Represented the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce at 7th African United Nations Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance Conference in Luanda, Angola, and made a presentation on behalf of the U.S. Government, May 2003 Speaker at African Petroleum Forum in London, England, March 2004 Speaker at 8th African United Nations Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, April 2004 Speaker at 10th Annual Latin Oil & Gas 2004 Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2004 Speaker at African Petroleum Forum in Houston, Texas, April 14-15, 2005 Speaker at Africa Energy Forum 2005 in Barcelona, Spain, June 22-24, 2005 Speaker at Upstream Oil & Gas Summit at Amelia, Island, Florida, February 5—7, 2006; topic “Effective Strategies to Deal with the Top Challenges of Remote Supply Markets” Speaker and Chairman of a Gas21 Session at Africa Energy Forum 2006 in Lille, France, June 28-30, 2006; topic “The Gas Potential of Africa” Speaker at Tribal (American Indian) Energy in the Southwest Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 11-12, 2006 Speaker at a Gas21 Session at the Africa Energy Forum 2007 in Hamburg, Germany, June 27-29, 2007 Member of Market Watch Panel and Speaker on “African Bio-Fuels Potential” at Africa Energy Forum 2008 in Nice, France, July 2-4, 2008 Principal speaker at National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) 28" Annual Convention on “Mismeasurement and Shortchanging of Royalty Owners by Gas Pipeline Companies and Oil Companies” in Little Rock, Arkansas, September 18-20, 2008 Speaker at Energy Freedom Summit on “Biofuels: Ethanol, Biodiesel , Methanol, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Gas to Liquids (GTL)” in Chicago, Illinois, October 24-25, 2008 Chairman and Speaker on “Gas Value” and on “Trading African Biofuels,” plus gave presentation on “Biofuels: Ethanol, Biodiesel, Methanol, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Gas to Liquids (GTL), and Flex Fuels” at the Africa Energy Forum in Bordeaux, France, June 30-July 2, 2009 Chairman