Geology Expert Witnesses in Texas

Houston, Texas

Oil and Gas, Geology - Land, Engineering, HSE, Structural mapping, Title, Drilling Operations, Production, Horizontal wells, Geophysics, Completion Operations, Exploration, Reservoir Engineering, Safety, Stratigraphy

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Oil and gas exploration, exploitation, and development • Proficient in all areas of upstream oil and gas • Have supervised the drilling, completion, and production of over a thousand oil and gas wells • Familiar with industry accepted and customary practices Gulf Coast, Gulf of Mexico, US shale plays • Have extensive experience throughout these areas • Have worked 249 distinct trends, fields and prospects (see addendum) Operational planning and oversight of drilling programs • Preparing geological prognosis • Review drilling procedures • Adherence to state and local regulations • Monitoring daily mud logs, directional targeting, MWD, and geosteering • Recommending specific coring and logging programs • Interpreting well logs, core analysis, and mud logs • Deciding on major drilling decisions such as whether to complete a well, sidetrack, or plug it • Review of completion design and procedures including fracking operations • Review facilities design including ha...

Houston, Texas

Oil and Gas, Economics - Valuation of petroleum assets, international oil and gas, petroleum contracts and agreements, petroleum sector taxation, petroleum engineering, energy economics, geology, arbitration and litigation, petroleum industry standards and practices, industry expert, drilling, exploration and production

Mr. Cline has acted in the capacity of expert witness particularly with respect to valuation of petroleum properties and/or petroleum industry practices in numerous arbitration, mediation and litigation proceedings including: ExxonMobil vs. Venezuela (ICSID); ExxonMobil vs. Petróleos de Venezuela (ICC); Anadarko Petroleum/Maersk vs. Sonatrach (UNCITRAL); Maersk vs. Algeria (ICSID); Sonatrach vs. Duke (UNCITRAL); Texaco vs. Apache (AAA); Vanco vs. Ukraine (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce); Occidental vs. Ecuador (mediation); CNOOC vs. Talisman (mediation); a series of arbitrations related to Egypt’s natural gas sector (ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CRCICA); Midland Resources vs. Shtaif et al. (Ontario Superior Court); Total/ExxonMobil/Chevron/Nexen vs. NNPC (Nigerian arbitration); Repsol vs. Chevron (Spanish litigation); Niko vs. Bangladesh (ICSID and Bangladesh litigation); First National Petroleum vs. TNG (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce); Nexen/Occidental et al. vs. Yemen and multiple case...