The Principals



Mr. Damien Dufour founded Dufour Energy in 2002, an independent energy industry consultancy based in Calgary, Canada. Dufour Energy provides natural gas analysis and hedging recommendations to marketing and trading entities, producers and end users. In 2004, Mr. Dufour was one of the of the cofounders of Galveston LNG, a Calgary based company that was involved in the early development of an LNG terminal on the west coast of Canada in Kitimat, British Columbia. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Damien Dufour traded natural gas for one of the largest energy player in North America. During that time, he was instrumental in formulating natural gas portfolio products and providing fundamental and trading analysis to support the company's activities. Damien holds a BA in Business Administration from Laval University, Canada, and has completed the Canadian and U.S. Futures Examinations 


Contact Damien.dufour@dufourenergy.com


Mr. John Krill has over 30 years of experience in natural gas marketing. He is the former managing director of TD Energy Trading, a subsidiary of TD Bank where he worked from 2003 until 2019. John has extensive knowledge of the north American natural gas landscape including producers services, transportation, storage, and hedging services. During that time, John was responsible for the trading, sales, risk and return of the entire TD Energy trading book. He managed a team of traders and sales people who consistently generated strong results for the parent company. John helped grow TD Energy from solely a financial dealer into a premier physical and financial energy trading house.


Contact: John.krill@dufourenergy.com


Mr. Allan Lafrance has worked for over 25 years in the natural gas trading industry.  In London, UK, Allan was Team Lead for Shell International Trading and Shipping in the European gas market trading group.  Allan managed a team responsible for long term oil linked natural gas contracts, and storage at the National Balancing Point (UK), TTF (Netherlands), and Trading Hub Europe (Germany). Prior to working in London, Allan was VP of  Shell Energy North American trading in Calgary, Alberta, managing the Western Canadian gas and Power Desk responsible for storage, producer services, hedging and speculative trading.