Petroleum engineer with more than 40 years of experience in drilling, completion, and production operations, this expert holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. Professional experience includes technically complex wells ranging from 10,000 to 30,000 feet in depth, including high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) and sour gas (H₂S) environments. The expert’s technical background spans conventional and non-conventional reservoirs such as coal bed methane (CBM), shale, and tight sands, with extensive work involving hydraulic fracture treatments and horizontal well bores.

With more than 30 years of expert witness experience, this professional has provided consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in litigation involving oil and gas operations, personal injury matters, drilling disputes, and production issues. Litigation matters have proceeded in state and federal courts across multiple jurisdictions, as well as in arbitration and proceedings before federal agencies. Areas of analysis have included IADC drilling contracts, drilling rig use and design, industry customs and practices, proprietary information, operational standards of care, and technical issues related to well design, hydraulic fracturing, and production operations.

Operational experience has encompassed drilling, completion, workover, intervention, cementing, well control, blowout analysis, OCTG selection, casing and tubing design, frac water management, mud logging, production measurement, and production optimization. Work has also included underground gas storage projects and hydraulic fracture treatment programs integral to production management. Leadership roles have included President of an engineering consulting firm specializing in full-cycle well services, Managing Director of an energy development company, Engineering Manager within an oil and gas partnership, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a technology development company. In these capacities, responsibilities included design and supervision of drilling and completion programs, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance oversight, operational management, rig design advisory services, drilling rig appraisals, and supervision of large multidisciplinary teams. Professional affiliations include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (AIME), and the American Association of Drilling Engineers.