Tom Miesner spent over 25 years at Conoco Pipeline, retiring as President in 2003. Over those years, Tom held many industry positions including serving as Chairman of the Association of Oil Pipeline, and the Chairman of the Board of Explorer Pipe Line Company. After retiring from ConocoPhillips, Tom founded a boutique consulting business, serving clients in the oil and gas midstream industry. In 2008, Tom founded Pipeline Knowledge & Development to share his oil and gas pipeline knowledge with others. Since that time Tom has taught over 150 instructor led classes to over 2,500 students. His most popular class is Oil and Gas Pipeline Fundamentals.
Tom is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Tom is also a member of the Central Texas Angel Network where he invests in early stage companies and mentors entrepreneurs. His work passions center around helping midstream stakeholders understand the oil and gas midstream industries, improving the safety, reliability, efficiency and environmental performance of the oil and gas pipeline industry, and helping existing and start-up companies plan and execute effective strategies.
Bill Leffler is a prolific petroleum industry writer of magazine articles and books that almost all have the words in Nontechnical Language in the title.) His other books (some with co-authors) include:
- Petroleum Refining in Nontechnical Language
- Petrochemicals in Nontechnical Language
- Deepwater Exploration and Production - a Nontechnical Guide
- Oil & Gas Production in Nontechnical Language
- Natural Gas Liquids in Nontechnical Language
His favorite, a satire titled
Romancing the Scone - Finding our way in a Land Full of Brits, is about ex-pats in the UK and the natives they meet.
Dr. Leffler earned an MBA and Ph.D. from New York University and a BS from MIT. After a commission in the U.S. Navy, he worked in the oil and gas and petrochemicals industries for 36 years in the U.S. and abroad. Following that he taught courses in universities and in companies on upstream, downstream, and petrochemicals for 20 years while pursuing his writing career.
