David M. Cook, Jr.

David M. Cook, Jr. (BS, Geophysics, Texas A&M University) is an explorationist who served in a variety of interpretation, supervisory, planning, and exploration consulting positions during a 22-year career with Mobil and ExxonMobil. In 1991, he performed Mobil Exploration’s first statistical audit of pre-/post-drill results recommending strategy improvements in process and risk assessment methodology. He assumed management of Mobil’s prospect inventory in 1992, formalized performance reviews, and captured technical “Lessons Learned” for all wildcats.

In 1994, Mr. Cook developed and implemented a globally standardized methodology for pre-drill reserves estimation based on lognormality and reality checking. He organized Mobil’s “Risk/Volumes Network” to ensure consistent reserves and chance of success estimation. During his last assignment, he advised Management on decision analysis techniques, consulted on exploration risk analysis and economics, and transformed Mobil’s prospect inventory into a knowledge management tool, facilitating integrated strategic planning and broader, accelerated global technical learning. He also assisted in development of Mobil’s play/concession portfolio modeling process, provided portfolio rankings based on multi-attribute utility theory, and consulted with Mobil’s worldwide teams on process implementation.

Since joining Rose & Associates, Mr. Cook has conducted resource / risk analysis training and consulted on application of risk processes to specific prospects and geologic plays to E&P clients around the world working in diverse petroleum systems such as Offshore Canada, Gulf of Mexico, Rocky Mountains, Central and South America, Cambodia and Mozambique. Additionally he has developed new courses and updated the firm’s training manuals and presentations.

Since 2004, Mr. Cook has managed R&A’s software subsidiary, Lognormal Solutions Inc., successfully re-developing existing software programs including the Prospect Risk Analysis Suite’s three tools – MMRA, Toolbox and Multi-Zone Master – plus the Portfolio Risk Analysis (PortfolioRA), Risk Essentials and Portfolio Essentials software. Two new software programs have been developed and delivered including the UnConventional Resource Analysis (UCRA) tool for improved probabilistic modeling of low permeability resource play volumes, production, capex/opex spending, cash flow and economic metrics along with the Risk Analysis Portfolio Tracker (RAPT) database, R&A’s performance tracking tool, to allow pre-drill & post-drill resource analysis comparison and provide lessons to facilitate subsequent improvement in resource and chance predictions.

Mr. Cook is a Partner with Rose & Associates, LLP (R&A) and Manager of Lognormal Solutions, Inc. (LSi), the software company of Rose & Associates, LLP.

James (Jim) Gouveia

ames (Jim) Gouveia, P.Eng. (BaSc, Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto) is a registered Professional Engineer with a diverse technical, business, and operations background in the petroleum industry. He joined Rose & Associates, LLP in March 2002 after 21 years with Amoco and BP Energy. Mr. Gouveia has worked in a variety of technical and managerial assignments in subsurface production and reservoir engineering, strategic and business process planning, and portfolio and risk management. Prior to BP’s acquisition of Amoco in 1999, Mr. Gouveia was Director of Risk Management for the Amoco Energy Group of North America. In this role, he was accountable for assurance of consistent project evaluation of all major capital projects. In his last roles, Mr. Gouveia led and managed BP’s strategic initiative into unconventional gas resources in Western Canada. With BP, he was a member of several task forces including a world-wide task force focused on growth initiatives in mature basins and developing a portfolio management process for BP’s North American unconventional gas assets. Mr. Gouveia has been a key author in the development of Rose & Associates courses on the assessment of Unconventional resource plays. He has consulted with firms in North America, South America, S.E. Asia and Australia on the resource, reserve and economic evaluation of their Unconventional assets.

Mr. Gouveia was selected to be a Distinguished Lecturer with the Society of Petroleum Engineers for the 2016/2017 session. His talk is titled, “Fooled by Randomness: Making Better Business Decisions with Limited Data Sets.” During his service at Rose & Associates, Jim has provided critical technical advice, consulting and training to a global set of clients from North and South America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Recent engagements include assignments with Chevron, Chesapeake, ConocoPhillips, SWN, PTTEP and Repsol. Jim’s expertise covers all aspects of oil and gas production, ranging from conventional and tight gas fields to heavy oil to unconventional oil and gas. He is the lead developer and custodian of R&A’s “Unconventional Resource Assessment and Valuation” course, a unique offering focused on practical decision making in unconventional resource project. He regularly presents technical talks at the SPEE annual meetings and local SPE, SPEE Chapters. Mr. Gouveia was a contributing author to the SPEE’s 2011 Monograph 3, “Guidelines for the practical evaluation of undeveloped reserves in Resource plays”, and SPE 175527, 175888, and 121525. Mr. Gouveia is a partner in Rose & Associates, LLP and a member of APEGA, SPE, SPEE and AAPG.

Creties Jenkins

Creties D. Jenkins (BSc, Geological Engineering and MSc, Geology, South Dakota School of Mines) is a registered professional geoscientist and engineer in Texas.

He joined Rose & Associates, LLP in February 2013 after 26 years with Tenneco Oil, ARCO, and DeGolyer & MacNaughton. He specializes in the characterization of unconventional reservoirs, including tight sandstones and carbonates, shales, and coals. He has conducted integrated studies, peer reviews, and resources assessment work for dozens of companies around the world. He has also conducted more than one hundred industry courses and workshops over the past decade focused on the exploration, appraisal, and development of tight oil and gas reservoirs.

Creties has served as a technical editor, distinguished lecturer, and distinguished author for SPE and is a recent recipient of AAPG’S “Distinguished Service Award.” He was a co-author of SPEE Monograph 4: “Estimating Ultimate Recovery of Developed Wells in Low-Permeability Reservoirs” (2016). More recently, Creties has presented a popular talk at numerous professional society meetings called “Appraising and Developing Your Unconventionals: How to Avoid Squandering Billions of Dollars Next Time.” He is a partner in Rose & Associates, LLP.

Bryce V. Kalynchuk

Bryce V. Kalynchuk, P.Eng., is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience. He is an accomplished leader and held management positions in his roles at Apache and ExxonMobil, Mobil Oil, and Imperial Oil.

Bryce successfully led the merger of BP Canada into Apache Canada post-acquisition and re-balanced Canada’s Portfolio to focus on liquids, increasing profits. He led the Net Asset Valuation initiative to quantify resource potential. Bryce built rapport with energy regulators resulting in resolution of compliance issues. Bryce held authority for financial and business affairs and was responsible for reservoir engineering, capital allocation, planning and regulatory.

He has strong technical fundamentals in reservoir engineering and production engineering management. Bryce engaged engineering teams to develop business software solutions improving employee efficiency.

He holds a B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta and completed Thunderbird’s Advanced Management Program for Oil & Gas Industry Executives. He is a responsible member of APEGA registered in the Province of Alberta. Bryce is a Partner with Rose & Associates, LLP.

Mark A. McLane

Mark A. McLane is a Partner in the international consulting firm of Rose & Associates, LLP.

He has a diverse technical and business background spanning more than 25 years in the petroleum industry. He joined Rose & Associates in January 2000 after three years with Pioneer Natural Resources and 17 Years with Exxon Company, U.S.A. He has co-authored several technical papers, served on the Professional Ethics/Registration Panel at the 2003 SPE ATCE in Denver, Colorado, and was a Distinguished Lecturer of the Society of Petroleum Engineers on the topic of “Reserve Overbooking – An Issue of Professional Ethics” in 2004 and 2005. He has taught courses for the SPE, AAPG, EAGE, and the Houston Geological Society.

He holds a BSc with Honors in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Pieter Pestman

Pieter J. Pestman (MSc, Utrecht University, the Netherlands) is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the upstream petroleum sector. He joined Rose & Associates in March 2021.

After working as a sedimentologist and sedimentary petrographer in the UK and the Netherlands, he moved in 1993 to Venezuela where he joined Maraven (subsidiary of PDVSA), and subsequently Teikoku Oil. In Venezuela he occupied positions as exploration geologist, production geologist, G&G manager, and New Ventures manager. In 2007 he joined Repsol Exploración in Spain, as clastic sedimentologist and subsequently as exploration geologist (Norway).

From 2013 he was a member of assurance teams, becoming an in-house expert on prospect volumetrics. He has been calculating and validating prospective and contingent resources worldwide, and also carried out performance tracking. He was responsible for the internal procedure for the calculation of prospective resources, and prepared and delivered several in-house training courses on volumetrics and risking. He has worked on projects worldwide, most recently in Latin America, the Gulf of Mexico (both US and Mexico), Norway, the Russian Federation, and Indonesia.

In 2020, he left Repsol to become an independent consultant, providing consultancy and training in prospect assessment, volumetrics, and risking. This includes the calculation of prospective storage resources for geological CO2 storage projects, and their risking.