Tom A. Schneider

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Tom has over 37 years of direct responsibility and management experience in all aspects of downstream operations in the oil industry, including crude oil supply, refining, wholesale marketing, product trading, asphalt marketing, project management, economics and planning, pipelines and terminals, and managing inventory price risk. Tom’s merger and acquisition experience in the Americas, Asia, and Europe insures a thorough understanding and an aggressive approach during his consulting engagements. Assignments have spanned from General Director of an international refining, marketing, pipeline, and terminal operation to directing nine-figure, multi-faceted construction projects.

After various engineering, operations supervision, and project management roles at CITGO and Husky Oil Company, Tom joined TOTAL Petroleum, Inc. initially as the Technical Manager for the refineries followed by a position as a Refinery Manager. TOTAL then moved Tom into a corporate leadership role directing product supply, wholesale pricing, commercial marketing, asphalt and LPG activities, specialty products, and inventory price risk. He also led acquisition teams for various new assets. Next, Tom joined International Alliance Group and specialized as the owner’s representative on large refinery upgrade projects. Tom then joined Williams International, initially as Operations Manager, and then worked as overall company General Director in Lithuania.

Tom joined Stancil & Co. in 2003.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Corporate Leadership - Tom was General Director and board member for Mazeikiu Nafta during the company turnaround from an FSU style of operation into an economics-driven operation competitive in Northern Europe. Operations included an 8 million ton per year (165,000 B/D) refinery, 500 miles of crude and product pipelines, an 8 million ton per year crude export terminal, plus marketing. Tom worked as Vice President of Product Supply at TOTAL Petroleum, Inc. and was a member of the Executive Committee. The position was expanded to include inventory risk management; commercial sales of railroad diesel, jet fuel, and aviation gasoline; and development and marketing of specialty products such as solvents, asphalt, and LPG marketing.
• Mergers & Acquisitions - Involved in acquisition activity and asset dispositions for refineries, pipelines, and mid-stream operations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Activities included creating the business plan, modeling financial performance, valuation, and technical due diligence.
• Asset Valuations - In addition to valuation work done in connection with mergers and acquisitions, fair market valuation of facilities have been completed for ad valorem property tax assessments and federal tax accounting.
• Economics & Planning - Leadership of monthly planning meetings and responsibility for optimizing operations throughout crude supply, refining, and wholesale marketing for four integrated refinery operations.