Robert leads Wood Mackenzie’s U.S onshore research, with a particular focus on the evolution of the tight oil sector. He specializes in geologic play description, portfolio valuation, operator benchmarking, and sector trend analysis.

Robert joined Wood Mackenzie in 2005 as an original member of the Houston-based Lower 48 Upstream Research group, where he led the modelling of the Barnett, Eagle Ford, and Haynesville plays. He has worked on upstream consulting projects that range from tight oil asset opportunity screenings for the Majors, to due diligence shale gas work for private equity-led M&A. He is a frequent speaker and panel moderator at industry conferences, and an adjunct professor in the Energy MBA program at the Neeley School of Business at TCU in Fort Worth.

Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Robert was a geologist at a private engineering firm in Houston.