Oil & Gas Reserves Committee
About the Committee
The Oil and Gas Reserves Committee (OGRC) is responsible for programs dealing with oil and gas reserves and resources matters, including reserves and resources definitions, terms, recommended practices, and standards. The committee disseminates reserves and resources information to other organizations, agencies, and companies involved in reserves matters, including cooperation with other committees and organizations in development and delivery of relevant training courses.
The committee currently has a chair, vice-chair, and 16 members who are degreed engineers and geoscientists with 10+ years of experience in reserves and resources estimation. There are also eight observers to the OGRC who represent their respective societies on reserves matters. Currently, observers represent the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE), the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), the Society for Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA), the World Petroleum Council (WPC), the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE),The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and the Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) of the United Nations Economic Council of Europe.
OGRC Governance (pdf)
Qualifications and Experience
- Must be an SPE member
- Must have excellent working knowledge of the specialty topic of reserves and resources estimation and preferably be a recognized industry expert on the topic
- Must have 10+ years of oil and gas reserves experience
Expected Time Commitment
- Attend two meetings each year at ATCE and at a location selected by the chair (in-person or online). Facilities to participate by phone are normally available, though physical participation is preferred (if held in-person). The meetings usually last three to four hours.
- Participate in conference calls of one to two hours in between meetings as needed to accomplish the goals of the committee. Normally there are two or three of these in a year.
- Participation on subcommittees requires additional time, depending on subcommittee.
Deliverables and Expectations
- Responsible for programs dealing with oil and gas reserves and resources matters, including reserves and resources definitions, terms, recommended practices, and standards.
- Disseminates reserves and resources information to other organizations, agencies, and companies involved in reserves matters, including cooperation with other committees and organizations in development and delivery of relevant training courses.
Members
John Lee, Chairman
Texas A&M University
Daniel Olds, Past Chairman
Ryder Scott Company LP
Barry Hanson
Sproule International
Murat Fatih Tugan
Turkish Petroleum
Min-Teong Lim
Petronas
Omobola Femi-Saliu
Chevron
Elizabeth Hay
ExxonMobil
Kolawole Ojo
Apache Corporation
Daniel Diluzio
Chevron
Trina Medina
MI3 Petroleum Engineering
Lilibeth Perdomo
YPF Argentina
Ruslan Alissov
Shell Kazakhstan
Syed Hasan
Independent Petroleum Engineering Consultant
Monica Clapauch Motta
Petrobras
Herman Acuna
Ryder Scott Company LP
Richard Krenek
Netherland, Sewell & Associates Inc
Scott Schmidt
QuarterNorth Energy LLC
Ignatiy Volnov
LUKOIL Overseas Service Ltd
Periodically, OGRC creates subcommittees to assist with various activities. They are not officially approved by the board, but by the OGRC to work on specific projects.
- PRMS Training: Chair - Steven McCants
- PRMS AG Spanish: Chair - Herman Acuna
- PRMS Examples: Chair – Daniel DiLuzio
- PRMS Update: Chair – Monica Clapauch Motta & Herman Acuna
- PRMS AG: Chair – Charles Vanorsdale
- Reserves Estimation and Auditing Guidelines: Chair – Rick Krenek
Observers
Board Liaison
Deborah Ryan
S&P Global Platts
JCORET
Carolina Coll
International Finance Corp.
IASB
Tim Craig
IFRS
SPEE
Stefan Krytosik
DeGolyer and MacNaughton
SPEE
Rawdon Seager (for PRMS related matters)
Gaffney Cline
SPWLA
Joshua Oletu
Gaffney Cline
AAPG
John Ritter
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
EAGE
Xavier Troussaut
Total SA
SEG
Dan Maguire
Antrim Energy Consulting, LLC
EGRM
Alex Shpilman
EGRM Observer
WPC
Pandele Neculae
Geophysics Assoc. Prof. UBB