William M. "Bill" Cobb

Work Experience:
1983 - Present
William M. Cobb & Associates, Inc.
President

• Founded company in 1983

• Conduct technical and economic studies related to the production and management of oil and gas reservoirs during primary, secondary (waterflooding), and tertiary operations

• Provide economic evaluations for determining market value in sales transactions, computing loan amounts, satisfying taxing authorities, and fulfilling needs of client management

• Provide guidance to clients regarding alternate approaches to producing and managing properties

• Teach petroleum reservoir engineering, waterflooding, and petroleum economic classes to the petroleum industry and in-house to companies including ARCO, Chevron, Exxon, PDVSA, YPF, Ecopetrol, and Phillips

• Provide expert witness testimony related to engineering, economic, or industry practices

• Serve as arbitrator on oil and gas related disputes

1979- 1983
Cornell Oil Company
Vice President and Manager of Engineering (Dallas, Texas)

• Responsible for all oil and gas properties in which Cornell had an interest

• Provided initiative to re-engineer a major waterflood property resulting in infill drilling and pattern realignment leading to significant increases in production rate and reserves

• Coordinated development of CO₂ miscible tertiary plan for a major project

• Directed all reservoir and economic evaluations of prospects

• Maintained reserve reports

• Developed strategic plans for Engineering Department

1976-1979
Atlantic Richfield Company
Senior Analytical and Operations Engineer (Midland, Texas)

• Managed several company-operated waterfloods

• Determined preliminary economic potential of unitizing and installing a 10,000-acre New Mexico waterflood

• Monitored co-owner-operated floods

• Worked with geologists to further develop gas reserves

• Processed farmout proposals and computed lease purchase prices

• Provided transient pressure analysis expertise

1975-1976;
1970-1972;
Atlantic Richfield Company
Staff Research Engineer (Dallas, Texas)

• Developed computer simulations to evaluate oil recovery processes

• Reviewed reservoir engineering and economic evaluation of development drilling prospects submitted by districts

• Organized and taught company schools in transient pressure analysis

1972-1975
Mississippi State University
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering

• Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in petroleum engineering with special emphasis on reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, transient pressure analysis, and petroleum economics

• Published four papers on transient pressure analysis

TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
 

·        Society of Petroleum Engineers of AIME (SPE)

·        President, Society of Petroleum Engineers International, 2008

·        International Board of Directors, 2000-2003, 2005-2006

·        International Vice President – Finance, 2000-2003, 2005-2006

·        Chairman, Applied Technology Workshop on Net Pay Determination, 2000

·        Recipient, Reservoir Engineering Award, 1999

·        Distinguished Lecturer, 1993-1994

·        Elected Distinguished Member by Board of Directors (1995)

·        Steering Committee (1981), Program Chairman (1983), Program Committee (1985,    1987), General Chairman (1993), SPE Hydrocarbon Economics & Evaluation Symposium

·        Member, Engineering Registration Committee, 1996-1999

·        Member, Economics & Evaluation Committee, 1989-1992

·        Program Chairman, Dallas Chapter, Reservoir Engineering Study Group, 1989-1990

·        Member, SPE Distinguished Achievement Award for Petroleum Engineering Faculty Committee, 1988-1990, 1994-1996

·        Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers Distinguished Author Series Committee, 1987

·        Recipient of Regional Service Award, 1987

·        Chairman, Dallas Section Study Group on Economics and Management, 1986-1987

·        Member, Reservoir Engineering Committee, 1983, 1984, 1985

·        Member, National Petroleum Council's Miscible Displacement (CO₂ and N₂) Enhanced Oil Recovery Committee, 1982-1983

·        Member, National Officer Nominating Committee, 1981

·        Member, Ad Hoc Long-Range Plan Review Committee, 1981

·        Treasurer, Dallas Section of SPE, 1980

·        Member, Editorial Review Committee, 1978

·        Member, Formation Evaluation Committee (1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976), Chairman, 1977

·        Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE)

·        Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)

·        Mississippi State University Engineering Advisory Committee, 1989-1993

·        Adjunct Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2004, 2005, 2006

REGISTRATION:

• Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Ramey, H. J., Jr., and Cobb, William M.: "A General Pressure Buildup Theory for a Well in a Closed Drainage Area." Trans., AIME (1971) 1493.

• Cobb, William M., Ramey, H. J., Jr., and Miller, F. G.: "Well-Test Analysis for Wells Producing Commingled Zones." Trans., AIME (1972) 27.

• Sawyer, D.N., Cobb, William M., Stalkup, Fred I., and Braun, Philip H.: "Factorial Design Analysis of the Wet Combustion Drive." Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal (February 1974) 25.

• Cobb, William M., and Dowdle, Walter L.: "A Simplified Method for Well Pressure Determination in Closed Rectangular Reservoirs." J. Pet. Tech. (November 1973) 1305.

• Cobb, William M.: "Interpreting Transient Pressure: Development and State of the Art." Paper presented at AIChE, National Meeting and 7th Petro-Chemical and Refining Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 13-15, 1973.

• Raghaven, R., Topaloglu, H. N., Cobb, William M. and Ramey, H. J., Jr.: "Well Test Analysis for Wells Producing from Two Commingled Zones of Unequal Thickness." J. Pet. Tech. (September 1974) 1035.

• Dowdle, W. L., and Cobb, W. M.: "Static Formation Temperature from Well Logs--an Empirical Method." J. Pet. Tech. (November 1975) 1326.

• Cobb, W. M., and Smith, J. T.: "An Investigation of Pressure-Buildup Tests in Bounded Reservoirs." J. Pet. Tech. (August 1975) 991.

• Smith, J. T., and Cobb, W. M.: "Formation Evaluation by Transient Pressure Testing." Presented at the Formation Evaluation Symposium of the Canadian Well Logging Society in Calgary, Canada, May 5-7, 1975. Log Analyst (June 1976) 16.

• Denson, A. H., Smith, J. T., and Cobb, W. M.: "Determining Well Drainage Pore Volume and Porosity from Pressure Buildup Tests." Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal (August 1976) 209.

• Smith, J. T. and Cobb, W. M.: "Application of Transient Pressure Analysis to Wells with Hydraulically Induced Vertical Fractures." Paper presented at 26th Meeting Southwestern Petroleum Short Course, Lubbock, Texas (April 1979) 89.

• Todd, M. R., Cobb, W. M., and McCarter, E .D.: "CO₂ Flood Performance Evaluation for the Cornell Unit, Wasson San Andres Field." J. Pet. Tech. (October 1982) 2271.

• Ely, J. W., Cobb, W. M., Elkins, B., Bell, D. D.: "Successful Propant Fracturing of Ultra Deep Sour Gas Reservoir." Presented at SPE Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 8-11, 1989 SPE 19768, (621).

• Cobb, W. M., and Marek, F. J.: "Determination of Volumetric Sweep Efficiency in Mature Waterfloods Using Production Data." Presented at SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, October 5-8, 1997 SPE 38902.

• Cobb, W.M., and Marek, F.J.: "Net Pay Determination for Primary and Waterflood Depletion Mechanisms."  Presented at 1998 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 27-30, 1998 SPE 48952

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