Ryder Scott
{{Infobox company
| industry = Oil and Gas Engineering, Geological Consultants
| founded = 1937
| website = https://ryderscott.com
}}
Ryder Scott Company is a petroleum consulting firm based in Houston, Texas, United States.Brett Handley, David M. Marshall, Craig Coon Principles of Engineering - 2011 "Ryder Scott Company, a consulting firm based in Houston, Texas" The firm independently estimates oil and gas reserves, future production profiles and cashflow economics, including discounted net present values.{{fact|date=January 2017}} It assess oil reserves and evaluates oil and gas properties.Forbes: Volume 157, Issues 9-12 1996 "Among the best are long-established petroleum engineering firms like Dallas-based DeGolyer and Mac-Naughton and Houston-based Ryder Scott & Co."
History
The company was founded in Bradford, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1937, Producers monthly: an oil magazine for operators: Volumes 25-26 Bradford District Pennsylvania Oil Producers Association - 1961 "William E. Fickert Becomes Partner In Ryder Scott Company ... The company was founded by David Scott, Jr., and the late Harry M. Ryder in Bradford, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1937." by Harry M. Ryder, a prominent petroleum engineer,Hearings: Volume 11 United States. Congress. House - 1944 "I am enclosing a letter from Harry M. Ryder, of Ryder-Scott, one of the prominent petroleum engineers operating in this area.." who died in 1954.Transactions: Volume 36 American Geophysical Union - 1955 "Harry M. Ryder, consulting engineer, and geophysicist, died July 6, 1954, at the age of 63. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took his baccalaureate degree in Pennsylvania State College in 1911 and his master's degree in physics in ..." and David Scott, Jr.
In 1967, Ryder Scott acquired Robert W. Harrison & Co., moved to Houston, and transitioned from waterflood design to evaluation engineering, Ryder Scott's core business.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ryder Scott|url=http://www.noveltygroup.ae/images/partner_documents/RyderScott_Brochure.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=24 June 2020|website=noveltygroup}}
Software
- [https://www.ryderscott.com/reservoir-solutions/ Reservoir Solutions Freeware]
- [https://www.ryderscott.com/sos-downloads/ SOS Downloads]
- [https://www.ryderscott.com/software/well-collator/ Well Collator]
See also
References
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External links
- {{official|www.ryderscott.com}}
Category:Companies based in Houston
Category: Consulting firms of the United States
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