6TH LAW OF SHALE PLAYS CONFERENCE September 10-11, 2015| Omni William Penn Hotel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania TABLE OF CONTENTS Late material will be posted online after the conference. An email notice will be sent to all registrants. TAB FACULTY ROSTER 1 CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS 2 Sharon O. Flanery, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Erin W. McDowell, Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC THE OUTLOOK FOR ENERGY: AVIEW TO 2040 3 E. Nicholas (Nick) Jones, Energy Advisor – Corporate Strategic Planning, Exxon Mobil Corporation PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CAPITAL RAISES AND EXIT TRANSACTIONS IN 4 TODAY’S SHALE PLAYS Greg Matlock, EY Stephen T. Olson, Jones Day LITIGATION UPDATE –HOT TOPICS AND FUTURE DISPUTES 5 Kevin L. Colosimo, Burleson LLP Donald D. Jackson, Haynes and Boone, LLP Timothy M. Miller, Babst Calland R. Jeffrey Pollock, McDonalds Hopkins LLC Paul K. Stockman, McGuireWoods LLP HOSTED LUNCHEON PRESENTATION 6 ENERGY PRODUCTION 2015-2020 – WHAT DO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS HOLD? Dave Freudenthal Former Governor of Wyoming Crowell & Moring LLP Sponsored by BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. BURLESON LLP GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP HAYNES &BOONE, LLP LIQUID LITIGATION MANAGEMENT,INC. MENDENHALL LAW OFFICES NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT LLP TABLE OF CONTENTS TAB MIDSTREAM AND MARKETING CHALLENGES IN A REDUCED PRICE 7 ENVIRONMENT Matt Curry, Range Resources Corporation FERC AND MIDSTREAM UPDATE 8 Kurt L. Krieger, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ROYALTY LITIGATION IN THE SHALE 9 PLAYS Kevin C. Abbott, Reed Smith LLP Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell, Reed Smith LLP SEISMIC ACTIVITY AND UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS ACTIVITY 10 Barclay Nicholson, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP NETWORKING RECEPTION Sponsored by BABST CALLAND K&L GATES LLP NAVIGANT CONSULTING,INC. RIMKUS CONSULTING GROUP,INC. VINSON &ELKINS LLP GENERAL COUNSEL PANEL 11 Erin W. McDowell, Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC C. Corwin Bromley, MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. Larry D. Cannon, FTS International David P. Poole, Range Resources Corporation Steven D. Seibert, The Williams Companies, Inc. SHALE PAY: MANAGING THE INCREASED RISK OF WAGE ISSUES IN 12 THE SHALE PLAYS Rachel Powitzky Steely, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP TABLE OF CONTENTS TAB SOMETHING IN THE AIR –FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION & 13 ITS IMPACT ON UPSTREAM AND MIDSTREAM OPERATIONS Kirsten L. Nathanson, Crowell & Moring LLP ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE SHALE PLAYS 14 Kathy G. Beckett, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Margaret Anne Hill, Blank Rome LLP Larry W. Nettles, Vinson & Elkins LLP Kristin L. Watt, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP R. Timothy Weston, K&L Gates LLP SPONSORED NETWORKING LUNCHEON SPONSORED BY EY STEPTOE &JOHNSON PLLC XTO ENERGY INC. THE ETHICS OF DOWNSIZING: ALAWYER’S PROFESSIONAL 15 OBLIGATIONS IN A REDUCTION-IN-FORCE Mark A. Konkel, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 6TH LAW OF SHALE PLAYS CONFERENCE September 10-11, 2015 Omni William Penn Hotel | Pittsburgh, PA Presented by Institute for Energy Law and Energy and Mineral Law Foundation FACULTY ROSTER CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Sharon O. Flanery Erin W. McDowell Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC 707 Virginia St. E., 8th Fl. 380 Southpoint Blvd., Suite 300 Charleston, WV 25301 Canonsburg, PA Phone: (304) 353-8155 Phone: (714) 754-5352 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SPEAKERS Kevin C. Abbott Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell Reed Smith LLP Reed Smith LLP 225 Fifth Ave., Reed Smith Centre 225 Fifth Ave., Reed Smith Centre Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone : (412) 288-3804 Phone: (412) 288-7112 Email : [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kathy G. Beckett C. Corwin Bromley Steptoe & Johnson PLLC MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. 707 Virginia St. E., 8th Fl. 1515 Arapahoe Street, Tower 1, Suite 1600 Charleston, WV 25301 Denver, CO 80202 Phone: (304) 353-8172 Phone: (303) 925-9200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Larry D. Cannon Kevin L. Colosimo FTS International Burleson LLP 777 Main Street, Suite 3000 1900 Main Street, Suite 201 Fort Worth, TX 76102 Canonsburg, PA 15317 Phone: (817) 339-3637 Phone: (724) 743-3443 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Matt Curry Dave Freudenthal Director of Business Development Crowell & Moring LLP Range Resources Corporation 1604 Pioneer Ave. 3000 Town Center Blvd Cheyenne, WY 82001 Canonsburg, PA 15317 Phone: (307) 996-1401 Phone: (724) 743-6700 Email: [email protected] Margaret Anne Hill Donald D. Jackson Blank Rome LLP Haynes & Boone, LLP One Logan Square, 130 North 18th Street 1221 McKinney St., Suite 2100 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Houston, TX 77010 Phone: (215) 569-5331 Phone: (713) 547-2026 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] E. Nicholas (Nick) Jones Mark A. Konkel Exxon Mobil Corporation Kelley Drye & Warren LLP 5959 Las Colinas Boulevard 101 Park Avenue Irving, TX 75039 New York, NY 10178 Phone: (972) 444-1000 Phone: (212) 808-7959 Email: [email protected] Kurt L. Krieger Greg Matlock Steptoe & Johnson PLLC EY 707 Virginia St. E., 8th Fl. 1401 McKinney St., Suite 1200 Charleston, WV 25301 Houston, TX 77010 Phone: (304) 353-8124 Phone: (713) 750-8133 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Timothy M. Miller Kirsten L. Nathanson Babst Calland Crowell & Moring LLP 3000 Summers Street, Suite 1000 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Charleston, WV 25301 Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (681) 265-1361 Phone: (202) 624-2887 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Larry W. Nettles Barclay Nicholson Vinson & Elkins LLP Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 1001 Fannin St., Suite 2500 1301 McKinney, Suite 5100 Houston, TX 77002 Houston, TX 77010 Phone: (713) 758-4586 Phone: (713) 651-3662 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Stephen T. Olson R. Jeffrey Pollock Jones Day McDonald Hopkins LLC 717 Texas, Suite 3300 600 Superior Avenue, East, Suite 2100 Houston, TX 77002 Cleveland, OH 44114 Phone : (832) 239-3744 Phone: (216) 348-5715 [email protected] Email: [email protected] David P. Poole Steven D. Seibert Range Resources Corporation The Williams Companies, Inc. 100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1200 2000 Commerce Drive Fort Worth, TX 76102 Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Phone: (817) 869-4254 Phone: (412) 787-3941 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Rachel Powitzky Steely Paul K. Stockman Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP McGuireWoods LLP 1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400 625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 2300 Houston, TX 77002 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Phone: (713) 276-5605 Phone: (412) 667-7945 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kristin L. Watt R. Timothy Weston Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP K&L Gates LLP 52 East Gay Street 17 North Second Street, 18th Floor Columbus, OH 43215 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: (614) 464-8398 Phone: (717) 231-4504 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Sharon O. Flanery | Member Phone: (304) 353-8155 [email protected] Licensure: OH | PA | WV J.D. Duquesne University Sharon Flanery concentrates her practice in the areas of energy and natural resources law and Chairs the firm's Energy & Natural Resources Department. As a petroleum engineer with both an operating and a legal background in the industry, she brings real-world experience to her practice. This experience includes acquisitions and divestitures, mineral leases, joint ventures, contract mining agreements, joint operating agreements, and sales and marketing agreements, as well as gathering, transportation, and processing agreements. In addition, she has substantial experience in land and legal due diligence associated with mineral transactions, as well as in the legislative and regulatory arenas. Her general property background includes leases, rights of way, deeds, land use, and damage issues. Flanery is also a member of the advisory board of the WVU College of Law Center for Energy and Sustainable Development. REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE Led teams responsible for numerous asset and stock transactions, lease transactions, and land and legal due diligence for acquisitions as lead or local counsel, involving over 4,000,000 gross acres Led team drafting a multi-million dollar supply agreement for the production and sale of biomass to an electric generating plant. The project involved traditional contract issues, clean air and greenhouse gas regulations, potential tax credits and subsidies for renewable energy sources, corporate tax, and intellectual property. Drafted legislation on behalf of a Fortune 500 energy client that clarified the requirements for notification of landowners in connection with coalbed methane development situations and prepared implementation guidelines and procedures for the client to use under the new legislation WORK EXPERIENCE 2004 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV 2001-2003 Vice President, Exploration, Columbia Natural Resources, Charleston, WV 1998-2001 AGC, Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., NiSource Corporate Services Company, Charleston, WV 1993-1998 Legal Department, CONSOL Energy, Pittsburgh, PA 1991-1993 Attorney, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA 1987-1990 Reservoir & Production Engineering Supervisor, CNG Development, Pittsburgh, PA 1983-1985 Reservoir Engineer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia 1978-1982 Special Projects Engineer, Columbia Gas Transmission, Charleston, WV RECENT PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Overview of Pooling and Unitization Affecting Appalachian Shale Development Part I: Pooling Statutes in NY, MD, OH, PA & WV Part II: Pooling Statutes