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By M.G. Hill | M G Hill Consulting The cases that turn rarely do so on new data. They turn on someone asking a different kind of question. There is a particular kind of silence that falls over a conference room when an expert witness says something no one expected. Not a dramatic silence. A recalibrating silence…
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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…
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M G HILL CONSULTING Oil & Gas Expert Witness & Technical Advisory The Battle Over Buried Premises: Why Most Arguments Are Lost Before They Begin — and What Expert Witnesses Can Do About It Mike Hill M G Hill Consulting | May 21, 2026 “A lot of modern debate is not a…
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Thirty years in oil and gas teaches you to read between the lines. I’ve worked measurement, custody transfer, and production operations at scale — the kind of work where a faulty assumption or an uncertified technician doesn’t just cost money, it ends up in front of a judge or an adjuster. I started M G…
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Over 30+ years in oil & gas operations, measurement, investigations, and regulatory compliance taught me something most people never learn: Bad writing is rarely just bad writing. It is often evidence of bad thinking. Or worse —an attempt to hide weak assumptions behind complexity, procedure, credentials, jargon, or institutional authority. I see it constantly in:…
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4/28/2026 A “Compliant” Gas Chromatograph Cost $6,942/Day—It Wasn’t Compliant I was brought into a custody transfer dispute where a pipeline said their gas chromatograph was compliant, calibrated, and accurate. It wasn’t—at least not in any way that mattered. It was costing the producer about $6,942 per day. Nothing was obviously broken.That’s what let it go…
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In complex oil & gas matters—measurement disputes, operational failures, safety incidents—the central problem is rarely a lack of data. The problem is interpretation. Or more precisely:misinterpretation shaped by incentives, assumptions, and incomplete understanding of real-world systems. Most professionals approach these cases by: But data alone does not resolve disputes. And opinions, no matter how confidently…
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PUMMILL v. HANCOCK EXPLORATION LLC 2018 OK CIV APP 48, 419 P.3d 1268 Core Dispute Summary This case is fundamentally a fight over where production ends and marketability begins. The royalty owners argued that the gas from the Parrish-Novotny 1-32 well was not yet a marketable product at the wellhead or custody transfer meter because…
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The Industry Doesn’t Have a Data Problem. It Has an Incentive Problem. Oil & gas doesn’t fail because of a lack of intelligence, technology, or standards. It fails because of incentives—and the blindness to them. Decisions in this industry are shaped by two forces: what people are rewarded for and what they do not fully…
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I specialize in unraveling the complexities of oil & gas measurement systems and operational failures. By quantifying the financial impact and establishing defensible positions, I help attorneys, insurers, and operators achieve fair and reliable outcomes.