William “Bill” Sharp, MLS

EXPERIENCE:

William “Bill” Sharp is a senior geoscience and exploration executive with 33 years of oil and gas experience spanning exploration, appraisal, development, asset management and portfolio evaluation. He has worked or reviewed projects across major offshore and onshore basins worldwide, including the Gulf of Mexico, Eastern Mediterranean, West Africa, North Sea, South America, Asia, Australia and multiple U.S. basins.

Bill combines deep technical geoscience expertise with asset and organizational leadership. His career has included prospect generation and risking, seismic interpretation, geological modeling, field redevelopment, reserves and resource evaluation, development planning, drilling operations, divestitures, partner and government engagement, exploration portfolio management and technical assurance. He has led multidisciplinary teams and managed complex development and exploration programs from opportunity identification through execution.

A proven oil and gas finder, Bill’s resume credits him with 780 MMBOE of net reserves discovered and 116 wells drilled with an 86% economic success rate. He played a key role in the evaluation and acquisition of the Tamar prospect offshore Israel, a 9.5 TCF discovery that became the second-largest discovery in Noble Energy’s history and opened a major Eastern Mediterranean exploration trend.

Currently, as Vice President of Geosciences for Unite Oil & Gas International and owner of Sharp Geologic Insights, Bill provides technical leadership and consulting expertise to companies and Ministries of Hydrocarbons, including exploration, redevelopment, appraisal, acquisition, independent field audits, regulatory requirements and geologic well planning.

EDUCATION:

• M.S. — University of Arkansas (1992)
• B.S. — University of Arkansas (1989)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Tamar Discovery, Offshore Israel: Led Noble Energy’s evaluation and acquiring efforts for the Tamar prospect; the 9.5 TCF discovery was the company’s second largest and the world’s largest offshore gas discovery in the year drilled.
• Aseng Development, Equatorial Guinea: Lead geologist for appraisal and development; authored Noble Energy’s first international Plan of Development and supported a $1.7 billion project with a 17-well, two-rig drilling program.
• Mature Field Redevelopment: Integrated remapping of Main Pass 305/306 increased production four-fold and extended field life by more than 10 years; High Island A-550 redevelopment increased production ten-fold.
• Exploration Performance: Drilled 116 wells with an 86% economic success rate and is credited with 780 MMBOE of net reserves discovered.
• Asset & Commercial Leadership: Managed multiple divestiture rounds of non-core assets, consistently receiving multiple bids above pre-sale expectations, including a high bid at twice corporate expectation for Gulf of Mexico Shelf properties.
• Global Technical Assurance: As Exploration Excellence Manager, peer reviewed more than 50 conventional prospects per year for geological risk, resource potential and technical excellence across Noble Energy’s global portfolio.

33 YEARS — EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE