Anul Thapa Email & Phone Number

Mr. Thapa has over 12 years of experience applying economics and finance principles in complex oil & gas related litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings. His experience in commercial disputes includes damages estimation, valuation and pricing related to energy assets and contracts. He has evaluated pricing of and damages arising from disputes involving natural gas storage facilities, long-term purchase and sale agreements for natural gas and LNG, oil and natural gas pipeline transportation contracts, natural gas gathering and processing contracts, natural gas storage contracts, and power purchase agreements. Mr. Thapa builds complex discounted cash flow models and applies appropriate discount rates to estimate damages in these proceedings.He also has expertise in regulatory economics of the midstream oil and gas sector which includes analyzing the rates charged by natural gas and oil pipelines, the business risks faced by natural gas pipelines, the economic justification for proposed natural gas pipelines and LNG storage facilities, pipeline access issues, and evaluating competition and market manipulation in natural gas markets.Mr. Thapa has testified before the Maine Public Utilities Commission and submitted written comments before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Mr. Thapa also works closely with testifying experts to develop and present economic and financial testimony. He provides non-testimonial consulting services to counsel drafting discovery requests and document review, advising counsel on cross-examination themes for opposing expert, developing cross-examination exhibits, assisting counsel in preparing the expert witness for hearing, and evaluating alternative scenarios for settlement negotiations.Mr. Thapa is a co-author of “Understanding Natural Gas Markets” prepared for the American Petroleum Institute in 2014. Mr. Thapa worked as a Research Associate at Brattle from 2006-2009 assisting testifying experts in energy-related litigation and regulatory matters. He also has previous experience as a Summer Associate in the Acquisition and Strategic Department at Harvest Power, a renewable waste-to-energy company. Mr. Thapa received an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.A. magna cum laude in Mathematics and Computer Science from DePauw University.Specialties: Natural gas, LNG, electricity, and oil markets and regulation; valuation; contract damages; gas-electric co-ordination; pipeline rate-making

Listed skills include Valuation, Energy, Strategy, Economics, and 12 others.