More, Better: E&P Enterprise Valuation Under New Reserve-Reporting Rules

When: Anytime, at your convenience
Where: Your Computer
Cost: $50.00

Overview:
The new SEC reserve-reporting rules for U.S.-listed oil and gas producers are here and greatly affect reporting of probable and possible reserves. What types of public E&P companies are most advantaged by the new valuation dynamics? What are the going-forward reserve-analysis concerns created by new SEC-defined identification of these reserve categories? Do these new rules make U.S. producers more competitive in merging with non-U.S. firms by better streamlining how the assets of each are pre-evaluated? Experts will answer these questions and more in this informative webinar. This webinar will be moderated by Nissa Darbonne, Executive Editor, Oil and Gas Investor.

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Featured Speakers:

C. H. (Scott) Rees III P.E.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer  
Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc.

Since joining Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc. in 1988, Scott has been involved in hundreds of projects both domestically and around the world, including Russia, Latin America, Mexico, North Sea, Australia and West Africa. He was promoted to President in 2002 and CEO in 2008. He is actively involved in all aspects of the business, including the application/interpretation of industry reserves definitions and guidelines.

Geoffrey G. (Geoff) Roberts P.E
Senior Vice President, Negotiated Transactions,
The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse

Geoff Roberts has established himself as a successful entrepreneur in the transaction advisory business over the last 20+ years. Geoff was most recently a partner in the 2003 formation and development of Centurion Exploration Company, which was one of the first companies in the industry to receive private equity funding for an exploration-focused business plan. Prior to the formation of Centurion, he founded Madison Energy Advisors in 1994 that initiated and closed over $700 million in transactions and advised on $4 billion in other transactions. In 1985, he began his acquisitions and divestiture career when he formed Roberts & Associates, Inc., providing independent third-party reserve reports and A&D advisory services. He began his career in the oil and gas industry as a petroleum engineer with Amoco Production Company in 1979 and spent five years as an energy banker. He holds a BA degree in Physics from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Buffalo. He is a former Chairman of the Society of Professional Engineers’ Business Development Study Group.

Mark K. Roach
Senior Vice President, Technical Resources
The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse

Mark Roach is Senior Vice President, Technical Resources. Mark joined The Clearinghouse as a Senior Engineer in 2000, was promoted to Engineering Manager in 2002, to Vice President in 2003 and to his current position in 2008. Mark is responsible for execution of all technical work, reserves and economics as well as overseeing The Clearinghouse’s technical team of more than 30 engineers, geologists, analysts and technicians, who support the upstream and midstream negotiated- and auction-divestiture services. Mark's industry experience includes marketing oil and gas properties, supply and demand studies, reserve evaluations, expert testimony, field studies, the development/application of pressure transient analysis technology including CO2, waterfloods, resource plays, as well as conventional oil and gas exploitation projects. He has also led industry engineering workshops and implemented engineering systems for surveillance of a wide variety of projects worldwide. Mark has overseen and managed evaluations in every basin in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Indonesia, the Middle East and South America. Mark has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla (1986).

Ronald J. Gajdica, PhD, P.E.
Managing Director Scotia Waterous

Ron Gajdica works for Scotia Waterous as Managing Director in the bank’s Houston office. He is responsible for leading merger, acquisition, and divestment projects, providing technical expertise, and identifying business development opportunities. Prior to joining Scotia Waterous, Ron gained 24 years of senior management and technical experience at large public E&P companies.  He spent eight years at BHP Billiton, where his roles included Vice President of Global Planning and Evaluation, Atlantis Deepwater Project Director, Americas Production Manager and Petroleum Engineering Manager.  Prior to that, he worked at Arco for 10 years in a variety of domestic and international assignments, including Global Director of Reservoir Studies and SEC Reserves Coordinator.  He began his career at Tenneco Oil Company, spending 5 years as a reservoir and production engineer. Ron holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Stanford University.  His technical interests include deepwater appraisal and development, reservoir simulation and reserves estimation, planning and forecasting, mergers/acquisitions, project management, integrated field studies, economic evaluation, aquifer influence functions, horizontal/multi-lateral wells, and thermal recovery of heavy oil.  He has authored several technical papers.

Nissa Darbonne
Executive Editor, Hart Energy Publishing’s Oil and Gas Investor group.

Nissa contributes and manages the content for print and online publications and websites including Oil and Gas Investor, OilandGasInvestor.com, A&D Watch, A-Dcenter.com, and OilandGasInvestor.com Today. She joined Hart in 1998 after nine years in news reporting for The Daily Advertiser newspaper in Lafayette, Louisiana, the last two years as business editor.