James has practical experience in both field operations and engineering design in a broad range of drilling, completion and production operations across conventional and unconventional (CBM/CSG & tight gas/oil reservoirs). He has extensive experience with coal seam gas drilling, completion & production operations, conventional & underbalanced drilling & completion operations, horizontal/multi-lateral drilling & completion operations and high-pressure, high-temperature drilling operations in many countries including Australia, Indonesia, UK, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Russia, and Romania.