Carter N. Davis, P.E.

Carter Davis is a Managing Director at FTI Platt Sparks and is based in Austin. Mr. Davis is in the Platt Sparks energy group in the Economic Consulting segment. He is a consulting Petroleum Engineer and has been practicing Petroleum Engineering for more than 30 years. Mr. Davis provides expertise on a broad range of petroleum engineering, operations, valuation, and regulatory issues. His experience includes reserve estimates, economic analyses, corporate finance evaluations, regulatory compliance, oilfield operations, royalty payment, reservoir simulation studies, and analyses of secondary and tertiary recovery projects. Mr. Davis has performed field-wide and interregional pipeline flow analyses relating to gathering, transportation, processing, treatment, and allocation of receipts, deliveries, residue gas, and NGLs.

Mr. Davis’ analyses and testimony are applied in the areas of litigation, regulation, and bankruptcy as well as studies for our client’s internal needs. In addition, Mr. Davis has experience with state and federal agencies having jurisdiction over oil & gas production, gathering/transportation, and related environmental matters. Mr. Davis is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Prior to joining FTI Platt Sparks, Mr. Davis was the Regulatory Compliance Manager and Pipeline Manager for Duer Wagner & Company. He was responsible for compliance with rules of the Texas Railroad Commission, the Louisiana Office of Conservation, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and other regulatory agencies.

Mr. Davis was employed by Bridge Oil (U.S.A.) for a number of years. He held several positions including Area and District Production Engineer, Manager of Outside Operated Properties, and Manager of Reserves Reporting. These positions required a range of reservoir engineering, production engineering, and data management skills.

Mr. Davis was previously employed by Chevron Geosciences Company. This group acted as the technical consultant for all of Chevron’s worldwide operating companies. While at Chevron, Mr. Davis specialized in reservoir engineering and managed several reservoir studies involving simulation as well as analytical modeling.

Mr. Davis holds a B.S. degree in environmental engineering from Rice University and a M.Sc. degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.