Hydraulic Fracturing 102: Addressing Public Concerns Over Hydraulic Fracturing

February 20, 2013

9:30 – 11:30AM Eastern

Hosted by The Horinko Group’s Water Division

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Overview

Darren Smith, Environmental Manager with Devon Energy Corporation, is the featured presenter of the third installment in the Mentoring Environment & Energy Together webinar series entitled, Hydraulic Fracturing 102: Addressing Public Concerns Over Hydraulic Fracturing.  In this webinar, Mr. Smith provides industry insight on the challenges and opportunities presented by natural gas extraction.

Moderator

  • Darren Smith, Environmental Manager with Devon Energy Corporation Darren Smith began his career in the oil and gas industry as an environmental consultant from 1995 to 1999, providing air quality, remediation, and environmental compliance support to oil and gas E&P companies operating in the Rocky Mountains. He later joined the Santa Fe Snyder Corporation to provide environmental support to Santa Fe’s Rocky Mountain assets as an Environmental Specialist based in Riverton, WY.Mr. Smith joined Devon Energy Corporation in 2000 through the company’s Santa Fe Snyder acquisition and in 2006, accepted the position of Environmental Manager at Devon’s Oklahoma City corporate headquarters. His current role as Policy Manager is to track and influence emerging regulation and design strategy to mitigate business risk and to take advantage of opportunities. Mr. Smith received a B.S. degree with honors in Biology from the University of Western Ontario in 1990 and a M.S. degree in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry from the University of Wyoming in 1995.