Ryder Scott

Larry Patrick Connor - Managing Senior Vice President

Education

BS degree, industrial engineering, Texas A&M University, 1977
Graduate work - business administration, University of Houston
Industry-sponsored short courses in waterflooding, reservoir evaluation, problem well analysis and well-log evaluation

Professional Associations

Registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists and Geologists of Alberta
Registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists and Geologists of British Columbia
Registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geophysicists and Geologists of Saskatchewan
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Member. Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (Vice-Chairman Houston Section)

Area of Expertise

Approximately thirty-one years of reservoir engineering experience with major oil company and leading engineering consulting firm.  Ability to work as leader or member of a multidisciplinary project team or to work independently.  Project manager and primary contact for several of Ryder Scott’s long–standing clients.  Extensive experience in software evaluation, negotiations with vendors, installations and training personnel on selected systems.

• Reservoir Engineering: Comprehensive understanding of traditional reservoir engineering techniques including performance curve analysis, volumetric analysis, material balance calculations, waterflood analysis, gas deliverability, infill drilling analysis and other aspects.  Proficiency in several internal and external reservoir evaluation tools, including ARIES, MERAK, OGRE, PHDwin, Petro-Soft, Power Tools, Accumap, as well as data management using MS ACCESS and MS EXCEL.
• Integrated Reservoir Studies: Routinely work with geologists and geophysicists on projects that require integration of various types of data to optimize results and achieve project goals.  Have a working knowledge of geological and geophysical concepts as applied to reservoir performance.  Effectively combine geological and engineering principles to achieve a solution to both routine and complex reservoir problems.
• Reserves Determinations: Well acquainted with reserve definitions of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), World Petroleum Congress/Society of Petroleum Engineers (PRMS) and the Canadian NI51-101.  Reviewed third-party reports for the Alberta Stock Exchange for compliance to definitions.  Performed both detailed reserves estimates and audits of clients’ internal reserve estimates.
• Economic Evaluations: Conducted numerous oil and gas economic evaluations for use in SEC reports, Competent Persons Report for the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM), initial public offering (IPO) filings, bank reports, acquisition-and-divestiture transactions, tax valuations, project and investment justifications and various other end uses.  Extensive experience with the usage of both in–house economic software and several commercial economic programs.
• Coalbed Methane: Conducted international coalbed methane feasibility and reserves determination studies for clients in Australia, Colombia, France, Great Britain, Peoples Republic of China and Poland.  Conducted coalbed methane and coal mine methane feasibility and reserve determination studies in the states of Alabama, New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
• Heavy Oil: Conducted numerous studies of heavy-oil properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary basin.  Evaluations focused on projects in thermal recovery, waterflooding, horizontal drilling, infill drilling potential and cold production technology.
• Acquisition and Divestitures: Conducted acquisition studies for Teco Energy, Apache Corporation, Gulf Canada, Nuevo Energy, Canadian Occidental and several other companies.  Some studies led to successful bids.  Supervised and prepared divestiture reports that present detailed descriptions of study methodology and economic evaluations.  In many instances, identified upside potential, maximizing the opportunity from the investor’s perspective.  Very familiar with data-room procedures and with the process of delivering meaningful results under extremely tight deadlines.  Cognizant of the business aspects of a successful acquisition and with the due diligence process.  In many cases, responsible for electronic data gathering and management as well as transfer to potential buyers.
• Software Development: Coordinate the acquisition and support of various third-party engineering and geological software packages and insure the integration of these products within the company.  Review new software, tools and processes for improving the efficiency and quality of the Ryder Scott work product.  Served on the formal and ad-hoc design and development teams of Garrett, Merak and PHDwin.  Prepare lesson plans, student reference materials and conduct training classes on new software.

GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF EXPERIENCE

Canada and United States
Canada- Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and East Coast Offshore
U.S. - All areas of onshore and Gulf of Mexico

Coalbed Methane
Alabama (Black Warrior Basin)
New Mexico (San Juan Basin)
Montana
Utah (Uinta Basin)
Virginia
Washington
Wyoming

International
Africa – Gabon, Angola - offshore
Asia - Indonesia
Australia (Coalbed Methane)
Colombia (Coalbed Methane)
Ecuador - Oriente Basin
France - Lorraine Basin (Coalbed Methane)
Former Soviet Union (FSU)
     Azerbaijan
     Kazakhstan
     Moldova
     Russia
     Turkmenistan
     Ukraine
Italy – Po Valley
Malasia - Offshore
Peoples Republic of China - Shanxi Province (Coalbed Methane)
Poland - Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Coalbed Methane)
Thailand – Offshore
Turkey – Offshore
Tunisia – Chergui Field
United Kingdom – Offshore

EXPERT TESTIMONY

Pretrial and trial testimony before the Michigan Public Service Commission.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP    1981 to Present
Perform reservoir studies for numerous clients for oil and gas property appraisals, waterflood and pressure maintenance operations, property acquisitions and divestments, and evaluation of development potential.  Clients include U.S. and international E&P companies of all sizes, financial institutions and government agencies.  Evaluate and prepare reserve determinations and future deliverabilities from coalbed methane reservoirs.

From 1997 to 1999, served as assistant manager in the Calgary office.  Supervised and coordinated the efforts of the Calgary staff and performed various administrative duties.

Amoco Production Co.    1977 to 1981
Reservoir engineer, promoted to reservoir engineer (senior grade) 1980.  Performed in-depth reservoir studies to infill drill several west Texas waterflood properties.  As an operations engineer, evaluated all proposals to drill, deepen, recomplete, stimulate and plug and abandon all Amoco properties in Railroad Commission Districts 7, 7C, 8 and 8A.  Reviewed all requests for farm-outs and farm-ins and developed bids.

Production Engineer, Odessa, Texas.  Evaluated numerous primary and secondary waterfloods in west Texas and made recommendations to maintain or improve performance and recovery. Duties included stimulation design, recompletions and daily operations.