Ivan Terez

Houston

Pet Eng / PhD Geosciences / MBA

Consulting focus

Exploration/appraisal and field development for onshore and offshore (shallow and deep), new ventures and assets, portfolio optimization; reservoir engineering advisory, conventional and unconventional EOR recovery, reserves management, economic and financial feasibility studies; decision-making, asset restructuring.

Professional background

Ivan is Founder and CEO of Renascent Energy  and has held management and technical advisory positions in Chevron, Eni and Casa Exploration LP.   He has broad experience in LatAm, GoM, UKNS, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Indonesia.

Education

BSc/MSc in Mechanical Engineering (MIPT, Russia),   MSc in Petroleum Engineering  (U of Houston), PhD in Environmental and Geosciences (Texas M&A), MBA (AFW Wirtschaftsakademie Bad Harzburg, Germany).

Myriam Juritz

Seattle

Chem Eng / Dr Pet Eng / Mgmt Cons

Consulting focus

Reservoir engineering, integrated reservoir management, simulation, EOR, exploration new ventures, economics, international management and strategy, organizational performance, process improvement.

Professional background

Myriam is an independent petroleum and management consultant and has been a lecturer at Texas A&M. She gas worked for INTEC Engineering, San Jorge International, Tecpetrol, Accenture, Oliver Wyman, The Scotia Group, Arthur D. Little and Holland & Davies.

Education

BSc/MSc in Chemical Engineering (U of Buenos Aires, Argentina), International Petroleum Management Degree (Texas A&M) and Dr of Engineering on Petroleum Engineering (Texas A&M).

Kenneth Kibodeaux

Houston

Petroleum Engineer / PhD

Consulting focus

Reservoir engineering focus in conventionals and unconventionals (including shales and heavy oil), Enhanced Oil Recovery methods, reservoir performance prediction and optimization, reservoir characterization.

Professional background

Kenneth is co-founder and CTO of Renascent Energy, having held technology development and deployment positions in Texaco, Shell, and Saudi Aramco, and consulting work for PetroChina, with experience in US, Canada, China, Trinidad, Venezuela, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia. SPE Distinguished Member.

Education

B.S. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin), M.S. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin), Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering (U of Texas at Austin).

Diego Diaz Baldasso

Senior Partner & Board Member

Houston

MSc / MBA / Mgmt Cons

Consulting focus

E&P Operations, Subsurface, Integrated Project Management, Project Execution, Reserves Reporting. Petroleum Economics, Oil and Gas Business Strategy, Leadership & Organization

Professional background

In addition to running day-to-day operations at Plata Energy, Diego is the CEO and Founder of Orion Energy, a consulting and manpower firm based in Houston.
Diego has held various technical and executive roles in leading E&P companies, including Repsol, Maxus Energy Corp, YPF, and Astra in Argentina. He served as President of Repsol Bolivia, E&P General Manager in Peru, and Managing Director for Akakus Oil Operations, a 350,000 bopd operation in Libya. Additionally, Diego led the technical evaluation for Repsol’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Shenzi, a major deepwater oilfield in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Education

BSc, MSc in Physics, Instituto Balseiro, Argentina. MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Max Torres

Founder & Managing Partner
Board Member

Houston

(Geoscientist / MSc)

Professional background

Prior to cofounding Plata Energy, Max has held exploration and executive leadership positions at Repsol, and Ecopetrol, where he served as VP of Exploration. Recently served as VP of E&D and COO of PetroTal in Peru. CEO and founder of Selva Energy in Colombia. Max brings deep international experience across Latin America, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Former Soviet Union.

Education

BSc in Geology (U of Tucuman, Argentina) MSc In Stratigraphy (Georgia State U)