Experience

VSO Petroleum Consultants

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Provide oil and gas consulting services mainly for energy based private equity institutions and banks. Services include- (1) Acquisition/divestiture due diligence, (2) Oil and gas property evaluation, (3) SEC report preparation, (4) Field studies, and (5) Determination of bank collateral value. Extensive evaluation experience in every major basin in the Lower 48 and Gulf of Mexico.Representative Experience /Projects:-Spear-headed VSO’s horizontal well spacing framework which has been adopted by much of industry to better quantify well performance.-Provided technical due diligence on behalf of a private equity investor to support the acquisition of an operated asset in the Eagle Ford Karnes Trough area.-Evaluated a non-operated sales package in the State-Line area of the Delaware Basin on behalf of a credit fund.-Led a team to perform technical due diligence on a commercial bank’s marketed portfolio of reserves-based loans for upstream operators on behalf of an investor consortium.-Evaluated a wellbore only DrillCo in the Southern Midland Basin on behalf of a non-operated investment company.-Prepared a reserves report on behalf of an operator with assets located in the Brazos Valley Eagle Ford play.-Provided estimates of the fair market value for numerous Deepwater Gulf of Mexico drilling prospects.-Executed a supply forecast for a midstream company targeting an oil gathering asset in the Williston Basin including PDP volumes as well as estimated remaining inventory, type curve, and pace of development on behalf of a large credit fund.-Evaluated a marketed non-operated package that covered most of the SCOOP/STACK/Merge in Oklahoma.-Analyzed an ORRI carve-out package in the Marcellus marketed by a public operator on behalf of a credit fund.-Prepared a reserves report on behalf of an operator with assets in the Los Angeles Basin.

• Director

  • Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  Provide oil and gas consulting services mainly for energy based private equity institutions and banks. Services include- (1) Acquisition/divestiture due diligence, (2) Oil and gas property evaluation, (3) SEC report preparation, (4) Field studies, and (5) Determination of bank collateral value. Extensive evaluation experience in every major basin in the Lower 48 and Gulf of Mexico.

• Vice President

  • Jan 2019 - Jan 2021

  Provide oil and gas consulting services mainly for energy based private equity institutions and banks. Services include- (1) Acquisition/divestiture due diligence, (2) Oil and gas property evaluation, (3) SEC report preparation, (4) Field studies, and (5) Determination of bank collateral value.

• Sr. Staff Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

  Provide oil and gas consulting services mainly for energy based private equity institutions and banks. Services include- (1) Acquisition/divestiture due diligence, (2) Oil and gas property evaluation, (3) SEC report preparation, (4) Field studies, and (5) Determination of bank collateral value.

• Sr. Petroleum Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2017

  Provide oil and gas consulting services mainly for energy based private equity institutions and banks. Services include- (1) Acquisition/divestiture due diligence, (2) Oil and gas property evaluation, (3) SEC report preparation, (4) Field studies, and (5) Determination of bank collateral value.



Encana Corporation

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production Engineer

  • Jun 2013 - Nov 2013

  • Responsible for Eaglebine horizontal oil wells -Minimized downtime and OPEX -Optimized production • Evaluated and initiated a pumping unit downsizing program to save CAPEX on new units. • Designed and installed reciprocating rod pump systems. • Responsible for Eaglebine horizontal oil wells -Minimized downtime and OPEX -Optimized production • Evaluated and initiated a pumping unit downsizing program to save CAPEX on new units. • Designed and installed reciprocating rod pump systems.



Encana Corporation

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern- Reservoir Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Analyzed frac techniques and well performance in the Eagle Ford Shale through decline curve analysis and production comparisons. • Calculated economic sensitivities to completion parameters. • Analyzed frac techniques and well performance in the Eagle Ford Shale through decline curve analysis and production comparisons. • Calculated economic sensitivities to completion parameters.



Alpine Gas Company, LLC

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Intern- Petroleum Analyst

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2011

  • Part time work during school break as a petroleum analyst with small E&P Company. • Part time work during school break as a petroleum analyst with small E&P Company.



Netherland, Sewell, and Associates, Inc.

• Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Intern- Petroleum Analyst

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Created a reliable production database for reserves estimates. • Reconciled thousands of client production records with Information Handling Services (IHS) public data. • Created a reliable production database for reserves estimates. • Reconciled thousands of client production records with Information Handling Services (IHS) public data.