Africa Liquid Energy: Powering Africa’s Future Through Sustainable Energy Solutions
s the continent’s energy needs continue to evolve, Africa Liquid Energy remains committed to providing dependable, sustainable, and accessible energy solutions.
Powering Africa's Future
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Our experienced leadership team brings decades of energy sector expertise, guiding African Liquid Energy towards excellence and innovation.
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Co-founder
Mr. Curry is a Co-Founder of Africa Liquid Energy and Co-Founder and Principal of Last Mile Energy, a liquid gas monetization platform focused on select, distributed natural gas initiatives related to plant acquisition, advanced technology applications, and infrastructure deployment including leading strategies to drive the exportation of US natural gas and related cryogenic infrastructure to international markets. Last Mile Energy and its affiliates currently supply LNG to power, mining, and bunkering applications, among other burner tip and will in short order become one of the most powerful LNG players in the Americas including bringing a commanding market stance on the global stage. Last Mile Energy is currently in the process of deploying an aggressive roll-up strategy via acquiring a portfolio of small-to-mid scale LNG production facilities/terminals allowing significant expansion capacities in addition to consolidating the assets of NuBlu Energy, a Texas-based liquefaction technology provider, that owns a small-scale LNG plant located in Port Allen, LA. Mr. Curry oversee all functions of the business and primarily focuses on corporate finance, structuring, and deal execution for the firm including directing the Company’s acquisitions, new growth projects, partnerships, & capital structuring strategies. Since 2013, Mr. Curry built the largest US LNG platform serving industrial and aggregate markets deploying over 30 multi-application LNG storage & regasification systems in over 20 states and brings has deep relationships and experience within distributed LNG market having pioneered the off-grid, small-scale LNG infrastructure market in the US. In 2014, Mr. Curry secured equity from T. Boone Pickens in order to fund natural gas infrastructure, power and logistics/distribution investments. Blue Roads was the first company dedicated to the delivery of LNG to the high horsepower, construction industry in the US and under Mr. Curry’s oversight, Blue Roads grew to become the largest provider of LNG to the aggregates, minerals, and sand industry in North America with operations in 17 states. Mr. Curry remains a shareholder in Blue Roads. Mr. Curry has over 16 years of experience in natural gas, energy finance, venture capital, and capital markets having worked in the hedge fund, buy-side space where he underwrote direct portfolio investments and managed portfolio companies within a variety of sectors including esoteric asset classes. Prior to 2014, Mr. Curry spent eight years in private equity and finance with an emphasis on aggregation of financial assets via various leveraged capital structures. Prior to focusing on private equity, Mr. Curry began his career as an analyst for Citigroup, Inc. after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Real Estate Finance from the M.J. Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University in 2005
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Gabonese oil and gas professional
Mr. Henri Bongo is a Gabonese oil and gas professional with 24 years of experience in Gabon with upstream oil and gas operators. Mr. Bongo has occupied senior management positions in companies such as Perenco and Maurel and Prom, where he was Head of Cost Control and Supply Chain Director. He has in particular led important projects of equipment purchase and imports and was instrumental in cost reduction measures after the oil price collapse of 2014. He is also extremely effective in project management. Mr. Henri Bongo holds a BA and MA in Economics from Mohamed V University in Rabat, Morrocco, and a Master 2 from IHEE, Gabon. He is now also a top expert in Gabon in oil and gas taxation, focused on the new 2019 Hydrocarbons Code of Gabon and the new financial regulations of the Central Africa Economic Community.
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Project Services professional
Ms Stella Mitchell is a well-rounded Project Services professional with over 21 years of experience in the oil and gas and petrochemical industry with both EPC contractors and upstream operators. She specializes in project planning & scheduling, cost estimation & valuation, cost control, earned value management, management of change, forecasting, financial modeling & reporting, project management, risk management and compliance. Ms Mitchell has an excellent international track record including onsite assignments in the Americas, UK, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Cameroon, Chad, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Mozambique. She holds a duo BS degree in Finance and Civil Engineering and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas
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petroleum and production engineer
Ms. Michelle Boit is a petroleum and production engineer with experience in the USA and Africa, namely in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Chad. Ms. Boit was instrumental in the design and delivery of the first oil production project in Kenya. She is skilled to conduct engineering studies as well as supervise the execution of projects in the field. Ms Boit holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University and an Executive MBA from the University of Texas.
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Co-founder
Mr. Payne is Co-founder of Africa Liquid Energy and Co-founder and Principal for the Last Mile Energy overseeing both domestic and international projects including new opportunity sourcing, development, and deal execution for the firm. Prior to co-founding Last Mile Energy, Mr. Payne was part of the founding management team of NuBlu Energy and was instrumental in the funding development, and commissioning of NuBlu’s advanced technology liquefaction plant currently operational in Port Allen, Louisiana. Since 2016, Mr. Payne has led business development for NuBlu having amassed a pipeline of LNG plant opportunities with a value of over $2 billion. Under Mr. Payne leadership, NuBlu secured its first commitment from a large international conglomerate to purchase a new build LNG plant totaling anticipated to produce approximately 250,000 gallons per day. The first of its kind, once deployed, this LNG plant will be the first Flare Gas-to-LNG operational in the market today. Mr. Payne is also in final negotiations with one of the most influential natural gas companies in the eastern Mediterranean related to deploying up to 6 LNG plants to serve base-load demand, peak-load demand, and industrial customers. Once commenced, these LNG plants will stabilize the region’s access to liquid natural gas storage and greatly reduce the risk of an existing offshore FSRU being targeted as an international asset of interest for potential destabilization.Additionally, Mr. Payne is currently developing a number of Marine-to-LNG opportunities that will provide significant contracted volume to Last Mile’s LNG platform within the Gulf Coast markets Prior to NuBlu Energy, he worked in the CNG industry selling and building CNG stations for public and private entities. Before his entry into the natural gas industry he owned a successful renewable energy company that implemented solar thermal solutions into poultry farms. Mr. Payne earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1995
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Founder
Dr. Frédéric Briens is the founder of Africa Liquid Energy and a petroleum engineer with a 35-year history of professional experience in the oil and gas industry in all parts of the world. Dr. Briens has held the highest positions within oil and gas exploration and production companies as well as in well services companies. He has spent the past ten year in Africa working on exploration, appraisal, development and production of oil, and other projects linked to the oil and gas industry in Gabon, Uganda, Tanzania, and Mozambique. During these years, he has identified the potential of gas to help countries make progress towards their energy independence. Several African oil producers do not refine their own crude and hence import 100% of their diesel needs. They also often flare gas that can be used to substitute substantial amounts of imported diesel. Capturing this gas helps not only to reduce diesel imports but also significantly reduce the emission of green effect gases and help countries comply with international climate conventions. Dr Briens holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, an MSc and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M; University and an MBA from Colorado State University.
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