John L. Ogden:
has 29 years experience in energy corporate finance, international negotiations, corporate and asset acquisition, business development and energy company management. Following his qualification as a barrister-at-law in England, he initially worked with Wood Mackenzie & Co., in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he provided a range of advisory services to companies and to state entities and co-authored the most authoritative reference work for petroleum operations, finance and economics in northwest Europe. He subsequently established and headed an energy team for Sheppards & Chase in London, building a successful natural resource corporate finance business. He was responsible for arranging the funding for Finance for Energy Limited, a provider of project finance to U.S. independent oil and gas companies, and subsequently served as a managing director.
In 1985, John established an independent corporate financial consulting business, initially in London and subsequently in Houston, specializing in domestic and international energy issues and providing acquisition and divestiture advice and execution; corporate financial consulting; corporate development and strategic advice; and contract negotiation and structuring. In 1995 he co-founded Wood Roberts, LLC, an energy corporate finance and advisory firm. As well as several mergers, acquisitions and financings in the exploration, production and refining sectors, Wood Roberts has advised companies with interests in ultra-short radius drilling to increase production from older oil and gas fields, and in alternative energy including wind power, the conversion of natural gas to liquids, and the commercial production of bio-crude from algae.
John holds a law degree, LL.B. (with honors), from the University of Leeds and was admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Inner Temple) in England in 1979.
