; BS in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Autonoma de Mexico; Finance and Executive Programs from ITAM and IPADE, Mexico
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Dr. Michael Warren
Senior Vice President, Upstream Research
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11 years as Latin America Research Manager at Toyota
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Participating member of the Demand Task Group of the National Petroleum Council's Oil & Natural Gas Study.
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Served on the Board of Directors for Green Plains Renewable Energy (GPRE)
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Dr. Preeti Jain
Research Manager, Refining, Asia
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Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Kurukshetra, India and MBA from Asian Institute of Management, Philippines
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Worked with Indian Oil for 7 years in the area of biofuels, fuel quality, evaporative emissions and air quality management
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'Fulbright Alumna' by US Department of States for Environmental Leadership
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With extensive experience in the industry and offices in more than 10 worldwide locations, Hart Energy has provided expertise to:
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The world’s leading national oil companies: Petrobras, Petronas, Reliance, Saudi Aramco and Sinopec;
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Top Fortune 500 multi-national energy companies: Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total;
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Investors and financial institutions: Citigroup and Nasdaq;
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Engineering companies and technology: Criterion, Lubrizol and CDTECH;
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Automotive companies: GM, Peugeot SA, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo;
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Key international organizations: OPEC, CEN, ASTM, JCAP, ISO, METI, APEC, UNPCFV;
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Governmental bodies: U.S. EPA, Chinese EPA, Vietnamese government, EU Commission, EU Parliament, U.S. DOE, White House CEQ, Australian DEWR, South African DME, GCC Standards Organization;
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And many more…

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