James M. Ledbetter
Summary
• Petroleum Engineer - BSc, University of Tulsa, 1978
• Specialized in Reservoir Engineer / Joint Venture Management / International Economics Analyst / Research / and Production
• Oil & Gas Industry Worldwide > 20 countries; US, Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Middle East, Oceania, North & West Africa, South America
• Onshore & Offshore Drilling – OCS and Deep water
• Senior Staff Engineer, Joint Venture Manager, Engineering Manager, Technical Vice-President (Geology, Geophysics, & Engineering), Commercial Manager, Strategic Planning Manager, Technology & Intelligence Coordinator, Economics Analyst, IOC/NOC Negotiator, Business Development Manager, Drilling
• International Concession Negotiations in seven countries,
• Seven yrs. in Upstream & Downstream Research, Technology Development & Implementation
• Saudi Aramco, Shell, Chevron, Marathon, KOC, Kerr-McGee, Occidental, Dept. of Interior (Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement)
Work Experience
Manhattan Strategy Group, Aug 2013 – Dec 2013
Managing Consultant, (consultant to Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement)
• SME(Subject Matter Expert)
• API (American Petroleum Institute)
API 14A & B,
API 16F, R, & Q,
API 17G, and
API 20J.
IEEC, Inc. (International Economic & Engineering Consultants, Inc.) Dec 2008 - July 2013
Reservoir Engineer, Consultant
• Deep Gulf of Mexico Drilling, International Reservoir Engineering and Petroleum Engineering Management. Experience with the use of vendor-based decline-curve, material balance, and well test analysis software. Safety Reviews post drilling/completion accidents. Commercial negotiations for Gas Sales Agreements, Gas Transportation Agreements, Processing Tariff, and IOC to NOC negotiations.
ERHC Energy Inc. Dec 2006 - Dec 2008
Technical Vice-President
Houston; London; Abuja & Lagos, Nigeria; Geneva, Switzerland; Shanghai & Beijing, China
• Financial and operations responsibility for all Operational and Financial/Budget decisions over all facets of Exploration and Production in the Gulf of Guinea, ultra-deep water offshore Nigeria and Sao Tome.
• Lead executive in partner meetings in Houston, Texas; London, England; Lagos & Abuja, Nigeria; Geneva, Switzerland, Shanghai & Beijing, China. (IOC, NOC, Engineering, Drilling, commercial, & exploration)
Saudi Aramco Nov 2001 - Dec 2006
Technology Coordinator, Research & Technology Division, Engineering Services
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Responsible for 200 Technology Initiatives via nine Technology Focus Teams during 2001-05 with research, financial, and project authority of $27 MM. Primary teams were Upstream, Drilling Ops, Corrosion Control, & NDT.
• Management of Joint Ventures for informational and research relationships with external global research institutes, universities and commercial firms.
• Corporate Strategic Planning Technology Roadmap and reorganization of Research & Technology functions.
• External global research institutes, universities and commercial firms
• Intellectual Property, and Patent filings and protection,
Occidental Oil & Gas Corporation Jan 2000 - Jun 2001
Chief of Strategic Planning & Economics, Worldwide Exploration
Houston, Texas; Bakersfield, California; Aberdeen, Scotland; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, UAE; Muscat, Oman; Sana’a, Yemen; Bogotá, Colombia; Lima, Peru; Quito, Ecuador.
• Reservoir Engineering, Economic Evaluations, and Cost Estimates during real time IOC concession negotiations in Sana’a, Yemen; Aberdeen, Scotland; Lima, Peru; and Bogotá, Colombia with both local national companies and government ministries.
• Reservoir Engineer member of Risk Assessment Team (RAT) that risked and ranked all worldwide exploration drilling prospects.
• Engineering and economic factors during international on-site concession negotiations. Guided economic evaluations and specialized in areas of exploration drilling, facility engineering, reservoir engineering, cost estimates and corporate strategy.
IEEC, Inc. (International Economic & Engineering Consultants, Inc.) Nov 1996 - Dec 1999
Reservoir Engineering & Economics, Consultant
Clients
• TripleDee Drilling, Inc. (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Evaluated Azerbaijan Drilling, Reservoir Engineering & Energy Economics
• Arabian International Petroleum Corporation (Doha, Qatar; Amman, Jordan; Baghdad, Iraq)
Evaluate Iraqi in Reservoir Engineering & Energy Economics
• Shell (Petroleum Development Oman), (Muscat, Oman)
Drilling Planning, Budgets, & Strategic Planning
• Petroconsultants (Geneva, Switzerland; London, England; Houston, TX), International Energy Economics
• Chevron Overseas Petroleum, Inc. (Kuwait City, Kuwait; San Ramon, CA) Evaluation of IOC Contracts for Kuwait
KUFPEC, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. Nov 1994 - Nov 1996
Senior Economist/Senior Evaluations Engineer
Kuwait City, Kuwait ; Tunis, Tunisia; Cairo, Egypt; Islamabad, Pakistan; Jakarta, Indonesia; Per...
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