Greg Smith has been named publisher of Oil & Gas Financial Journal. He is the first publisher dedicated exclusively to the magazine, which will be published monthly beginning with the April 2005 issue.
Smith joins PennWell Corporation, publisher of OGFJ, following 11 years in management and sales positions at Hart Energy Publishing, LP, where he recently served as group publisher of Energy Markets and Pipeline and Gas Technology magazines.
He began at Hart as a sales executive for Oil & Gas Investor and previously worked as a sales manager for The Oil Daily newspaper.
Robert F. Biolchini, PennWell president and CEO, noted that Smith is a seasoned publishing executive with the in-depth knowledge and leadership skills needed to expand the magazine and build new products. He added, “Subscriber and advertiser response to the Oil & Gas Financial Journal has been overwhelming, so we are pleased to increase the magazine’s frequency and add a full-time dedicated publisher to accelerate its growth during this time of increasing attention to energy supply and demand issues worldwide and the resulting focus on investment and oilfield development that will last for several years.”
Bill Pryor, president of PennWell’s Petroleum Group, commented, “Oil & Gas Financial Journal brings to the world of petroleum finance and investment the type of authoritative coverage that Oil & Gas Journal gives to industry operations and technology.”
OGFJ utilizes the editorial staff of Oil & Gas Journal for many of its feature articles as well as the OGJ200 quarterly report and analysis. OGFJ
