Oil and gas expert reports, valuations, testimony
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- Company: Cline Energy Advisors LLC
- Phone: 713 530 9009
- Website: www.cline-energy.com
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Oil and Gas and EconomicsKeywords/Search Terms:
Valuation of petroleum assets, international oil and gas, petroleum contracts and agreements, petroleum sector taxation, petroleum engineering, energy economics, geology, arbitration and litigation, petroleum industry standards and practices, industry expert, drilling, exploration and productionEducation:
MBA, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX; BS International Economics, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DCYears in Practice:
45Additional Information
Mr. Cline has acted in the capacity of expert witness particularly with respect to valuation of petroleum properties and/or petroleum industry practices in numerous arbitration, mediation and litigation proceedings including: ExxonMobil vs. Venezuela (ICSID); ExxonMobil vs. Petróleos de Venezuela (ICC); Anadarko Petroleum/Maersk vs. Sonatrach (UNCITRAL); Maersk vs. Algeria (ICSID); Sonatrach vs. Duke (UNCITRAL); Texaco vs. Apache (AAA); Vanco vs. Ukraine (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce); Occidental vs. Ecuador (mediation); CNOOC vs. Talisman (mediation); a series of arbitrations related to Egypt’s natural gas sector (ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL and CRCICA); Midland Resources vs. Shtaif et al. (Ontario Superior Court); Total/ExxonMobil/Chevron/Nexen vs. NNPC (Nigerian arbitration); Repsol vs. Chevron (Spanish litigation); Niko vs. Bangladesh (ICSID and Bangladesh litigation); First National Petroleum vs. TNG (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce); Nexen/Occidental et al. vs. Yemen and multiple cases for the United States’ Internal Revenue Service, amongst others. Mr. Cline has also managed various engagements with national oil companies and other national agencies and ministries in Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, including such industry milestone events as the opening of state petroleum sectors to private investment in Venezuela, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq, amongst others. He has direct experience in the development, negotiation and administration of all types of petroleum agreements in numerous countries. He is a long-standing member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), serving as president 2019-20.