ABOUT US | Experienced Energy Industry Personnel Clearing House

Consulting Assets is a clearing house for individual technical and management consultants and personnel in the petroleum and sustainable energy industries.

Jim Honefenger has more than 40 years in the energy industry, managing senior technical teams and complex technical sales & marketing processes. Jim has worked in key executive management roles and as a consultant with companies of all sizes, with regional, national and global teams and most recently, as Regional Director for Gaffney, Cline & Associates. Jim holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and has been involved with software applications—through marketing, sales, support, consulting or development—for his entire oil patch career. In addition to his business ventures, Jim actively participates in AIPN, SPE, the Oil Council and Volunteer Houston, where he has held key leadership positions.

Dave Rees has over 40 years of experience in the energy industry, leading sales, marketing or petrotechnical teams for much of his career. He has worked in executive management roles with service and consulting companies of all sizes, most recently as Senior Vice President of Business Development with RPS Group and Knowledge Reservoir. Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences and has been involved with technical consulting and resourcing for the past fifteen years.

OUR VALUE

The Petroleum Industry has endured major restructuring over this past decade, the like of which has not been seen since the late 1980’s, when a generation of workers was lost. The downturn forced the industry into a reduction-in-force (RIF) situation, with much of that RIF achieved by pushing the experienced end of the workforce into retirement. The industry endured the “Great Crew Change”, compounding the experience and skills shortage the industry will face in the next upturn.

With oil price per barrel returning to elevated levels, operators find that they no longer have enough staff to execute new and existing projects, and furthermore that they lack the experienced staff who were available as mentors previously.

Access to that lost talent and experience will be critical. The need will vary depending on the company - some will want additional technical people to work on internal projects and some will want mentors to help their young staff with difficult problems and their lack of experience. Disinclined to meet the ongoing costs of hiring back permanent staff, producers and service companies alike will turn to contract consultants to fill immediate and medium term needs.

Furthermore, the transition to Sustainable Energy sources has provided additional pressure on the petroleum industry, while also providing opportunities for many of the skillsets acquired by personnel leaving this sector to be re-tooled to meet the growth needs of renewable energy sectors.

Consulting Assets is well positioned across this new energy landscape to provide experienced personnel on a contract basis to our clients looking for access to experience without the costs, risks and liabilities associated with hiring or re-hiring full-time employees. For our clients with full-time positions to fill, we maintain an extensive pool of candidates across the spectrum of disciplines and experience levels.