Grant Robertson joined Anadarko Petroleum Corp. in March, 2001 as an advisor in the Reservoir Engineering Department. Previously, he was Coordinator for Integrated Studies at RyderScott Company LP, Petroleum Consultants. He also has worked in California, Saudi Arabia and Texas for both Chevron and BP. He worked for 18+ years in the technical centers of both organizations on reservoir studies, reservoir simulation research, and reservoir simulation schools and workshops. He has significant experience in reservoir engineering, production engineering, and well testing. He has a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Robert Gochnour is a consulting reservoir engineer for BP America, Inc., Reservoir Engineering Team. He has more than 26 years' oil and gas industry and technology experience. He has been associated with the research, development, and application of reservoir simulators, reservoir engineering, and production technology throughout  his career. He has taught graduate petroleum engineering courses at the U. of Pittsburgh and West Virginia U. Additionally, he has taught more than 100 industry short courses. He received a B.S. degree (1973), M.S. degree (1975) and PhD. degree (1976) in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from Pennsylvania State University.