REEF -
Risk Engineering Energy Forum
What We Do
Our Mission:
The Risk Engineering Energy Forum (REEF) promotes risk engineering of energy (e.g., oil, gas, and petrochemicals) operations and facilities. The REEF mission is to expand and share energy risk engineering knowledge, loss lessons learned and industry best practices.
When:
Fridays, 9:00am - 1:00pm
We normally meet the second Friday of the second month each quarter.
News & Events
Upcoming meeting
2026 Q1 Risk Engineering Energy Forum
Friday, February 20th
9:00 am - Noon CST
Houston, Texas
Preliminary 2026 meetings are May 8th, August 14th, and November 13th
Who We Are
Steering Committee Members
Don Meyer, REM Risk
Archivist
Don Roe, Berkshire
Secretary
David Heidinger, Swiss Re
Vice Chair
Mark Slezak, Oxy
Chair
Edmund Cordova, Lockton
Voting Member
Bob Wasileski, Allianz Commercial
Past Chair
Jordan Junk, Starr
Webmaster
Privacy Policy
What personal data we collect and why we collect it.
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