Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin, one of the world’s super basins, is currently known for horizontal drilling in the Woodford Shale, the principal source rock in the basin. However, above the Woodford, many attractive oil and gas reservoirs have been pursued with vertical technology over the past 100 years. As one of…
Matthew Hatami is the chief operating officer of Lynx Oklahoma Operating, an Oklahoma based oil and gas operator, and a licensed professional engineer with 22 years of experience. Prior to Lynx, he was vice president of resource development at American Energy Partners and American Energy Global Partners. He also worked as a senior asset manager at Chesapeake Energy Corporation and in corporate strategy and planning at Hess Corporation. Hatami holds a degree in petroleum and natural gas engineering from West Virginia University and an MBA from Columbia University.
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