Director, Land & Resource Management
Western State Colorado University
Ed Grauke has over thirty years experience in oil & gas, real estate finance, sales and development, land use, environmental regulatory compliance and the trial of complex commercial & multi-district litigation. Shortly after graduating from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law in 1976 he began his legal career with a boutique law-firm in downtown Houston preparing stand-up title opinions in counties throughout Texas for small independent oil and gas companies. Ed served as a landman and exploration and production counsel for Conoco where he had regional day-to-day responsibilities for East and West Texas, Eastern New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas, including drafting the full suite of exploration and production contracts, regulatory and land matters, acquisitions and divestitures, well and right-of-way permitting and construction of new and expanded facilities. He was also responsible for environmental, health and safety compliance and enforcement matters for the company’s upstream operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico.
While working in the legal department at Conoco, Ed acquired trial experience defending oil & gas companies in both federal and state court proceedings and was responsible for settling a variety of landowner disputes, including cleanup and enforcement orders in several states. He also gained experience dealing with a wide variety of federal, state and local administrative agencies and state oil and gas and public utility commissions.
During the early ‘80’s he was Conoco’s primary in-house due diligence legal counsel responsible for the property description used to convey to Petro-Lewis Corporation over 780 million dollars of producing properties. He also served as Chief of the City of Houston’s Land Use Division, managing ten attorneys, six paralegals, and support staff. He had first chair trial responsibility for over 30 cases and was the chief legal advisor to Houston’s Planning Department during the development and public hearing phase of the City’s third proposed zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan. Ed was responsible for developing, conducting and moderating numerous community based public speaking engagements advocating and defending Houston’s residential land use enforcement procedures; administering Houston’s dangerous building abatement and residential land use enforcement programs.
While in private law practice Ed has been involved in several large multi-district litigation cases involving oil & gas and products liability cases and has successfully appealed cases to the Colorado and Texas Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Texas.
Major Uses: domestic consumption, transportation, building, electrical
Import Dependency for U.S.: 38%
Major Importers: Canada, Russia, China, Mexico
Major Uses: construction, transportation (predominantly automotive), cans and containers
Import Dependency for U.S.: 7%
Major Importers: Canada, European Union, China, Mexico
Major Uses: aircraft gas turbine engines, cemented carbides for cutting, wear-resistant applications
Import Dependency for U.S.: 81%
Major Importers: Norway, Russia, China, Canada
Major Uses: building construction, electric and electronic products, and transportation equipment
Import Dependency for U.S.: 30%
Major Importers: Chile, Canada, Peru, Mexico
Major Uses: catalysts to decrease harmful emissions in light- and heavy-duty vehicles, also used in chemical and petroleum refining sector, and fabrication of laboratory equipment
Import Dependency for U.S.: 94%
Major Importers: South Africa, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada
Major Uses: coins and medals, industrial applications, jewelry and silverware, and photography
Import Dependency for U.S.: 65%
Major Importers: Mexico, Canada, Peru, Chile
Major Uses: automotive electronics, pagers, personal computers, and portable telephones
Import Dependency for U.S.: 100%
Major Importers: Australia, China, Kazakhstan, Germany
Major Uses: petroleum-reforming catalysts, superalloys used in turbine engine components
Import Dependency for U.S.: 86%
Major Importers: Chile, Netherlands
Major Uses: catalysts to decrease harmful emissions in light- and heavy-duty vehicles, also used in chemical and petroleum refining sector, and fabrication of laboratory equipment
Import Dependency for U.S.: 94%
Major Importers: South Africa, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada
Major Uses: Jewelry and arts, electrical and electronics, dental and other
Import Dependency for U.S.: 33%
Major Importers: Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile
