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 


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Damien Dufour

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 producer services, transportation, storage, and hedging services. At TD Energy Trading, 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 returns and PnL for the parent company. John helped to grow Td energy from solely a financial dealer into a formidable physical and financial energy trading business. Prior to his time at Td, John worked at Engage Energy, where he traded natural gas at various hubs throughout North America. John holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Alberta.


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John Krill

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.


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Allan Lafrance

Al.lafrance@dufourenergy.com


or Alternatively Raman Srivastava for further inquiries.

Raman.srivastava@dufourenergy.com