Chairman and CEO
Stonegate Production Company, LLC

Mr. Michael L. Harvey serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stonegate Production Company which he founded in 2008. He served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Gryphon Exploration, which he founded in 2000. Prior to Gryphon, Mr. Harvey served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Cheniere Energy since June 1999 and also served as its Chairman. Earlier in 1999, Mr. Harvey formed Vaquero Capital Partners. Mr. Harvey began his career in 1973 with Shell Oil Company in Corporate Planning and Economics. He served as Manager of Land Operations for General Crude Oil Company from 1977 to 1979, when Mr. Harvey joined Roy M. Huffington, Inc. as Vice President. In 1987, Mr. Harvey founded Gulfstar Petroleum Corporation, Gulfstar Operating Company and Gulfstar Energy, Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Gulfstar Petroleum. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulfstar Energy until 1997. He served as an Executive Vice President of Domain Energy Corp. since December 1997. Mr. Harvey served as a Captain and an Officer in the U.S. Army and served as a Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam. Mr. Harvey serves as Chairman of Estrella del Golfo, LLC, which he co-founded in 1996. He serves as Independent Chairman of Vermilion Resources, Inc. Mr. Harvey serves as a Director of Black Diamond Exploration Corporation. He served as a Non Executive Director at Petsec Energy Ltd. from October 4, 2008 to May 2013. Mr. Harvey served as a Director of Scorpion Offshore Ltd. since December 2005. Mr. Harvey served as Independent Director of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (formerly, Riata Energy Inc.) since January 7, 2006. He served as a Director of Amerac Energy Corporation since 1995. He served as a Director of Domain Energy Corp. since February 1998. Mr. Harvey served as a Director of Cheniere from March 1999 to October 2000. He serves on the Finance Advisory Board of the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University. He attended the University of Texas as a special student, studying Petroleum Engineering and graduate level business. Mr. Harvey is a 1970 graduate of Texas A&M University, receiving his degree in Finance.

Topic: “The South Texas Eagle Ford Play:  A Technology-led Transformation”.

The speech will cover challenges operators are facing on pad drilling and development in the Eagle Ford with the modern day oil and gas lease.  A specific example is the lease obligation to continue operations / productions on a proration unit, but the wells within the proration unit must be shut-in due to fracing operations on an adjacent unit or lease.  Many OGLs are taken with 90 day cessation of production language and the landman needs to be aware of the feasibility of actually satisfying this obligation with the time it takes to drill & complete multiple horizontal wells.

Mr. Harvey, will also be discussing the effects of Eagle Ford development on the local and state economies.