With a diverse skill set in the engineering and operations side of the Oil & Gas business, Ryan Broglie currently serves as Manager of Engineered Well Consulting, a full-service Oil & Gas Engineering firm with solid technical practices specializing in drilling, completions/frac, and workover of conventional and unconventional South and West Texas region plays.
Ryan began his career in 1996 after graduating from Texas A&M University – Kingsville with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. With 12 years in the service sector and an additional 16 years in engineering/operations, he has a keen appreciation for challenges encountered from both sides of the desk. In 2009 he gained his Professional Engineering license in Petroleum Engineering and then honed his operational experience as Vice-president and Co-founder of Bruington Operating, LLC from 2007 to 2017. Concurrently, he served as Vice-president of Engineering for Bruington Engineering, LLC. Early in his career, he served as an applications engineer for Smith International, Inc. (Schlumberger) in various technical and sales positions gaining valuable international experience in the Sultanate of Oman and Canada.
Ryan has engineered and led execution teams on over 190 Delaware Basin horizontals leading to a 100% success rate in achieving initial completion. His West Texas career began as a Senior Drilling Engineer for EOG - Midland Division in 2014. From there he executed and directed drilling operations on some of the first wells for reputable startups such as CPX Energy (Resolute, CImarex), Upcurve Energy, Colgate Operating (Permian Resources), Legacy Reserves, and Silverback Operating I. His most notable recent experience was garnered at Luxe Energy, LLC an NGP-backed, Austin-based Delaware player where as Drilling Manager he oversaw engineering and operations for (39) Delaware basin wells, assisted in the creation of an AFE-tracking system, dispensed a $136MM budget, and directed all field drilling operations.
He has also engineered and executed numerous Eagle Ford projects in Frio, Atascosa, Dewitt, Karnes, and Lavaca counties. Some clients include Teal Operating, Black Brush Oil and Gas, and Talisman Energy. Other assignments included independent and major operators such as Shell - Petroleum (Energy) Development Oman, Petro Canada, EOG Resources, Chevron, SpaceX, Petro Vietnam (BienDong POC), and highly unique international design projects for Worley (Parsons) in Papau New Guinea, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil. He performs detailed cost studies for Spears Research, LLC, and has served as an expert witness on multiple cases.
Ryan is also the Co-CEO and Founder of MB Energy, LLC, created in 2021. MB Energy, LLC is an oil and gas operating company with 25 properties in four asset areas: Wharton County (Frio), Lavaca County (Middle Wilcox), Zavalla County (Olmos/San Miguel), and Webb County (Olmos).