Dr. Reza Fassihi is a distinguished advisor with BHP in Houston and is responsible for subsurface technical assurance on global projects. Prior to this he was the unconventional technology manager with BP. He has over 30 years of experience in petroleum research, development, and reservoir management, including waterflood and EOR projects, and he has co-authored more than 40 papers on a broad range of petroleum engineering and research subjects. He obtained a PhD degree in petroleum engineering from Stanford University.

Dr. Tony Kovscek is professor at Stanford University since 1996 and is the Keleen and Carlton Beal Professor as well as the current chairman of the Energy Resources Department. His PhD research was in chemical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, mainly focusing on enhanced recovery processes for unconventional resources.