About the Trainers

Amy Claxton – CEO, My Energy

Amy Claxton is a registered professional Chemical Engineer and owns a consulting company called My Energy. With thirty five years in the refining industry, her expertise includes global crude oil quality assessment; fuels and base oil refining technology and economics; and base oil pricing and supply forecasting. In addition, she has two decades of expertise involving gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, economics, and intellectual property.

Prior to starting her own company in 2001, Amy worked for Dow Chemical, Exxon, and ExxonMobil. After assignments in refinery fuels, chemical, and base oil operations, she became manager for technical services at Exxon’s Baytown, Texas refinery. During the Exxon – Mobil merger, Amy was Exxon’s Corporate Base Oil Liaison for senior officials and lawyers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Exxon, Mobil, and outside law firms.

Amy speaks regularly at global industry conferences and presents timely updates on topics of interest to the lubricant base oil, wax and gas-to-liquids industries. She is known for her ability to explain technical information in a concise and jargon-free manner.

Geeta Agashe – Managing Partner, My Energy

Geeta is a globally renowned and recognised expert in the entire finished lubricants value chain including lubricant basestocks (paraffinic, naphthenic, aromatic, Gas-To-Liquid, bio, as well as synthetic), lubricant and fuel additives, finished lubricants (automotive and industrial), waxes (both petroleum and synthetic incl. Gas-To-Liquid), process oils and other specialties. She is considered an expert in fast developing lubricant markets and has provided advice to most of the leading companies in this space.

Prior to starting her own consulting firm in 2015, Geeta spent 19+ years in the Global Energy Practice of Kline & Company, Inc., NJ, USA, ultimately leading the Practice. She has also worked at KPMG in their Management Consulting Division, PTC International in their Gasoline Division, and Bharat Petroleum in their Lubricants Division.

Geeta also delivers training courses to her clients on the Global Lubricants Value Chain. In addition, she is a reputed speaker and thought leader having presented and chaired at numerous Conference Connect, ICIS, Asian Fuels & Lubes, AFPM, STLE, NLGI, UEIL and other leading industry conferences. Geeta is a sought after leader and quoted in all important industry publications including LubesNGreases, Fuels & Lubes Asia, Infineum Trends, Chemical Reporter, LubesReport and others. In addition to her industry expertise, Geeta brings strong functional skills including Strategy, Supply Chain, Benchmarking, M&A support including due-diligence, Manufacturing Cost Economics, Market Research, Pricing, and others.
 

Base Oils In-person Training Course Series

£1,400 per course
£2,700 for the series (+applicable taxes)

11-12 February 2025 | Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London, UK