ABOUT
DOWNEAST LNG
Dean
Girdis founded Downeast LNG in March 2004. He has
17 years of work experience in economic development and energy,
and 12 years of international energy consulting and project
development experience in about 30 countries. He served with
the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. He has worked with a
wide range of energy technologies and projects including:
fuelwood; decentralized power for rural African villages;
wind power in the U.S., Cape Verde, and Egypt; gas pipelines,
LNG, and gas power plants throughout the world; and competitive
strategy in the gas and power sectors. The vast majority of
his project development work was with the World Bank in developing
countries, with a strong focus on the relationship between
energy projects and economic and community development. Most
recently, he was Director of Gas and Power at PFC Energy.
He has worked for a range of clients including national and
multinational oil and gas companies, non-governmental agencies,
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and CARE
International. Since 1998, he has worked in the LNG industry,
with seven years experience in LNG supply, competition, and
project and market development.
Robert
Wyatt began advising the project on site identification,
environment, and permitting in July 2004, when he joined as
a vice president of environmental affairs. Rob Wyatt has been
a professional environmental consultant for 30 years. His
primary expertise lies in the strategic and technical management
and negotiation of major industrial development environmental
permits; compliance with federal, state, and local regulations;
and transactional due diligence. He has managed hundreds of
environmental studies and regulatory permitting programs for
a number of Fortune 100 industrial clients. He has worked
on projects in 39 states, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Canada, and
the Caribbean.
In
the port development and LNG industry, Mr. Wyatt is best known
for his work as the Environmental Affairs Development Manager
for the Puerto Rico Transshipment Port Project of Governor
Pedro Rosello, and the successful grassroots development of
the EcoElectrica LNG Import Terminal and Cogeneration Power
Plant Project in Puerto Rico.
Our
financial backers are Kestrel Energy Partners,
an oil and gas private equity investment firm based in New
York. They are actively investing in this business sector
and are committed to LNG project development.
Info
on our commitment to local hiring & good corporate citizenship:
Corporate
Responsibility Statement (PDF, 31K)
Employee
Commitment and Procurement Strategy (PDF, 49K)
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