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Data Management
Ronald (Ron) D. Moore
Ron is a data technologist with fourteen years of major oil company (Mobil) data management experience. Ron’s most effective ability is to learn and implement new techniques rapidly. Versatility and flexibility are his key attributes. Ron’s skills include data room preparation and implementation, database administration, RECALL and ORACLE log, core and geologic database support, and data preparation and editing (depth alignment, data reconstruction, SP-baseline, and more). Ron’s other functions include the preparation of hardcopy and digital data outputs required by our clients, data back up, & archival services as well as digitizing and scanning.
Ron has utilized a variety of software packages in support of data needs for Formation Evaluation, Production Geoscience and Reservoir Characterization.
Ron’s educational background includes attendance at Tarrant County Jr. College and is a graduate from George A. Ball High School, Galveston, Texas. Ron also is certified in RECALL database administration.
Project Management
Natalie Davis
Natalie is an Information Technology Professional with extensive experience in project management. Natalie is a problem solver who empowers and motivates others while leveraging her professional project management experience with responsibilities of guiding and training teams across complex and highly visible efforts to deliver successful projects and to exceed client expectations. Natalie continues to manage all assigned projects by communicating task assignments, schedules, milestones and managed issues logs and provided timely meeting notes.
Natalie has more than 20 years’ experience in Information Technology and holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas, a BS degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Southern Mississippi. Natalie is a certified CSM and PMP professional.
Petrophysics
James (Jim) P. Wallace
Jim has more than 40 years of experience in providing petrophysical solutions to oil and gas reservoir problems. Jim’s skills include integrated conventional and unconventional reservoir petrophysical evaluations, robust petrophysical parameter development for use in volumetric mapping, fractured reservoir petrophysical assessments and modeling, reservoir simulation and government submission.
Jim is also experienced at both open and cased-hole formation evaluation program design including contract design, bidding and analysis, as well as petrophysical training and coaching.
Jim’s work experience includes three years with Schlumberger Well Services and 20 years with Mobil Oil Corporation working at the Mobil Exploration and Producing Technology Center and 20 years co-owning and operating Wallace International, formally Hunt, Wallace & Associates.
Jim has published papers with the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Society of Well Log Analysts, and the Indonesian Geologic Society. Jim holds a B.S. degree in Physics from the State University College at Oswego and an M.B.A. degree from Southern Methodist University. Jim is a 40+ year active member of both SPE and SPWLA.
Mark Poweski, P.E.
Mark has more than 40 years of experience in providing integrated petrophysical evaluations of both domestic and international projects. Mark’s skills include extensive experience in conventional petrophysical analysis, integration of core analysis results to improve petrophysical modeling, reservoir simulation, well testing and reserve estimation.
Mark is also experienced in reserve auditing, international operations including contract administration and bidding, non-operated property administration, and petrophysical training.
Mark’s work history includes three years with Schlumberger Overseas, ten years with Sun Oil Company working as a petrophysicist, reservoir simulation engineer, and international reservoir and completions engineer. He has also worked as an associate with several consulting firms including Netherland and Sewell and as a consultant to several oil companies and the Florida DER. Mark holds a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Masters in Engineering (Petroleum) from the University of Texas.
Mark is 40+ year active member of both SPE and SPWLA and has served several years as an exam editor and author for NCEES and as a local SPWLA chapter president.
Reserves and Reservoir Simulation
Mohamed El-Mandouh Ph. D.
Dr. El-Mandouh is a result oriented technical team leader/manager with forty years’ experience in North America and Internationally in integrated project optimization and asset management, simulation technology and its applications and field operations. Significant expertise in property evaluation including economic and reserve certification, acquisition and development. Proven leadership qualities, excellent interpersonal skills, effective communication and negotiation skills applied to numerous projects worldwide.
His educational credentials include a B.A. in Mathematics/Physics from Cairo University, a M.A. in Pure Mathematics and an M.S. in Mechanics from Michigan State University, and a Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics from Michigan State University.
Alaa Helali
Alaa is a Senior Reservoir Engineering Specialist with over 44 years of experience in the upstream Oil & Gas industry. Alaa’s experience spans across conventional and unconventional reservoirs with the focus on Field Development, Reservoir Simulation, and IOR/EOR, Secondary Recovery, and Thermal Recovery, for oil and gas reservoirs, onshore and offshore, in the Middle East (Qatar, Kuwait, U.A.E, Oman, and Egypt), India, Nigeria, and USA. Alaa is an expert user of the following suite of software: CMG (IMAX, GEM & STAR), ECLIPSE (E-100 & E-300), PVTi, Petrel RE, Pipesim, Saphir and VFP, Graf, Grid and Fortran language.
His educational credentials include a B.S. and M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Cairo University, a M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Southern California, and a diploma of professional engineer, APEGA from Alberta, Canada
Exploration & Production Geoscience
Margo J Liss
Margo is a petroleum industry expert with 31 years’ experience worldwide in both production and exploration activities. Key contributions have been in reserves estimation and integrated studies, both as a project leader of multi-disciplinary groups and as an individual technical expert. Possess extensive computer applications expertise, and a strong technical background in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. Effective bilingual mentor, instructor and course creator, with multi-cultural skills. Very active in local and international geoscience organizations.
Margo’s educational credentials include a M.Sc. degree in Geological Sciences from the University of Michigan and a B.A. degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Washington University. Margo holds a Texas Board of Professional License and is a AAPG/DPA Board Certified Petroleum Geologist.
Mark E. Mathisen Ph. D.
Dr. Mathisen is a petroleum geologist with extensive domestic and international experience with a major oil company. Mark has proven abilities in the successful development and application of geologic-seismic reservoir models and interpretations during exploration, development, enhanced recovery and horizontal drilling. Mark’s skills include geologic-seismic reservoir prediction and characterization, integration of reservoir geo-science with engineering and drilling technology, and fluent in German, Norwegian and Spanish.
In 1996 Mathisen co-founded Sound Energy, LLC. and focused on geoscience and horizontal well consulting in domestic basins, and prospect generation along the Gulf Coast. In 2003 Mathisen founded Viking GeoScience Ltd. to generate seismic-defined high-impact prospects. Mathisen has published over 115 technical papers, presentations and company reports. He is a member of the AAPG, SEPM, EAGE, IAS, SEG, SPE, the Dallas Geophysical Society and the Dallas Geological Society where he has served as an officer and president. He is also a member, former officer and past chairman of the Dallas Chapter of SIPES, the Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists. During the last year Mathisen was selected as a winner in the Best Geoscientist category of the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) 4th Annual Texas Top Producers Awards Program.
Mark holds a Ph.D.,1981 and M.S., 1977 in Geology from Iowa State University and a B.A., 1974 in Geology from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
Paul S. Cunningham
Paul is a geophysicist with over thirty years of international experience in project management, acquisition, processing and interpretation of various forms of geophysical data and implementation of new seismic acquisition technologies. Paul has worked worldwide on onshore and offshore conventional plays as well as unconventional resource plays. He is recognized for his ability to manage complex international seismic projects, balancing technical, business, operational and environmental requirements. Paul has substantial experience working with E&P companies ranging from major oil companies to large, mid-size and small independents, venture partners, and government entities (E&P and environmental regulatory agencies, national oil companies, indigenous affairs bureaus). He is a team player with demonstrated leadership skills managing and working with multi-disciplinary project teams. Paul is registered in Texas as a Professional Geoscientist (Geophysics).
Paul has an M.S. and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Earth & Planetary Sciences (geophysics concentration). He is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) serving on the Board of Directors (2016-2019), Council (2014-2016), Vice-Chair and Chair of the Meetings Review and Planning Committee (2006-2008), acting as Latin American coordinator for the SEG Global Affairs Committee (1995-2001) and on various other committees serving the geophysical community in a variety of ways. Paul was honored by the SEG in 2004 with a Life Membership. Paul is also a member of the Brazilian Geophysical Society (SBGf), the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Dallas Geophysical and Geological Societies. In 1999 he co-chaired the 6th International Congress of the SBGf in Rio de Janeiro. Paul has co-authored numerous published papers and technical presentations and is fluent in English and Portuguese and proficient in Spanish. Paul is the Founder and a co-partner with Amigos Energy Advisors, L.L.C located in Dallas, Texas.
David (Dave) S. Behrman
Dave is a geophysicist with over 40 years of extensive international experience in 2D & 3D seismic acquisition survey design, project management, on-site quality control, field processing and seismic imaging QC: PSTM, PSDM and Elastic Wave Inversion. Dave is a recognized expert in quality assurance for seismic operations in all environments, including jungle, difficult terrain, poor signal areas, transition zones, deserts and marine. He can draw upon skills in both geophysics and engineering to ensure the imaging objectives are being met and the data quality is optimum. He is providing support and consulting skills for R&D projects relating to marine seismic sources and new methods. Dave is an expert in geophysical software systems (design, processing and geophysical interpretation) and has a solid understanding of recording systems. Dave has extensive in-country experience in various parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly in the Caspian Basin area, North and South America, North and West Africa, and Indonesia.
Dave has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston and has conducted post-graduate studies in Geology at the University of Texas at Dallas. He is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and from 1994-1998 was chairman of the Geometry and Acquisition Special Interests Groups of the ProMAX Users Group, an organization of over 300 users. Dave is also a co-partner with Amigos Energy Advisors, L.L.C located in Dallas, Texas.
John Sharry Ph. D. (Advisory role only)
Dr. Sharry is a petroleum geologist with more than 40 years’ experience in exploration and production. His considerable expertise includes project management, geological modeling using Petrel, database creation/management, and seismic interpretation. John has been involved in large, integrated reservoir and field development studies worldwide and has taught a number of courses to industry on reservoir characterization, map projections, directional surveys, and the use of the Internet by geoscientists. John is registered in Texas as a Professional Geoscientist (Geology).
John has extensive experience as a consultant for various multinational, integrated petroleum companies, national oil companies, independents, and seismic contractors in various countries and regions worldwide including the former Soviet Union, India, eastern Europe, South America, and the Middle East. Prior to starting his consulting practice, John worked 13 years with Gulf Research & Development Co. and Oryx Energy/Sun Oil Co. on a wide variety of assignments including projects in China, the Gulf of Mexico and throughout the western U.S. John has been active in various unconventional resource (shale gas / shale oil) plays worldwide. He has consulted for all of the major database vendors on the creation of directional survey databases.
John obtained a Ph. D. in Geology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Geology from the University of Rochester and a B.A. in Geology from Carleton College. He is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Dallas Geological Society, the Geological Society of America (GSA), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG). John has also published scores of papers and articles in various professional journals. Dr. Sharry is also a co-partner with Amigos Energy Advisors, L.L.C located in Dallas, Texas.