Rob has a Petroleum Engineering degree from the University of Missouri – Rolla. He has over twenty-five years of worldwide, operational experience with service companies and operators. He has worked as a MWD/LWD engineer, intervention engineer, completions and workover engineer, and a drilling engineer. He is a subject matter expert in coiled tubing, snubbing and nitrogen. Rob is a certified IWCF and IADC instructor who teaches both drilling well control and well intervention well control.

Rickey graduated from Missouri University of Science & Technology after achieving in 2013 a Doctor of Philosophy in Petroleum Engineering degree, 2006 - Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering and 2004 - Master of Science in Geological Engineering degrees. He has worked in domestic and international locations as a deepwater completion engineer, offshore drill site manager and offshore drilling engineer. Rickey has developed and presented numerous drilling engineer courses and will be developing new coursework. He is a certified IADC WellSharp well control instructor.

Willie Lyon has a Petroleum Engineering degree from Texas A&M, and has forty-five years of worldwide experience in drilling operations. He joined Well Academy Murchison in 2009 as a Lead Instructor. He has worked as a production engineer, drilling engineer, manager of engineering, manager of operations, and as a drilling consultant. Willie has a varied experience, working on land rigs, jack-ups, semi- submersibles, and drill ships. Willie is a registered PE and is a certified IADC WellSharp and IWCF well control instructor. He is also a member of the AIME/SPE and the IPAA.

John has a Petroleum Engineering degree from the University of Kansas, and has over forty years of worldwide experience in operational experience. He has worked as a field drilling engineer for deepwater and jackups, drill site manager, production supervisor, and well control instructor for a major oil company. John has varied experience working on land rigs, jack-ups, and drill ships. He is a certified IADC WellSharp and IWCF well control instructor.

Chuma has 32 years of experience in drilling on land rigs, jack-ups and semi-submersibles. He worked in various positions from roustabout to rig manager, well control instructor, drilling engineer and drilling supervisor. He is a certified project management professional (PMP) and member of the project management institute (PMI) with a BS degree from University of Benin, Nigeria and MEng degree from the University of Calgary, Canada.

Cecil graduated from Southwestern Oklahoma state University with a BS degree Natural Resource Management/ Chemistry. He recently earned his MBA from Southeastern Oklahoma State. Cecil began working in the oil industry in 2007 as a mud engineer in the Rocky Mountains. In 2012 Cecil founded CD Fluid Training and began teaching a Drilling Fluids school at Vernon College in north Texas.

Gordon has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He has over forty years of worldwide operational experience. After graduating, he worked as a drilling engineer, senior drilling engineer supervisor and specialist, as well as a drilling manager. Gordon has experience with HPHT drilling, MPD operations, desert operations, exploring drilling, offshore drilling and workover, and research and development. He has varied experience, working on land rigs, jack-ups, semi-submersibles, and drill ships. Gordon is a registered PE and is a certified IADC Supervisor (Level 4) combined surface/subsea well control instructor.

Dan has a BS in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and has twenty years of operational experience. He has been an IADC certified well control instructor since early 2013.