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Eric Fry: The AIEN Study Bid Group Agreement Model

When: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where: Room 3.1, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, 67-69 Lincolns Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB

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Eric Fry is the Vice President of Education for the Association of International Energy Negotiators and a founding Director of its Foundation. He was most recently engaged as a Senior Business Advisor for Lapis Energy in Dallas, a CCS solution developer. He also has served as an Executive in Residence for the Energy Management Program at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business and has 40 years of experience in the domestic and international upstream oil and gas business.

Prior to the UT engagement, he was with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation as Director, International Negotiations where he led a negotiations group, responsible for all non-U.S. negotiation activities within Anadarko’s international exploration portfolio. Previous to his experience at Anadarko, he was Director of Worldwide Negotiations for Pioneer Natural Resources, responsible for negotiating business development and commercial transactions relating to Pioneer’s international and domestic portfolio, including a three-year stint with Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation as Manager of Business Development.

Eric started with a 12-year career with Phillips Petroleum, working first as a Landman, and later as Senior International Negotiator, and Commercial Team Leader for the Unitization of the Bayu-Undan Fields (later to become the Darwin LNG Project). He has conducted negotiations and performed business development activities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia.

Mr. Fry graduated from the University of Texas, graduating with degrees in Finance and Petroleum Land Management. Since joining the AIPN in 1989 (now AIEN), he has held many Committee and Officer Positions and was AIEN President 2000-2001. He has been instrumental in initiating and participating in the AIEN Student Outreach Program for over twenty-five years, along with conducting many AIEN Faculty Presentations at various conferences and workshops.

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