Ammonite Resources

Houston, TX

Public profile details are available below.

Services: 18
Offices: 9
Leaders: 25
Founded: 1982

Overview

Ammonite Resources provides geotechnical and economic advisory services for the petroleum and mineral industries worldwide. Established in 1982, it assists clients with investment due diligence, strategic planning, international contract negotiations, corporate finance, and acquisitions and divestitures. It is headquartered in Connecticut with a network of associate offices across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Founded: 1982

Services

Investment Due Diligence

Evaluates petroleum, mineral, and natural resource investment opportunities globally by combining geotechnical assessments with commercial and economic analysis.

First-Pass Opportunity Reviews Joint Venture Evaluation and Representation Risk Assessment and Economic Modeling

Strategic Advisory Services

Guides energy and mining companies through long-term planning, organizational positioning, and market analysis.

Business Plan Preparation Competitive Intelligence

Corporate Finance & Transactions

Supports institutional and corporate investors throughout the transaction lifecycle in the petroleum and mining arenas.

Acquisitions and Divestitures Private Equity Capital Access

International Contract Negotiations

Work in this area is organized into supported delivery tasks.

Advises On International Commercial Agreements Government Resource Policies Global Project Financing Structures

Litigation Support & Expert Witness

Provides expert witness testimony and technical analysis for natural resource disputes, securities disclosures, and professional ethics cases.

Technical Staffing

Supplies experienced geoscientists and engineers to supplement existing corporate teams during periods of high activity.

Rock Sample Characterization

Conducts technical analysis and characterization of petroleum and mineral rock specimens to enhance geological understanding.

Custom Corporate Field Trips

Organizes and leads geological field trips to outcrops, providing technical teams with hands-on insight into specific formations and basins.

Industries

Oil & Gas Mining Geothermal Natural Resources

Firm type

Geotechnical Engineering Mining Engineering Petroleum Engineering

Project types

Investment Due Diligence Acquisition Advisory Expert Witness

Leadership

G. Warfield "Skip" Hobbs, IV

Founder & Managing Partner

P.G., C.P.G.

Professional geologist who founded Ammonite Resources in 1982. He has built an internationally recognized practice specializing in due diligence, litigation support, and competitive intelligence for the petroleum, mineral, and natural resource sectors.

Robert K. Merrill

Senior Exploration Advisor

Ph.D., P. Geol.

Specializes in worldwide play and prospect assessment, risk assessment, and portfolio optimization.

Kevin B. Hill

Chief Geophysicist

Focuses on exploration geophysics and geology, seismic stratigraphy, basin analysis, and 3-D seismic survey design, acquisition, processing, and interpretation.

Lyndon Pittinger

Senior Consultant, Reservoir Engineering and Economic Analysis

Provides reservoir engineering expertise, specializing in worldwide acquisition evaluations, risk assessment, and economic modeling.

Susan R. Eaton

Senior Exploration Advisor

P.Geol., P.Geoph.

Focuses on acquisitions and divestitures, due diligence, economic evaluations, seismic interpretation, basin evaluation, technical writing, and expert witness services.

David M. Abbott, Jr.

Senior Geological Consultant

C.P.G.

Specializes in minerals, coal, and petroleum geology, resource and reserve definitions and delineation, natural resources securities disclosures, litigation, and professional ethics.

Steven Schamel

Senior Exploration Advisor

Ph.D.

Expert in unconventional gas and oil resources, as well as worldwide play and prospect assessment.

David H. Bodecott

Senior Exploration Advisor

Focuses on geology, geophysics, and exploration planning.

Thomas E. O'Connor

International Petroleum Management Advisor

Focuses on strategic planning, plan implementation, government policy advice, and international financing and guarantees.

Dan A. Billman

Senior Geological Consultant

P.G., C.P.G.

Specializes in petroleum geology, prospect evaluations, and wellsite formation evaluation.

Mary Van Der Loop

Senior Exploration Advisor

Focuses on prospect and play analysis, formation evaluation, with geographic expertise in the Permian Basin, Midcontinent, and Gulf Coast.

Michael G. Mackenzie

Senior Consultant

Ph.D.

Specializes in geology, economics, and estate valuations.

Betsy M. Suppes

Senior Consulting Geoscientist

C.P.G.

Focuses on petroleum and strata-bound mineral deposits, project due diligence, and economic analysis.

Mark J. Hughes

Senior Consultant

Specializes in land lease acquisition and divestiture, and land management.

Bruce M. Genereaux

Senior Consulting Minerals Economist

Specializes in precious, base, and industrial mineral economic analysis, economic modeling, mine development and operations, electric power, and environmental issues.

Travis L. Hudson

Senior Geosciences Advisor

Ph.D.

Focuses on petroleum and mineral exploration, geochemistry, environmental geology, and mine remediation.

Nick Fedorko, III

Senior Consulting Geologist

Specializes in coal and aggregate resources, coalbed methane, and GIS mapping.

Michael R. Canich

Senior Consultant, Geosciences and Project Management

P.G., C.P.G.

Focuses on petroleum geology, project management, prospect evaluations, and organizing outcrop field trips.

Francois M. Auzerais

Senior Consultant, Technology and Innovation

Ph.D.

Expert consultant in technology and innovation within the natural resource industries.

John R. Hogg

Senior Exploration Adviser

P. Geo., CPG, FGC

Based in Calgary, Alberta. Specializes in play and prospect assessment, exploration project management, qualified resource/reserves auditing, and expert witness services.