Robert M. Pearson

Robert (Bob) Pearson, SPE, is an independent petroleum engineering advisor. He has extensive experience includes field development planning and production engineering for onshore, shelf, and deepwater projects, as well as completions design for conventional and unconventional wells.

After working for 13 years for major operators, he has spent the last 40 years working as a consultant in Canada, Singapore, and Australia. He currently dividing his time between Canada and the UK and provides advisory and peer review services through Glynn Resources Ltd.

He joined the SPE Aberdeen Section in 1975 and was the 2019-2022 SPE Technical Director for Production & Facilities, and a former SPE Distinguished Lecturer. He currently serves as PetroWiki Interface on the Board of the SPE Hydrogen Technical Section.

He holds a BSc with honors in mining engineering from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK and is a registered professional engineer with APEGA in Alberta, Canada.