Tudor, Trauber and Boothby to be Keynote Speakers for Hart Energy's 2011 DUG™ Conference in Fort Worth

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Feb 10, 2011, 09:00 ET

HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Three energy industry leaders -- Bobby Tudor, chairman and CEO of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. LLC, Stephen Trauber, vice chairman, global energy banking for Citi Capital Markets, and Lee K. Boothby, president and CEO of Newfield Exploration -- will be keynote speakers at Hart Energy's 6th annual Developing Unconventional Gas (DUG™) conference and exhibition, April 18-20, at the Fort Worth Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

This year's DUG conference provides an update on the booming Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and examines other liquids-rich unconventional targets in the Permian basin, in Oklahoma, and beyond. Citi's Trauber starts the conference on Tuesday, April 19. Newfield's Boothby leads off that afternoon's agenda, and the Tudor Pickering founder closes the opening day's program.

Of the 28 speakers confirmed to-date for the DUG conference, 15 are senior executives with oil and gas operating companies. The conference continues until midday Wednesday, April 20.

A complete agenda for the 6th annual DUG conference can be found at www.dugconference.com

For more than 30 years, Hart Energy has been the leader in covering energy news and technology for investors and industry executives. The Houston-based Company provides subscriber-only online information services (OilandGasInvestor.com, A-Dcenter.com and UGcenter.com), publishes industry magazines (Oil and Gas Investor, E&P, Midstream Business and FUEL), and produces specialized newsletters and conferences, with particular strength in the unconventional resource markets. Its research arm is publishing the first Global Shale Gas Study analyzing shale gas resources worldwide.

For detailed information about Hart Energy and its DUG conferences, please visit www.hartenergy.com and www.hartenergyconferences.com