Richard Ball is a Certified Petroleum Geologist who worked conventional and unconventional reservoirs with Chevron for 10 years, including onshore US, Gulf of Mexico Shelf/Deep Water, and West Africa Shelf. He joined Detring Energy Advisors in 2016 when the company was in start-up mode. Over the next 6 years, he helped to grow the company into the premier mid-cap A&D advisory firm, with over $4.2B in transactions and a successful sister company (PetroDivest Advisors). Over that time period, the Geology team worked up technical materials for deals in every major shale basin in the L48, and select projects in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska. He then joined a family office actively focused in petroleum and mining as Vice President, working exploration and A&D along the Gulf Coast.