We Welcome Kirby Wells to PHDwin Week 2024
Happy Holidays! We’re grateful for your support and wish you a joyful season.
Happy Holidays! We’re grateful for your support and wish you a joyful season.
Kirby entered the oil and gas industry as an analyst at Ryder Scott in 2001, a time when operators were just starting to see the potential for modern software and coming to terms with unconventional reserves. He studied nights to transition to engineering role and he’s had a pretty good run as a generalist. He supported the sale of CDX Gas for $835m as an Asset Manager and Reservoir Engineer, managed capital projects in Europe, Africa, South America and the Middle East as Senior Engineer for RSK [UK] Limited and returned to the States full time in 2010 to help establish the Mid Continent business unit at EnerVest. In addition to running the Mid-Con assets, Kirby was tasked with coordinating all due diligence for EnerVest though a very active M&A cycle. It was in this role that he found the opportunity to fully integrate legal, accounting, land, geology and engineering to take acquisitions from valuation through closing. As an Engineering Advisor he has participated in scores of data rooms, valuations and financing road shows culminating in over $4b in asset due diligence and acquisitions for various investors, most recently a $1.4b Eagle Ford acquisition in 2023 as a Board Member and Operations Director for INEOS O&P USA Oil & Gas.
Kirby holds a BSc in Physics with a Minor in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University, an MSc in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Houston and an Executive Program Certificate from London Business School. He enjoys hiking and tinkering with his assortment of old cars.
INEOS | Board Member, INEOS USA Oil & Gas / Head of Operations
2016-2023
Advised a UK-based Chemical Manufacturer through entry into the US Upstream industry. Joined the Board of the newly created Oil and Gas business after an initial acquisition in 2019, with responsibility for Operations. As a senior leader within INEOS, Mr. Wells advised other INEOS businesses in the US and Europe on safety, corporate strategy, operations, capital planning and employee development and retention. In 2022, Mr. Wells led PSA and TSA negotiations, asset valuation, due diligence and transition planning for a $1.4b Eagle Ford oil asset acquisition that closed in April of 2023
True Oil Co | Engineering Advisor
2015-2016
Clearly Petroleum / Wapiti OpCo | Director, Reservoir Engineering and Economics
2014-2015
EnerVest | Business Unit Manager, Mid-Continent / Manager Exploitation
2012-2014
RSK [UK] Limited | Chief Engineer
2007-2010
Ryder Scott Company | Engineering Technician / Analyst
2001-2004
Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering | University of Houston
2006
Bachelor of Science in Physics | Texas Tech University
1999
Executive Certificate Program
London Business School
INEOS International Managers Program
Emphasis on Corporate Valuation, Finance and Cashflow Management
2022
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