Don Juckett is the Director, Natural Gas and Oil Import and Export Activities in the Office of Gas and Petroleum Technologies of Office of Fossil Energy. His responsibilities include industry liaison, technology transfer coordination, and coordination of crosscutting technologies for international activities related to natural gas and oil in the Office of Fossil Energy. He has served as the oil and gas technical lead for Departmental mission activities with China, Mexico, Africa, Ukraine, Russia and Western Hemisphere Energy initiatives. He also participates in APEC oil and gas initiatives. His office has responsibility for authorization of the import and export of pipeline and liquified natural gas in the U.S. Imports of natural gas represented approximately 18% of U.S. consumption in 2000. Presently he is co-chairman of the Administration's National Energy Plan - Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Inter-Agency Task Force.

He joined the Department of Energy in 1988 and has served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy where he was responsible for special projects in natural gas and oil for the Office of Fossil Energy in contract, technical and crosscutting activities reporting to the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy. He has also served as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Gas and Petroleum Technologies; Director, Office of Gas and Oil Exploration and Production, and Director, Office of Geoscience Research.

His activities at the Department of Energy have included; technical lead for developing an operating agreement for the Department's Elk Hills field in Bakersfield California, the Fossil Energy lead for the development of natural gas and oil policy, developing budgets and managing the Office of Fossil Energy's natural gas and oil technology program, developing the support contract for the Bartlesville Project Office which expanded the functional role of the Department's oil technology program, and managing the Office of Geoscience Research, including technical functions, and policy analysis.

Prior to joining the Department of Energy in 1988, Dr. Juckett was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company. During that period he worked in exploration and production, and in R&D. During his career he worked on, and provided technical support for, thirty plays in the U.S., including the East Coast, the Gulf Coast, the West Coast and Alaska offshore as well as the lower 48 and Alaska on-shore. He also worked prospects in the North Sea (U.K. and Norway), Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa, the Far East and Asia.

At Phillips he held several positions including, Director, Hydrocarbon Systems and Surface Detection, Exploration and Production; Supervisor, Organic Geochemistry and Geological Modeling, Supervisor, Organic Geochemistry Section, Senior Research Chemist, Stable Isotopes Section, and Research Chemist, Senior Scientists Staff for Exploration and Production Research.
From 1968 to 1971 he worked as Senior Chemist for the New York State Health Department, Birth Defects Institute conducting research in amino acid deficiencies and genetic disorders.

He was granted a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1974 from the State University of New York at Albany, a B.A. in Chemistry in 1967 from the State University of New York, College at Oswego, and an A.A.S. in Chemistry in 1963 from Adirondack Community College.

Presentation Topic : National Energy Policy and the Future of Energy Production

By: Dr. Don Juckett

High Level U.S. government and industry officials/stakeholders will discuss U.S. energy policy, related issues and the focus of the electrical generqation industry - on a local, national and global basis.

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