John Elmore Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

• Identify and acquire North American natural gas assets.
• Launched West Gas and Canadian Gas Trading.
• Added over 160,000 MMbtu/day of firm transport and 5 BCF of storage.
• Multiple pipeline projects.

• Managed $25 million trading profits.
• Added five new traders and increased volumes 300%.
• Developed junior traders to desk heads.

• Founding Principal of the Houston office.
• Drove new hedge methodology impacting 46 BCF annually and mitigating settlement risk.
• Member of Endur implementation team.

Houston, Texas, US

• Manage approximately 275,000 Mmbtu of firm capacity supplying 2,698 MW of generation.
• Generate annual goals and development plans for the four-person West Desk.
• Implementing rotational training plan to increase efficiency of West Gas Desk.

• Managed 1.1 BCF of Moss Bluff storage
• Executed forward financial positions based on fundamental analysis.
• Traded Balance of Month financial and physical positions.

• Generated $2,800,000 via park and loans and proprietary trading.

• Created Park and Loan value of $1,000,000.
• Managed cash/prompt positions for 6.5 BCF of Gulf Coast Storage.
• Valued Gulf Coast transportation and storage opportunities.
• Optimized approximately 300,000 Mmbtu of daily swing flow.
• Hedged production and implemented proprietary strategies via Nymex, basis, index and fixed price.

• Managed accounts generating over $25,000,000 between September 2002 and June 2005.
• Optimized 200,000 Mmbtu/day of firm pipeline capacity.
• Managed 1 BCF of Lodi Gas Storage.
• Built West Region Park and Loan book that generated $10,000,000.
• Executed all instruments (Nymex, basis, and index) for Park and Loan and capacity transactions.
• Traded Pacific Northwest, California, and Rockies term and intra-month physical positions.

• Generated $3.3 million net profit from August 2001 – December 2001.
• Implemented and directed all Gulf Coast trading strategies.
• Traded 3-year tenor for all Gulf Coast fixed price, basis, and index positions.
• Market maker for all Henry Hub swing swaps.
• Managed one direct report (Gulf Coast Cash Trader).
• Created cross-region trade strategies with the Northeast Desk.

• Traded prompt month and term fixed price, basis, and index positions.
• Managed Gulf Coast intra-month physical positions.
• Executed financial and physical transactions for retail customers.
• Optimized pool tolerances.

• Traded prompt month and term index positions.
• Traded intra-month physical positions in San Juan, Permian, Opal, Socal, PG&E and AECO.
• Maintained all forward physical positions.
• Managed retail marketing gas flows and optimized marketing pool tolerances.
• Expanded relationships with producers, utilities, and end use customers.