Shale Task Force Members
The TAMEST Shale Task Force is a cross-disciplinary project, bringing together a diverse set of experts to achieve a balanced, informed consensus on the impacts of shale oil and natural gas development.
Christine Ehlig-Economides, NAE (Chair)
University of Houston
This is the first effort of its kind in Texas, with the best experts from academia, environmental organizations, the oil and gas industry and state agencies working together to reach a scientific consensus on what we do and don’t know about the impacts of shale oil and gas development.
– Christine Ehlig-Economides, Task Force Chair
Seismicity
Brian Stump (Lead)
Southern Methodist University
Kris J. Nygaard
ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
Craig Pearson
Railroad Commission of Texas
Land Resources
Melinda Taylor (Lead)
The University of Texas School of Law
Joseph Fitzsimons
Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC
Tracy Hester
University of Houston Law Center
Air
David Allen, NAE (Lead)
The University of Texas at Austin
Ramón Alvarez
Environmental Defense Fund
Matthew Harrison
AECOM: Americas – Upstream Oil & Gas
Water
Danny Reible, NAE (Lead)
Texas Tech University
Denny Bullard
Texas Tech University
Michael Young
The University of Texas at Austin
Transportation
John Barton (Lead)
Texas A&M University System
Cesar Quiroga
Texas A&M Transportation Institute
Economic and Social Impacts
Gene Theodori (Lead)
Sam Houston State University
Omar Garcia
South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable
Urs Kreuter
Texas A&M University
General
Amelie G. Ramirez, NAM
UT Health San Antonio
Board Liaisons
Kenneth E. Arnold, NAE
K Arnold Consulting, Inc.
David W. Russell, NAS
UT Southwestern Medical Center
