Top Women in Energy Sector Honored for Trailblazing, Industry Achievements.

Energy Editors/Business Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2004

RaderEnergy

-- "Key Women in Energy(TM)-Americas" Honorees announced today

-- Winners from field of nearly 400 senior women execs to be

named Tuesday

RaderEnergy, a Houston-based energy consultancy, announced the results today of its second annual "Key Women in Energy(TM)-Americas" awards, an honors program with the mission of identifying, recognizing and honoring women who have made significant individual contributions to the energy sector or related businesses throughout the entire energy value chain -- upstream, midstream, downstream, retail and policy.

According to Linda K. Rader, founder and chair of Key Women in Energy, nearly 400 nominations were received in one or more of six categories: Leadership, Wisdom, Visionary, Innovation/Creativity, Potential and Pathfinders/Trailblazers. Earlier this year, a panel of 12 judges in North and South America narrowed the field to 100 honorees representing 19 countries/nationalities, including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the U.S. and Venezuela. Some honorees currently work in Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan or the U.K. but must have lived in the Western Hemisphere some time during 2001-2004. On Tuesday, May 4, the overall "winner" in each of the six categories will be announced at a "Chocolate Reception" in Houston coinciding with the Offshore Technology Conference, which begins this weekend.

" 'RaderEnergy's Key Women in Energy' evolved from an awards project I worked on several years ago to identify the top people in electricity and gas," said Rader, a 24-year upstream/midstream and marketing veteran. "I knew there were many women in senior positions of increasing responsibility in energy, but nobody nominated them, so they didn't win. That experience led to this awards program, which continues to grow every year through networking and the excitement generated by the honorees themselves," she added.

"Interestingly, four distinct trends emerged among honorees this year -- a significant increase in the number of CEOS, CROs, CIOs and CFOs recognized, the internationalization of energy-related leadership experience, senior executives recently having children and an increase in honorees' spouses/partners managing the home," said Rader.

The honorees and category winners will be recognized in Houston on Tuesday, May 4, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. during a "Chocolate Reception" and ceremony at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences. Current and past honorees, energy company executives, and public and private sector officials and dignitaries are expected to attend.

Silver sponsors of the 2004 Americas program include the Canadian Consulate-Houston, Bozell & Jacobs, Sullivan & Worcester and the 20K Group, LLC. Bronze sponsors are ABB, GE, Kase and Company, the National Energy Marketers Association (NEM), Progress Energy, Walden Energy and YES Inc.

Additional supporting organizations include ARPEL-Asociacion Regional de Empresas de Petroleo y Gas Natural en Latinoamerica y el Caribe (Regional Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean), the Bilateral US-Arab Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI), the Comite Femmes de L'Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec (Women's Committee of the Order of Engineers of Quebec), Edison Electric Institute (EEI), the Energy Forum, the Green Trading Summit 2004, International LNG Association (ILNGA), Lukoil Overseas Ltd., the North American T&D Conference & Exhibition and Ottawa-based Nation Media, which arranged the 2004 awards through and in cooperation with its Canadian First Nations, Metis and Inuit suppliers.

Montreal-based ElectricEnergyOnline.com is the official media sponsor. Latin America Energy Report, published by WorldTrade Executive in association with Dow Jones, is the official "supporting media."

Rader noted that a number of 2003 and 2004 Key Women in Energy-Americas honorees are slated to present during an Offshore Technology Conference panel, "Key Women in Energy: Technology and Policy," on Tuesday, May 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 202, Second Level, Reliant Center, just prior to the honors ceremony.

About RaderEnergy

RaderEnergy is a Houston-based energy consultancy headed by its president, Linda K. Rader. RaderEnergy has provided services since 1989 in energy contract negotiations and advises global clients on energy strategy, corporate excellence, customer services and customer satisfaction. RaderEnergy sponsors annual global surveys that recognize persons involved with energy leadership, energy information technology and key women in energy. For more information, email [e-mail] or visit www.keywomeninenergy.com.

            RADERENERGY'S KEY WOMEN IN ENERGY(TM)-AMERICAS
                             2004 HONOREES


Pathfinder/Trailblazer Honorees:  Exceptional contributions by energy
 pioneers
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Georgia Baxter, President & CEO, J.H. Baxter, USA

Ellen Berman, President, Consumer Energy Council of America, USA

Cynthia Breitkreuz, General Manager of Installation Services,
GE Energy, USA

Kristine A. Burnell, Vice President of Operational Excellence, Mid
East Region, Kellogg Brown & Root Inc., a Halliburton Company, Kuwait

Helen Burroughs, U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Energy, USA

Elizabeth Sue "Susie" Crawford, Field Engineering Manager,
TengizChevrOil Asset Development Project, Tengiz, Kazakhstan; and
Principal Project Engineer, Fluor Corp., USA

Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies; Associate
Director, Rice Energy Program, James A. Baker III Institute for Public
Policy, Rice University, USA

Marilda Rosado de Sa Ribeiro, Private Consultant/Lawyer, Brazil

Dr. Lisa A. Shevenell, Associate Director, Great Basin Center for
Geothermal Energy; and Research Scientist, Nevada Bureau of Mines &
Geology, USA

Gail Watkins, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP, USA


Leadership Category Honorees: Energy superstars, industry giants and
 top performers
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Rita Bajura, Director, U.S. Department of Energy/National Energy
Technology Lab (NETL), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Carol Bartz, Carol Bartz, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO,
Autodesk, Inc., USA

Chairman Sharon Brown-Hruska, Chairman, Commodities Futures Trading
Commission, USA

Jan Campbell, Corporate Secretary, Precision Drilling Corporation,
Alberta, Canada

Maria Consuela Campos, Human Resources Manager, Shell, Colombia

Luisa Cipollitti, Industry Relations Manager, Statoil Venezuela, A.S.,
Venezuela

Kim Clark, Vice President and Controller, Entergy-Koch Trading, LP,
USA

Kathleen Clarke, Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department
of the Interior, USA

E. Renae Conley, President & CEO, Entergy Louisiana, USA

Linda Cook, President and CEO, Shell Canada Limited, Alberta, Canada
(UK until 2003)

Ann B. Curtis, Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman, Calpine
Corporation, USA

Kathleen "Kathy" Eisbrenner, President, Excelerate Energy (previously
El Paso Global LNG), USA

Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, President, Shell Oil Company; President and
CEO, Shell Oil Products U.S., USA (UK until 2003)

Sarah Emerson, Managing Director, Energy Security Analysis Inc., USA

Diana Espinosa Pacheco, Chief Strategic Planning and Risks Officer,
Ecopetrol S.A., Colombia

Dr. Michelle Michot Foss, Executive Director, Institute for Energy,
Law & Enterprise, University of Houston, USA

Robbie Gries, President and owner, Priority Oil & Gas, USA

Lois Hedg-Peth, President U.S. Operations & Executive Vice President,
Business Development & Marketing, Centrica North America, USA

Sheila Slocum Hollis, Managing Partner, Duane Morris, USA

Judith "Judi" Johansen, President and CEO, PacifiCorp, a Division of
Scottish Power, USA,

Fran Keeth, President and CEO, Shell Chemical LP; and Deputy Chief
Executive Officer and Executive Vice President of London-based Shell
Chemicals, Ltd, USA

Carin S. Knickel, Vice President, Human Resources, ConocoPhillips
(Previously President, ConocoPhillips Specialty Businesses), USA

Holly Koeppel, Executive Vice President - Commercial Operations,
AEP - American Electric Power, USA

Rebecca MacDonald, President & CEO, Ontario Energy Savings Corp.
(OESC), Ontario, Canada

Hilda Mackow, Chief Executive Officer, Mackow Communications Inc.,
Ontario, Canada

Leslie Mays, Royal Dutch Shell; Head of Global Diversity, Shell Oil
Company, USA (UK until 2003)

Rae McQuade, Executive Director, North American Energy Standards
Boards, USA

Alejandra Nicoli, Director of International, Tecpetrol S.A., Argentina

Jane L. Peverett, Chief Financial Officer, BC Transmission Corporation
(BCTC), Vancouver, British Columbia

Jill Prince, Senior Manager, Hitachi Consulting, Utility Practice, USA

Gabriela Rachadell de Delgado, Partner, Macleod Dixon - Caracas,
Venezuela

Deborah D. Resley, Owner, DR & Associates, USA

Mary Ellen Richardson, President, Association of Major Power Consumers
of Ontario, Ontario, Canada,

Dilma Rouseff, Ministra de Minas e Energia, Ministry of Mines and
Energy, Brazil

Betsy Spomer, Vice President, BG North America, Caribbean and Global
LNG (formerly also CEO, BG LNG), USA

Suzanne Suter, Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Chief
Governance Officer, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, USA

Lori Staffin Traweek, Senior Vice President, Operations and
Engineering Management, American Gas Association, USA

Beverley Van Ruyven, Senior Vice President - Distribution, BC Hydro
and Power Authority, British Columbia, Canada

Patricia A. Woertz, Executive Vice President for Global Refining and
Marketing, ChevronTexaco, USA

Claritza Zavarce, Manager Human Resources, BP Venezuela Holdings
Limited, Venezuela

Sophie Zurquiyah Rousset, Latin America South General Manager,
Schlumberger Ltd., Brazil,


"Wisdom" Category Honorees: as diverse as their corporate counsel,
 guidance and advice
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Melinda Ackerman, Senior Vice President, American Electric Power
(AEP), USA

Lisa Bodensteiner, Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
Calpine Corporation, San Jose, California, USA

Pamela F. Boschee, Independent Environmental Consultant, (formerly
Managing Editor, PennWell Corp.'s Electric Light & Power,), USA

Heather Broeder, P.E., Mechanical Facilities Engineer, Mustang
Engineering, L.P., USA,

Johnnie Burton, Director, Minerals Management Service, U.S. Department
of Interior, USA

Sharon Jones Clayton, Chairman & CEO, Moore, Clayton & Company, USA

Elisabeth Eljuri, Socio/Partner, Macleod Dixon, Venezuela

Dawn Farrell, Executive Vice President-Generation, BC Hydro and Power
Authority, British Columbia., Canada

Leslie N. Haines, Editor, Hart Energy's "Oil and Gas Investor," USA

Wendy Hall, Director, Public Relations, Halliburton, USA

Christine Hansen, Executive Director, IOGCC-Interstate Oil and Gas
Compact Commission, USA

Paula McCann Harris, Global Collaborative Projects Manager,
Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development (SEED),
Schlumberger Ltd., USA

Catherine Hughes, President, Schlumberger Canada, Ltd. and Geomarket
Manager-Canada, Schlumberger Ltd., Canada

Alicia Izarraraz, Works General Manager, BP Amoco Chemical
Company-Chocolate Bayou Works, USA

Special Recognition (posthumous): Judith Marie "Judy" Johnson
(1947-2002), formerly Partner, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., USA

Marianne Kah, Chief Economist, ConocoPhillips, USA

Suedean G. Kelly, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, USA

Dr. Suzanne Maloney, Middle East Advisor, ExxonMobil, USA

Emily McAnally, Director of Product Development, Worksuite, USA

Sherry A. Quirk, Senior Partner, Sullivan & Worcester, USA

Janelle M. Reese, Plant Manager, Koch Nitrogen Company, Fort Dodge
Plant, USA

Basma Anise Shalaby, Chief Engineer, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
(AECL-Energie atomique du Canada Limitee), Ontario, Canada

Linda Silinsky, Manager, External Communications, Schlumberger Ltd.,
USA

Leila L. Vespoli, Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
FirstEnergy Corp., USA,


Visionary Honorees: These rare gems spot trends, redirect strategies
 and to prevent/bypass roadblocks
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Xenia Baumgarten, General Manager, Lukoil Overseas Colombia Ltd.,
Colombia

Jane Kyle Edgar, North & South America - Environmental Manager
Oilfield Services, Schlumberger Oilfield Services, USA

Pia-Angela Francini, Business Development Manger - Well Production
Services, Schlumberger Ltd., USA

Sandra S. Haskins, Lead Fuel Procurement and Emissions Trading Fossil
Fuels, Progress Energy, USA

Randi Neilson, Vice President - Marketing, Itron, USA

Margarida Ramos, Las Organizacoes Globo, Brazil

Carolyn Shockley, General Manager, Products & Services, Network
Reliability Services, GE Energy, USA

Chantal Sorel, Senior Projects Manager, ABB Inc., Province Quebec,
Canada


Innovation/Creativity Category Honorees:  These women "make the rubber
 meet the road."
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Christina Andersen, General Manager of Gas Turbine Service
Engineering, GE Energy, USA

Michelle Billig, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign
Relations, USA

Vicki Colvin, Ph.D., Director, Center for Biological and Environmental
Nanotechnology (CBEN), and Associate Professor of Chemistry and
Chemical Engineering, Rice University, USA

Maria Fee, Director of Strategic Initiatives, SPX Valley Forge & Kitba
Consulting Services, L.P., USA

Cynthia A. Kase, President, Kase and Company, Inc., USA

Cindy L. Keck, Vice President Sales, ABB Inc., USA

Carol Keirstead, Manager - Strategic Initiatives, Marketing
Communications, GE Energy, USA

Kandy Lukats, Managing Partner, Upstream Technology Consultants;
Partner, Timefinders (formerly Systems Vice President, Exploration and
Development, Landmark Graphics Corp.), USA

Sherry Lee MacDonald, Director, Corporate Risk Management, EPCOR
Utilities, Inc., Alberta, Canada

Evangelia (Lea) Souliotis, Supply Chain Oil & Gas Sector Head,
Enchange, UK (formerly Supply Chain Specialist, BP, USA)

Angela Strank, Technology Vice President - Lubricants, BP, UK (worked
in USA 2003)

Meg Yaege, President, ConocoPhillips Alaska Pipeline & Vice
President - Greater Prudhoe Bay, ConocoPhillips Alaska, USA


Potential Category Honorees: These four "next generation leaders"
 joined the energy industry since January 2001.
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Allison Dancey, Executive Assistant to the Executive Director,
Associate of the Oil and Gas Development Partnership, Memorial
University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

Megan C. Gibbs, OEM Marketing Rep, ABB, Florida, USA

Desiree Tremblay, Marketing Coordinator, TM4, a subsidiary of Hydro
Quebec, Province Quebec, Canada

Charlotte E. (Dickerson) Wiley, Mechanical Engineer/Technical Advisor,
Cummins Power Generation, USA


Key Women in Energy-Americas 2004 Executive Committee (a) and
 Selection Committee Members
Alma Del Toro-Baltaci, BP Castrol, USA(a)
Erroll Davis, Alliant Energy, USA(a)
Deborah Fiorito, 20K Group, USA(a)
Carlos Garibaldi, The Scotia Group, USA(a)
Jackie Lafontaine, Shell International Exploration and Production
 Technology, USA(a)
Gerrit Maureau, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada(a)
Karyl McCurdy Lawson, Energy Consultant and Attorney-at-Law, USA(a)
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General Iain R. Murray, British
 Consulate, USA
Shirley Neff, Goldwyn International Strategies, USA(a)
Amanda Pereira, ARPEL-Asociacion Regional de Empresas de Petroleo y
 Gas Natural en Latinoamerica y el Caribe, Uruguay(a)
Linda K. Rader, Rader Energy, & Chair, Key Women in Energy Awards,
 USA(a), www.keywomeninenergy.com
Diane Webb, Information Technology Consultant, USA(a)


RADER ENERGY'S 2004 KEY WOMEN IN ENERGY-AMERICAS(TM)