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RUSSELL BENTLEY SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING

Russell is senior petroleum engineer responsible for natural gas reservoir storage business development, including risk assessments, integrity management, regulatory compliance, drilling and completion of gas and liquid storage/disposal wells (including deep well injection and workover operations). He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in subsurface Carbon Capture Usage and Sequestration (CCUS). His background includes business development, project consultation, financial and competitive analyses, petroleum engineering and field management. Russell excels at explaining technical issues to stakeholders, decision makers, regulatory agencies and field crews. He has previously served as a consultant on all aspects of greenhouse gas sequestration (CO2 and H2S) issues, project management, drilling and well completions, open hole and cased-hole electric logging, reservoir engineering solutions, and mechanical integrity testing. PROJECT EXPERIENCE UIC Class VI (CO2 Injection) Projects, Nationwide: Prinicipal engineer for various UIC Class VI projects across the U.S. Russell’s duties involve high level consultations regarding plume dispersion modeling subsurface CO2 injection, and coordination of CCS related tasks across multiple business units within WSP. Black Hills Energy O&M Manuals, South Dakota: Project manager for a team of risk assessment and codes and standards consultants to devise the construction O&M manual for the Black Hills Energy’s gas storage integrity group in response to the new PHMSA API-RP 1171 standards. Williams Pipeline, Eminence, Mississippi: Project manager for the effort to bring Williams Pipeline into PHMSA API-RP 1170 compliance on their natural gas storage cavern facility. Entergy’s Spindletop Integrity Management Program Compliance, Beaumont, Texas: Project manager for a team of risk assessment and codes and standards consultants to create a PHMSA API-RP 1170 compliant Integrity Management Program for Entergy’s Spindeltop canvern gas storage facility. Atmos Gas Natural Gas Storage Wells, Texas: Project manager for development of five horizontal natural gas storage wells that were drilled and completed on an accelerated schedule. WSP’s services included engineering and construction management for installation of the well infrastructure, drilling operations, and well completion and testing. Enterprise Products/Oxy Injection Well, Reeves County, Oxy, Texas: Project manager for rilling and completion of a new 7,000 foot CO2/H2S injection well in Reeves County, Texas. Enterprise Products was partnering with Oxy to develop a replacement well to handle increased CO2 volumes from high rates of activity in West Texas.

EDUCATION „ MBA, Business

Administration, Houston Baptist University „ BS, Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas LICENSES/REGISTRATIONS „ Society of Petroleum Engineers 14 Years with WSP 45 Years of Experience