Considine will have responsibility for increasing the utilisation of Peabody's coal reserves in Btu conversion projects – whereby coal is converted into other energy forms including electricity, pipeline-quality synthetic natural gas, liquid transportation fuel and hydrogen.
Considine has 28 years of business development experience, most recently serving as a consultant to General Electric in acquiring ChevronTexaco's gasification technology. He previously held positions with Texaco and ChevronTexaco, including senior vice president of business development for worldwide power and gasification projects, which included licensing activities.
He holds a master of business administration from Pace University in New York, as well as a bachelor and a master of science degree in Chemical Engineering from Manhattan College in New York.
He reports to executive vice president of resource management and strategic planning, Roger Walcott.
