Brent W. Hale

Education:	M.S., Petroleum Enginneering University of Wyoming, May 1979 B.S., Petroleum Engineering University of Wyoming, May 1976

Work Experience:
2007 - Present
William M. Cobb & Associates, Inc.
Senior Engineering Advisor

• Provide reservoir engineering services with specialization in unconventional gas projects,
   

• Perform evaluations to estimate recoverable reserves and predict future reservoir performance

1997 - 2006
Williams Exploration and Production
Director - E&P Shared Services

• Conducted reserve studies and gathering system performance studies to optimize asset value
   
• Conducted gas compositional analysis forecasts for coalbed methane reservoirs
   
• Managed GIS/mapping support of acquisitions, drilling, lease management and environmental compliance projects
   
• Managed Environment, Health and Safety (EH&S) operations for exploration and production.  Worked with BLM and USFS on environmental issues including roads, noise, wildlife, and social impacts of development. Led industry effort resulting in withdrawal of a USFS Draft Environmental Impact Statement and efforts supporting an improved new environmental impact document
   
• Managed a management framework system for exploration and production EH&S operations including environmental and safety standards development, weekly safety and environmental scorecard reporting system and monthly safety training
   
• Managed reservoir engineering and geological consulting services including coalbed methane and tight gas reserve studies, gathering system analysis, and U.S. gas supply trend studies
   
• Supported International oil and gas prospect evaluations in Venezuela, Argentina, Russia, Australia, Canada, etc
   
• Applied national gas supply model to support Williams’ gas pricing strategies

1992 - 1996
Williams Field Services
Director of Production

• Managed a production operation of 400 gas wells producing 40,000 Mcfd
   
• Initiated a 20-well per-year drilling program to convert PUD reserves to PDP reserves in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico
   
• Performed reservoir studies for the Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust resulting in a significant sale of interests at an attractive price
   
•  Provided reserves support for a mutli-discipline team which resulted in investment in a gas plant at Echo Springs, Wyoming and in obtaining leasehold interests at Wamsutter, Wyoming
   
• Provided reserves studies supporting the expansion of Williams Opal Gas Processing plant and of the building and expansion of the Kern River Pipeline
   
• Acquired Rosa Unit coal seam interests and initiated programs to increase production rates.  Managed technical work to acquire interests in Central Utah, North Louisiana, East Texas pinnacle reef play and Gulf areas
   

• Provided technical support for litigation involving environmental impacts of oil and gas development in the San Juan Basin

1976 - 1992
Northwest Pipeline Corporation
Reservoir and Drilling Engineer, Supervisor, and Manager

• Managed gas well production data and performance analysis to connect wells, monitor take-or-pay contracts, and optimize facilities.  Conducted reservoir studies to manage pipeline purchase obligations during the gas bubble of the 1980s including conventional and coalseam gas reservoirs, nitrogen displacement reservoirs, gas storage reservoirs, and gathering system pressure sensitivity studies for various fields in the Rocky Mountain area
   
• Provided technical support for litigation involving gas purchase obligations and gas pricing issues during the gas bubble of the 1980s
   
• Drilled gas wells in Western Colorado

1977 - 1978
University of Wyoming
Supply Instructor and Graduate Student

• Taught undergraduate petroleum engineering courses and completed master’s thesis, “Elliptical Flow Systems in Vertically Fractured Gas Wells”

Published Papers & Presentations:

• Evers, J. and Hale, B. W.: “Elliptical Flow Systems for Vertically Fractured Gas Wells”, SPE paper 8943 and Journal of Petroleum Technology, December 1981

• Hale, B. W. and Mahmood, A.: “The Impact of Measurement Error on Deliverability Projection for Tight Gas Wells”, SPE paper 9837 presented at 1981 SPE/DOE Low Permeability Gas Symposium

• Hale, B. W.: “A Type Curve Approach to Reserves for the Big Piney Gas Field”, SPE paper 9840 presented at 1981 SPE/DOE Low Permeability Gas Symposium

• Hale, B. W.: “Analysis of Tight Gas Well Production Histories in the Rocky Mountains”, SPE Production Engineering Journal, July 1986

• Hale, B.W. and Firth, C.: “Production History of the San Juan 32-7 Unit #6 Well, Northern San Juan Basin, NM”, paper presented at Rocky Mountain Association Geologists 1988 Southern Ute Coalbed Methane Symposium, Ignacio, Colorado

• Hale, B.W.: “Post Build-up Drawdown Analysis of Tight Gas Wells in the Rocky Mountains”, SPE paper 16805, SPE  Reservoir Engineering Journal, August 1989

• Hale, B. W.: “The Mesaverde Formation of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico and Colorado – A 50 Year Old Gas Field with Significant Remaining Productivity”, paper presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002 convention.

• Boyce, Brad; Fassett, J.; Hale, B. W.: “San Juan Basin (Colorado & New Mexico) Fruitland Coal Multiple Discrete Reservoirs”, paper presented at American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2002 convention

Professional Affiliations:

• Registered Professional Engineer, States of Texas and Utah

• Society of Petroleum Engineers
       Salt Lake Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers Section Chairman
       SPE Gas Technology Committee member 1983-1986, Chairman, 1985/1986

•  American Association of Petroleum Geologists

• Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists Guidebook Committee member, 1988

• Gas Research Institute Gas Storage Committee member, 1980-1983

Civic Activities:

• Salt Lake Area United Way Allocation Committee,1993 and 1994

• Davis County Utah United Way Board member, 1994 and 1995

• Boy Scouts of America – Scoutmaster, 1981/91; Scoutmaster Trainer, 1990/1; Junior Leader Trainer, 1994/5; Silver Beaver Award, 1994; National Jamboree Asst Scoutmaster, 1993

• LDS church – various ecclesiastical leadership and service positions

• American Historical Society of Germans from Russia member

• Director – Cook Family Genealogical Organization, 1998 to present

• Vice-President – Hale Family Genealogical Organization, 2002 to present

• Boy Scouts of America – District Commissioner, 2003 to present

01/07

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