John Beaird

John Beaird is Vice President of Ralph E. Davis Associates, an Opportune LLP company, based in Houston. John has 39 years of reservoir engineering and petroleum economics evaluation experience. John has served as lead reservoir engineer for a host of conventional fields under primary and secondary recovery operations, in addition to unconventional reservoirs. He has extensive experience with the software used for oil and gas acquisition evaluations, reserves, and project economics. Prior to joining Opportune, John was an independent reservoir engineering consultant where he provided reservoir engineering support on a consulting basis for a variety of oil and gas clients with a primary focus on acquisitions in onshore oil and gas plays. Recent relevant experience includes the Permian, Western Gulf, Tx-La-Miss Salt, Mid-Continent, Denver-Julesburg, Wind River, Williston Basin and Appalachian Basins.

John is a registered Petroleum Engineer in the State of Texas and holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana Tech University. He is also an active member of the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (SPEE).