Independent Director
Dr. Kohlhaas has more than 40 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and is an accomplished petroleum engineer with deep expertise in reservoir engineering, field development, and operations. He has served as both a technical advisor and executive on major acquisition programs, financing initiatives, and corporate structuring efforts. Over the past decade, Dr. Kohlhaas has advised emerging and reorganizing oil and gas companies, as well as financial institutions, on strategic planning, asset evaluation, reservoir engineering, and acquisitions. His recent work includes development and production activities across leading unconventional basins, including the Barnett, Niobrara, Cody, and Bakken.
Dr. Kohlhaas has advised a broad range of major and independent energy companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Schlumberger, TotalEnergies, and Occidental Petroleum, among others, on complex development projects across North America, the North Sea, South America, and the Middle East. He is widely recognized as a leading authority on shale resource development and heavy oil exploitation, both onshore and offshore.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Kohlhaas held engineering and leadership roles with Mobil Oil Corporation and ARCO, and later served as Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, where he directed industry-sponsored research programs focused on hydraulic fracturing, reservoir stimulation, and advanced production technologies.
Dr. Kohlhaas is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and holds a BS, MS and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines.