R.T. Dukes is widely recognized as a global leader in US unconventional oil and gas. Mr. Dukes advises companies at the executive and board level, as well as being a regular speaker at international industry conferences. He’s a media favorite that you’ll find quoted in various print and broadcast media outlets.

R.T. began his career covering the Barnett Shale as horizontal drilling took off and later managed Wood Mackenzie’s Rockies research as Bakken Shale development exploded. His roots in East Texas mean the Haynesville Shale is close to home. By design or maybe happenstance, he has been at the forefront of almost every shale story. He authored research highlighting the potential of tight oil years before US production surged.

He has spent most of his career in the weeds of unconventionals and is leaned on for evaluating the impact to local and global markets. He is a recognized thought leader and is a contributor to the many US and macro-market publications at Wood Mackenzie. At the firm, he has worked in various research and consulting roles and contributed to valuation and due-diligence work that accounts for billions in transactions.

R.T. is a native Texan and calls Houston home. More importantly, he is a proud husband and father. He spends most evenings and weekends as a youth sports coach. He graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M University with a bachelors degree in accounting and a masters degree in finance. He serves on the Former Student Advisory Board for the Professional Program in Accounting.

Julie Wilson is a Director of Exploration Research and has covered global conventional exploration since 2011, analyzing the business of exploration. The Exploration team assesses how well the global industry, and individual companies, are performing in finding hydrocarbons and bringing them to market, with a focus on value creation. Additionally, the team assesses the yet-to-find volume and value potential of key basins, and Julie's area of interest is the Americas. 

Julie has worked at Wood Mackenzie for 19 years in various roles in both the upstream consulting and research divisions. She moved to Houston from the UK in November 2000 and helped to build the local upstream consulting practice. She later built and managed the Houston-based team focusing on the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico before switching focus to global exploration.

Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Julie worked in BP's upstream business for eight years in London and Aberdeen in a variety of political, commercial, and financial analysis roles.

Julie graduated from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.