Mr. Bell joined Tri-Valley in late June 2007, and serves in a dual executive role spanning TVOG and GVPS. Mr. Bell leads our oil and gas assets exploitation operations and engineering & field management personnel, and all company-owned rig and shop/yard operations and personnel, respectively. Robert has over 26 years of domestic and international experience in engineering and management that includes both major and independent oil & gas companies as well as the service sector, and most recently served as V.P. of Exploitation and V.P. of Operations for other California-based independents. Mr. Bell has field development experience ranging from large-scale, world class projects to marginal/mature oil and gas developments, and includes the full E&P spectrum spanning light and heavy oil to mature, gas production, and from exploration conceptual engineering to full field development and tertiary recvovery. His domestic experience includes California, Alaska, Rockies, Texas (E/SE/S), and the Gulf Coast/Gulf of Mexico. His international residence experience includes Perth, Australia and Quito, Ecuador. Robert has extensive training in French and Spanish languages, and has co-authored several industry papers on state-of-the-art operations technology. He is a Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering graduate of Penn State University, and a member of SPE and AADE. |