ABOUT US     What We Do     What We Don't Do   Who We Are   Who We Are J. Bradley Williams Principal Mr. Williams has been working in the energy industry for over 25 years with a variety of companies. His experience includes the entire energy chain: E&P, liquified natural gas projects, pipeline transmission, marketing and energy trading, gas storage, risk management, power project development, regulatory changes, industry restructuring as well as international activities in these areas. Mr. Williams began his career with Transco, the gas pipeline, and worked on the transition of the US gas industry from a utility ratebase structure to an open access competitive marketplace. He worked for Mobil Oil in the U.S., Europe, and Asia mostly operating in new competitive markets including the liquified natural gas trade. Mr. Williams participated in the planning and administration of Mobil's U.S. gas marketing business, MNGI and its U.K. gas business, MGM. Mr. Williams worked for Enron for five years, leaving in 1997, in a variety of positions working on developing assets and marketing/trading energy products in the U.S. and overseas. This included running the US West Coast Origination effort and then developing projects for Enron Oil & Gas in India, China and the Former Soviet Union. After three years with Dynegy as VP of Power Development, he moved to Entergy for three years as Sr. VP of Business Development to help push Entergy's move into the competitive power market. Mr. Williams returned to the natural gas arena with FPL Group in 2003 to help bring new gas supplies to Florida and pursue natural gas opportunities on the unregulated side of FPL Group outside of Florida. Mr. Williams left FPL in early 2006 to work with a variety of companies and to pursue the development of the Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project. Mr. Williams graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1981. David W. Sharp Principal With 30 years of experience in energy trading and marketing, Mr. Sharp was the principal of DSP Resources, LLC, offering consulting services to the energy industry; specializing in the importation of liquified natural gas into the United States, natural gas storage and financial risk management. Dave's background in the industry includes eleven years with Shell where he was responsible for the development of the Coral Energy storage book and development of the West Clear Lake Storage field. By the time he left Shell in 2004, Mr. Sharp was responsible for all of Shell's domestic commercial operations for the importation of liquefied natural gas into the United States. Mr. Sharp began working on the development of the Floridian Natural Gas Storage Project in early 2006. Mr. Sharp's experience with liquefied natural gas includes responsibility for the negotiations of sales and purchase agreements with the host countries and liquefaction facilities, charter parties for shipment, operating agreements with co-shippers at receiving terminals, and downstream pipelines and markets for the re-gasified product. His industry contacts have spanned the Atlantic basin, as well as the Australia/Asia supply area of the Pacific and included both the east and west coasts of the United States. Starting his career in the crude oil gathering and trading business, Mr. Sharp was active in the industry as both crude oil and natural gas became commodities in the United States. As a result, he developed a strong understanding of price risk management and, combined with his background in gas storage, is able to offer a unique perspective on gas storage trading and the newer area of liquefied natural gas imports. Mr. Sharp has degrees in both business administration and accounting. Targa Resources Equity Partner www.targaresources.com Targa has become one of the largest providers of integrated midstream natural gas services in the country. The Company’s extensive portfolio of integrated midstream assets is strategically positioned across multiple geographic regions, producing basins, consumption and market hubs. This portfolio allows Targa to provide products and services spanning the midstream value chain to a broad base of customers. Targa owns or operates over 11,300 miles of natural gas gathering and NGL pipelines, with natural gas gathering systems covering approximately 14,400 square miles and 22 natural gas processing plants with over 10,250 MMcf/d of gross processing capacity. It’s onshore and straddle plant assets access natural gas supplies in the Permian Basin, Fort Worth / Bend Arch Basin, South Louisiana Basin, deepwater and deep shelf Gulf of Mexico. Additionally, the Company has a significant, integrated NGL logistics and marketing business with 13 terminals, net NGL fractionation capacity of approximately 300 Mbbls per day, and NGL storage capacity of over 100 Mmbbls. These assets are generally connected to and supplied, in part, by Targa’s natural gas gathering and processing assets and are primarily located in West Louisiana and near Mont Belvieu, Texas, the primary NGL hub in the United States. Targa also owns 13 storage/transport terminal facilities in a number of states including Texas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and Tennessee. In addition, the Company leases NGL storage capacity in Alabama, Nevada, and California. Targa also owns or leases 21 pressurized NGL barges, 80 transport tractors, and 113 tank trailers and 897 railcars. The geographic diversity of Targa's asset portfolio provides it direct access to many NGL end-users in both its geographic markets as well as markets outside its operating regions via open-access regulated NGL pipelines owned by third parties. It is Targa’s belief that the significant scale of its business, broad range of services, operational focus and competitive cost structure position it well to serve customers and to benefit from the importance of existing infrastructure in the growing U.S. energy market. Warburg Pincus Equity Partner www.warburgpincus.com E.M. Warburg & Co., Inc. was an investment banking and private investment counseling company founded in 1939 by the late Eric Warburg. In 1966, the business merged with Lionel I. Pincus & Co., a venture capital, investment and financial consulting firm. Joined by John Vogelstein in 1967, the founders brought a new, professional approach to venture capital and redirected the firm's activities to emphasize private equity investments. Warburg Pincus has since become a global leader in the industry it helped create: private equity investing. In 1971 the firm changed its name to E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. In 1983, Warburg Pincus closed its first international investment. Since the establishment of its London office in 1987, the firm has continued to build a global investment infrastructure. International office expansion continued with Munich, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Mumbai and Beijing. The firm has carefully built international, industrial, and economic expertise, proprietary networks for investment sourcing in each of the regions, and the capability to operate in all of the major capital markets of the world. In 35 years, the firm has created in excess of $33.5 billion of value by investing more than $16 billion in approximately 480 companies in 30 countries around the world. Warburg Pincus has become a globally integrated organization with a diversified portfolio, delivering results that are unmatched in the private equity investment industry. Warburg Pincus has invested approximately $1.0 billion in energy companies since the late 1980's. The four areas that comprise the firm's focus are: Oil and Gas; Oilfield Services; Power Generation and Energy Infrastructure; Alternative Energy Technologies. The firm has backed entrepreneurs to start new companies, including those exploring for hydrocarbons, and has financed growth opportunities and acquisition vehicles. Despite the volatility of underlying commodity prices, changes in regulation, and technological development, Warburg Pincus has established an excellent track record in this sector over many years. The firm has also developed the Line of Equity, a multi-year funding commitment that enables management teams to take advantage of opportunities and focus on operations. Given the diversity of this industry, Warburg Pincus recognizes the need for strategic planning unique to each energy-related portfolio company. Board of Managers Rene R. Joyce has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Targa since its formation in February 2004 and was a consultant for the Targa predecessor company during 2003. Mr. Joyce has also served as a member of Targa's board of directors since February 2004. He is also a member of the supervisory directors of Core Laboratories N.V. Mr. Joyce served as a consultant in the energy industry from 2000 through 2003 providing advice to various energy companies and investors regarding their operations, acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Joyce served as President of onshore pipeline operations of Coral Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, or Shell, from 1998 through 1999, and President of energy services of Coral Energy Holding, L.P., or Coral, a subsidiary of Shell which was the gas and power marketing joint venture between Shell and Tejas Gas Corporation, or Tejas, during 1999. Mr. Joyce served as President of various operating subsidiaries of Tejas, a natural gas pipeline company, from 1990 until 1998 when Tejas was acquired by Shell. Roy E. Johnson has served as Executive Vice President of Targa since April 2004 and was a consultant for the Targa predecessor company during 2003. Mr. Johnson also served as a consultant in the energy industry from 2000 through 2003 providing advice to various energy companies and investors regarding their operations, acquisitions and dispositions. He served as Vice President, Business Development and President of the International Group, of Tejas from 1995 to 2000. In these positions, he was responsible for acquisitions, pipeline expansion and development projects in North and South America. Mr. Johnson served as President of Louisiana Resources Company, a company engaged in intrastate natural gas transmission, from 1992 to 1995. Prior to 1992, Mr. Johnson held various positions with a number of different companies in the upstream and downstream energy industry James W. Whalen is president of finance and administration for Targa Resources. He has been a director of Targa since 2004 and has served as president of finance and administration for Targa subsidiaries. Mr. Whalen also serves as director of Equitable Resources, Inc. and vice chairman of the board of Parker Drilling Company. Prior to joining Targa, he was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Parker Drilling Company, chief financial officer of Diversified Diagnostic Products, chief commercial officer of Coral Energy and chief financial officer for Tejas Gas Corporation. J. Bradley Williams David W. Sharp Golder Associates Engineering www.golder.com Golder Associates is a premier global group of consulting companies, specializing in ground engineering and environmental science. Our technical staff has expertise in the disciplines of hydrogeology; environmental science; geotechnical and civil engineering; indoor environmental quality; earth, water, and air services; process and engineering design; regulatory compliance; and construction services. We have registered professional engineers and geologists in 47 states and the District of Columbia. Golder's dedicated professionals have helped our company achieve a #4 ranking in CE News magazine's "2006 best CE Firms to Work For" large company category. Golder's Florida presence includes approximately 150 staff in five locations, Boca Raton, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Tallahassee and Tampa. Lucido & Associates Land Planning/Landscape Architecture www.lucidodesign.com The underlying core to our company's vision and project approach is to always be the leading stewards of the land. Our goal is to strike the ideal balance between man and nature, while preserving the environment and enhancing the quality of life in our towns and neighborhoods. Through strong partnerships with clients, governments and citizens, Lucido & Associates is known as an award-winning landscape architecture and planning firm recognized and respected for creativity, innovation, quality and integrity. Tom Lucido, the president of Lucido & Associates, founded his company in 1988 in Stuart, Florida, later adding offices in Fort Pierce and Orlando. The company specializes in land planning, governmental permitting services and landscape architecture. Lucido & Associates has been recognized through numerous local, state and national awards. In 2005, the American Society of Landscape Architects honored the company with the Award of Merit for Conservation/ Preservation for the Evergrene Generation Green Home and the Award of Honor for Residential Development for the Bear's Club. CB&I Engineering, Procurement and Construction www.cbi.com CB&I is one of the world's leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies, specializing in projects for customers that produce, process, store and distribute the world's natural resources. CB&I has designed and built low-temperature and cryogenic storage systems for liquefied gases for nearly 50 years. We've delivered more than 1,000 refrigerated storage tanks and spheres and more than 150 turnkey design-build liquefied gas storage terminals around the globe. CB&I has extensive experience with all aspects of liquefied natural gas peak shaving facilities including feed gas pre-treatment, liquefaction, storage, sendout, and all necessary plant facilities resulting in plant performance that meets or exceeds all design specifications and code requirements. CB&I executes projects with a true EPC approach, performing nearly every aspect of the project in-house with our own staff and doing the work for a fixed price. Our turnkey services for peak shaving projects include process and detailed design, feasibility studies, material supply, fabrication, construction, pre-commissioning, plant startup and operator training. We have extensive permitting, siting, and FERC application experience and have assisted many customers in the development of their projects from initial project conception to final commissioning of the facility. Thompson & Knight Legal www.tklaw.com Thompson & Knight is an approximately 400-lawyer, full service international law firm, with offices in Dallas, Houston, New York, London and Paris, among others. Thompson & Knight provides a wide variety of services to its clients in a broad spectrum of industries. Thompson & Knight has expertise in energy infrastructure project development and finance. Dickstein Shapiro LLC Legal www.dicksteinshapiro.com Dickstein Shapiro is a Washington, DC-based law firm, with offices in New York City and Los Angeles. The firm has 425 attorneys and a total staff of over 900 people. In July 2006, the American Lawyer named Dickstein Shapiro to its "A List" of top American law firms, ranking the firm as the 10th best law firm in the United States. One of the firm's core practices is Energy. The firm has served as project counsel to a large number of natural gas and oil pipeline, liquified natural gas, power generation, wind generation and natural gas storage projects in North America. Akerman Senterfitt Legal www.akerman.com With 500 attorneys and consultants, Akerman Senterfitt is distinguished by its comprehensive Corporate, Real Estate, Construction, Government Relations, Labor & Employment, Litigation, and Intellectual Property practices. Providing services to local, regional, national and international clients, our team of legal advisors and consultants represent private and public companies, government entities, educational institutions and high net-worth individuals in over 40 different practice areas, and provide clients with not only sound legal advice, but innovative and effective business solutions. Akerman Senterfitt has offices in Florida, Washington, D.C., New York, California, Wisconsin and Virginia. Gunster Yoakley Legal www.gunster.com Established in 1925, Gunster Yoakley is one of Florida's oldest and largest full-service law firms. Its diversified practice serves an extensive client base of international, national and local businesses, institutions, local governments and prominent individuals. The firm maintains a strong presence in Florida with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Vero Beach and West Palm Beach, and a respected international practice in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. Gunster Yoakley is home to more than 140 attorneys and 350 employees, providing counsel to clients through more than 31 practice areas including corporate, litigation, real estate, land use, and trust and estates. Through its long term commitment to the Treasure Coast, firm members have become leaders in community, charitable, and professional organizations, and key participants in community planning endeavors. McNicholas & Associates Public Affairs www.mcnicholas.biz McNicholas & Associates, based in Stuart, Florida, is an award-winning, full-service media relations, public relations, public affairs and marketing communications agency. McNicholas & Associates offers the strongest creative talent to craft and deliver the most strategic, unique and powerful message for our clients. Clients include a wide range of local, regional and national businesses, local and regional governmental agencies, and local charitable and environmental organizations. Plug Media Group Branding, Interactive Development & Communications www.plugmediagroup.com Plug Media Group, based in Houston, specializes in corporate and product branding, strategic messaging, interactive/multimedia development and communications, and has received numerous accolades for excellence in design, advertising and marketing, including several awards from the American Advertising Federation, MSNBC, and the coveted Crystal Award for Best Interactive Marketing Campaign in 2006 from the American Marketing Association.   Home | Top | Contact Us © 2008 Floridian Natural Gas Storage, LLC. All rights reserved.