Meet Our Team ///

John T. Royall

President and Chief Executive Officer

John T. Royall was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Publishing Company on April 28, 2009. Mr. Royall has extensive experience in business-to-business media and events including 22 years in business publishing. A graduate of the University of Texas, he has held executive positions at Reed Business Information and Penton Media. Previously he was Vice President of PennWell’s Offshore Group.

Ron Higgins

Vice President / Publisher

Ron Higgins is Publisher and Vice President for World Oil magazine. Ron earned a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Houston. He has been in the oil and gas publishing industry for more than 40 years. His past experience includes working for a major oilfield equipment manufacturer and a major drilling contractor. He is a member of SPE, IADC, IPAA and NOMADS.

Pramod Kulkarni

Editor-in-Chief

Pramod Kulkarni is Editor of World Oil magazine. Kulkarni was most recently a contributing editor to World Oil. Previously, he served as Communications Manager for Baker Hughes, working on communications for a variety of upstream technologies. He was also the managing editor of InDepth, Baker Hughes’ technology magazine, and editor of Technology Update, the company’s e-newsletter. Prior to Baker Hughes, Kulkarni worked as Communications Manager for Western Atlas International. Kulkarni holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Utah State University, an MA in Journalism from the University of Iowa and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from the University of Houston.

Kurt Abraham

Executive Editor

Kurt Abraham is Executive Editor of World Oil. He is responsible for day-to-day management of content, heading up forecasting, and developing new products. Kurt has 30 years of industry experience. He earned a BA degree in journalism and business administration from Texas A&M University. His experience includes all four major media, as well as a major trade association. He is a member of NOMADS, the IPAA Supply and Demand Committee, and Offshore Energy Center, and he serves as an expert commentator.

Roger Jordan

Associate Editor

Roger Jordan is World Oil’s Associate Editor. His duties include editing articles and contributing content for both WorldOil.com and the monthly print magazine. Roger graduated from Durham University, England, with a BS degree. Prior to joining the World Oil editorial staff, Roger worked as a Communications Officer for a non-profit organization based in the UK.

Steven McGinn

News Editor

Steven McGinn is World Oil’s News Editor. His duties include editing technical articles and contributing content to various sections of WorldOil.com, monthly print magazine and e-newsletters. Steve received a BS degree from Sam Houston State University. Prior to joining World Oil, Steve gained extensive oil and gas industry experience with ICIS, Platts and Blue Ocean Brokerage.