
B.S. in Geology, Duke University
Ph.D. in Geology/Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
David has 24 research-based publications on geological and geophysical topics. His exploration success has included large development programs in the Cottage Grove Sandstone, The Tonkawa Sandstone and the Cleveland Sandstone, all tight reservoirs in the Anadarko Basin. David contributed to the early stages of coal bed methane with some of the first CBM projects in the Arkoma Basin, the Cherokee Shelf and SE Kansas. A multiple year study of the Woodford Shale with R. Keith Downing resulted in Tier’s involvement in Oklahoma Woodford Shale plays from 600’ to 15,000’.