G. Allen Brooks

For over 50 years, Mr. Brooks has been actively engaged in the energy industry in various roles.  He has been an energy securities analyst, an oilfield service company manager, a consultant to energy company managements, a director of numerous oilfield service companies, and the author of a highly regarded energy newsletter.  From 2005 to 2023, Mr. Brooks was an advisor to PPHB LP, a boutique oilfield service investment banking firm, where he provided proprietary research for the firm’s partners and analysts.  PPHB also distributed his newsletter, Energy Musings, which was the new name of his long-time newsletter, Musings From the Oil Patch, which started publication in 1999.  

During his career as a Wall Street energy and oilfield service securities analyst, Mr. Brooks was recognized as a Wall Street Journal All-Star analyst.  From 1997 to 2005, Mr. Brooks headed the oilfield service equity research team at CIBC World Markets, and before that was the senior oilfield service analyst with the New Orleans-based energy research firm, Howard Weil.  

Before re-entering the financial industry, Mr. Brooks was a member of the senior management team of ENSCO International, the Dallas-based international offshore contract drilling company that is now Valaris Limited during the time the company was rapidly growing.  He was responsible for corporate development, financial projects, and investor relations, and he managed the legal department along with being the company’s Corporate Secretary.  

An Economics graduate of the University of Connecticut, Mr. Brooks also has an M.S. degree in Economics from Cornell University.  He started his investment career in 1969 and received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1975.  His present and past memberships include the National Association of Corporate Directors, Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, as well as the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts, an organization he headed for two years.  

Besides publishing Energy Musings, Mr. Brooks offers commentary on energy matters for three energy publications.  

• Early Bird
  • $50 – Members
  • $60 – Non-Members
  • $15 – Rice University Faculty
  • $0 – Rice University Students
  • $30 – Webinar – online only
• On-site
  • $60 – Members
  • $70 – Non-Members

In person registration includes a hot, buffet lunch. Registration will close at Noon on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

Location & Parking:

Rice University
RMC, Ley Student Center, Grand Hall
6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005

Detailed campus maps are available on the web at http://www.rice.edu/maps/. The Ley Student Center is located in the central part of Rice campus. The Central Campus Garage, which is the closest parking facility, is located to the across the street from the Student Center.

In the possibility the underground parking is full, the second closest parking is the West Lot. Continue down the Laboratory Loop Road to the stop sign. The campus also offers a bus shuttle that runs about every 15 minutes as it loops the campus.

Note: In order to protect the privacy of the luncheon attendees, the list of attendees is not published or distributed.

This Roundtable qualifies for one (1) Professional Development Hour (PDH). Your email confirmation at completion of registration serves as your PDH and payment receipts. Paper receipts may be picked up at the registration desk at time of check-in.