Robert D. Rosensteel

Biography

Bob Rosensteel has a petroleum engineering career spanning 40 years both in foreign and domestic markets starting with Amoco Production Company and furthering his career with The Superior Oil Company, Pennzoil Company, Halliburton Energy Services, Murphy Exploration and Production Company, Chevron, Plains Exploration & Production Company and ConocoPhillips. Bob has personally completed and re-completed over 200 wells in the Gulf of Mexico area before moving into various management positions where he managed the planning and operations of 10 major capital projects deploying over 2 billion dollars in investment, with 16 different operators. In his long career he has held numerous technical and supervisory positions in all phases of petroleum engineering beginning as a roustabout engineer, then advancing in operations and production, reservoir evaluations, completions supervision and project management in the various Gulf Coast basins both in conventional and unconventional plays. As a manager Bob has evaluated over 10 billion barrels of oil from more than 15,000 producing wells. He is a Bachelor of Science graduate from The Pennsylvania State University in Petroleum and Natural Gas engineering. Bob is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers where he held a leadership position on the board of directors for 3 years. Bob has also had community roles with the Boy Scouts of America since 1983.

Research Interest

Environmental Science and Earth science