NGSPB hosts special guest speaker Nikki Kantelis, Area Coordinator for Energy Commerce at Texas Tech University. Mrs. Kantelis will give insight into the current state of the energy market and fundamentals.

Date: Tuesday, February 18

Time: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Location: Midland Petroleum Club

Speaker: Nikki Kantelis

Cost: $35 for members and $40 for guests (credit cards and cash accepted)

RSVP to info@ngspb.com or through the website.

Bio – Nikki Kantelis

Kantelis earned both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Economics from Colorado State University and an MBA in Quantitative Analysis from the Carlson School at the University of Minnesota.  She was recruited by BP, and upon graduation, joined its U.S. subsidiary as a planning analyst within the oil supply, trading and transportation organization.  During her tenure at BP, Kantelis moved upward through the company, holding positions of increasing responsibility and scope across the downstream in the oil supply and trading, retail marketing and pipelines business units.  In what was then a male dominated industry, Kantelis set a number of firsts for BP including being the first women manager of energy futures trading, the first American woman to hold a seat on the international oil trading desk in London and the first woman vice president of BP’s pipeline company.