Joel Riddle has over 25 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry.
He was with Cobalt International Energy where he worked with executive management in the initial evaluation and implementation of the exploration growth strategy in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa. He was also involved in Cobalt's initial public offering in 2009, and subsequent capital raising efforts in 2010 and 2011. Mr Riddle also served various technical and leadership roles at ExxonMobil, Unocal and Murphy Oil.