M.G. Hill Consulting
Independent Technical Advisor to Counsel, Insurers & Energy Operators
Challenging assumptions. Testing claims. Defining truth.
At M.G. Hill Consulting, we provide independent technical consulting, forensic analysis, operational review, and litigation support across the oil & gas industry.
With more than 30 years of upstream and midstream experience — combined with investigative and courtroom-related experience — we help attorneys, insurers, operators, and stakeholders understand what actually happened, why it happened, and where operational, regulatory, financial, or technical failures may exist.
Our work bridges the gap between field operations, engineering realities, regulatory obligations, and the legal system.
Core Consulting Services
Litigation Support & Expert Technical Advising
Pre-Litigation & Active Litigation Support
Technical consulting and evidence analysis for attorneys, insurers, operators, and private parties involved in disputes, claims, or regulatory actions.
Services Include:
- Technical evidence review
- Operational chronology reconstruction
- Failure analysis
- Opposing expert report review
- Technical report analysis
- Arbitration support
- Mediation support
- Deposition preparation support
- Trial preparation consulting
- Technical timeline development
- Cross-examination strategy support
- Technical exhibit review
- Damage causation analysis
- Standards and procedure comparison
- Industry custom and practice analysis
- Technical fact validation
- Operational reality testing
- Forensic measurement governance review
Types of Cases Supported:
- Royalty disputes
- Underpayment claims
- Gas quality disputes
- BTU/content disputes
- Measurement disputes
- Allocation disputes
- Production accounting conflicts
- Pipeline imbalance disputes
- Midstream processing disputes
- Contract disputes
- Custody transfer conflicts
- Negligence claims
- Operational failure claims
- Safety incidents
- Fatality investigations
- Injury investigations
- Environmental release events
- Regulatory enforcement matters
- Insurance claims
- Equipment failure disputes
- Misallocation disputes
- Compressor station incidents
- Processing plant disputes
- Operational misconduct allegations
Oil & Gas Measurement Consulting
Gas Measurement Consulting
Comprehensive consulting related to gas measurement systems, accuracy, governance, and operational integrity.
Services Include:
- Gas measurement audits
- Meter station evaluations
- Measurement uncertainty review
- Gas balancing analysis
- Lost-and-unaccounted-for gas analysis
- Gas quality verification
- Sampling system review
- Meter tube review
- Regulator and control analysis
- EFM configuration review
- SCADA integration review
- Flow computer verification
- Audit trail analysis
- Calibration program review
- Data validation
- Meter station troubleshooting
- Field measurement diagnostics
- Measurement SOP development
- Measurement governance consulting
- AGA/API/GPA standards application review
- Online chromatograph integration consulting
- Representative sampling evaluation
Equipment Experience Includes:
- Ultrasonic meters
- Orifice measurement
- Turbine meters
- Coriolis meters
- Flow computers
- Gas chromatographs
- RTUs
- SCADA systems
- LACT systems
- Tank gauging systems
- Sampling systems
- Gas quality analyzers
Software & Systems Experience:
- Flow-Cal
- Spirit IT
- CygNet SCADA
- ABB systems
- ROC systems
- Omni Flow Computers
- eVIN systems
- Historical trending systems
- Measurement databases
Liquid Measurement & LACT Consulting
Services Include:
- LACT system review
- Proving program evaluation
- Meter factor analysis
- Tank measurement review
- Ticketing and accounting review
- Sampling integrity review
- BS&W analysis review
- Loss investigation
- Shrinkage evaluation
- Production allocation review
- Truck loading measurement review
- Lease automatic custody transfer evaluation
- Calibration program review
- Custody transfer troubleshooting
Gas Chromatography & Sampling Consulting
Chromatograph Governance & Forensic Analysis
Specialized consulting involving online and laboratory gas chromatography systems, sample representativeness, and gas quality disputes.
Services Include:
- Chromatograph performance review
- Calibration review
- Sampling representativeness analysis
- Carrier gas review
- Validation analysis
- Sample system diagnostics
- Stream composition analysis
- BTU determination review
- Specific gravity analysis
- Hydrocarbon composition analysis
- Forensic gas quality analysis
- Energy content dispute analysis
- Calibration gas review
- Trending and historical analysis
- Sampling contamination analysis
- Lab vs. field comparison analysis
- Root cause analysis involving gas quality systems
Areas of Focus:
- “Compliant but wrong” measurement systems
- Sampling bias
- Procedural compliance vs. operational reality
- Representative sampling failures
- Misstated energy content
- Measurement governance failures
- Hidden financial leakage
Regulatory & Compliance Consulting
Regulatory Experience Includes:
- Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC)
- Texas Railroad Commission (RRC)
- DOT / PHMSA
- BLM
- DEQ
- Pipeline compliance environments
- Midstream compliance systems
Services Include:
- Regulatory response consulting
- Compliance gap review
- Audit preparation
- Documentation review
- Operational compliance analysis
- Incident response consulting
- Regulatory evidence preparation
- Field procedure review
- Operator compliance evaluations
- Pipeline compliance support
- Records and documentation analysis
- Operational governance review
Safety, Incident & Fatality Investigations
Operational Failure & Root Cause Analysis
Independent technical analysis involving injuries, fatalities, operational failures, and safety breakdowns.
Services Include:
- Incident reconstruction
- Root cause analysis
- Operational sequence reconstruction
- Human factors analysis
- Procedure adherence review
- Safety governance review
- Contractor oversight review
- Safety culture observations
- Failure chain analysis
- Field operations review
- Near-miss analysis
- Mechanical failure review
- Pressure event analysis
- Gas release analysis
- Operations timeline analysis
Investigation Areas:
- Compressor stations
- Processing plants
- Pipelines
- Production facilities
- Measurement facilities
- Tank batteries
- Field operations
- Construction activities
- Start-up and shutdown events
Midstream & Pipeline Operations Consulting
Services Include:
- Pipeline operational analysis
- Gathering system review
- Compression analysis
- Operational troubleshooting
- Plant operations review
- Pipeline hydraulics review
- Throughput analysis
- Operational bottleneck analysis
- Allocation system review
- Pipeline balancing analysis
- Measurement integration review
- Operational efficiency observations
- Integrity coordination review
Production Allocation & Accounting Support
Services Include:
- Allocation methodology review
- Production balancing analysis
- Volume reconciliation
- Gas imbalance analysis
- Revenue impact analysis
- Production accounting support
- Measurement-to-accounting chain review
- Historical production analysis
- Allocation dispute consulting
- Financial impact analysis
- Contract interpretation support
- Volume discrepancy investigation
Land, Ownership & Contract Support
Services Include:
- Mineral ownership research support
- Lease analysis support
- Operational interpretation support
- Contract operational review
- Easement and right-of-way operational analysis
- Division order support
- Royalty interpretation support
- Operational obligations analysis
- Surface vs. mineral operational conflicts
- Chain-of-custody operational analysis
Technical Writing & Documentation Support
Services Include:
- SOP development
- Technical procedure writing
- Operational manuals
- Measurement standards implementation
- Technical report preparation
- Incident summary support
- Operational assessment reports
- Regulatory response documentation
- Executive briefing summaries
- Technical presentation development
Why Clients Work With M.G. Hill Consulting
Real-World Operational Experience
Not theory. Not corporate abstraction. Decades of field, operational, management, troubleshooting, measurement, and investigative experience across multiple producing basins and operational environments.
Ability to Translate Technical Reality Into Understandable Language
Complex operational issues explained in a manner useful to attorneys, insurers, executives, regulators, and juries.
Independent Perspective
Objective analysis focused on operational truth, technical integrity, and evidence-based conclusions.
Cross-Disciplinary Experience
A rare blend of:
- Oil & gas operations
- Measurement systems
- Regulatory environments
- Safety investigations
- Investigative methodology
- Legal support analysis
- Technical governance
Focus on Operational Reality
Many failures occur not because equipment is broken — but because assumptions were never challenged.
Industries & Clients Served
Clients May Include:
- Law firms
- Insurance carriers
- Independent operators
- Midstream companies
- Pipeline companies
- Mineral owners
- Private equity groups
- Regulatory counsel
- Risk management firms
- Energy investors
- Expert witness teams
- Engineering support teams
Geographic Experience
Operational and management experience involving projects and oversight in:
- Oklahoma
- Texas
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Wyoming
- California
- Ohio
- Michigan
Consulting Philosophy
“The greatest operational risks often exist where procedure, assumptions, incentives, and reality quietly diverge.”
M.G. Hill Consulting focuses on identifying those gaps before they become financial losses, litigation exposure, operational failures, or regulatory problems.
Contact
M.G. Hill Consulting
Independent Technical Advisor to Counsel & Insurers
Services Available Nationwide
Website: http://www.mghillconsulting.com
Email: mghill.consulting@outlook.com
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