Background
Cobbett, James Steen was born on March 6, 1947 in Brighton, Sussex, England. Son of Claude Racster and Stella Robey (Steen) Cobbett.
Cobbett, James Steen was born on March 6, 1947 in Brighton, Sussex, England. Son of Claude Racster and Stella Robey (Steen) Cobbett.
Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, Nottingham (England) University, 1971.
Petroleum engineer, Shell, Doha, Qatar, 1972-1975;
senior operations engineer, Shell, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1975-1978;
head of drilling, Shell, Muscat, Oman, 1978-1981;
operations manager, Shell, Cairo, 1981-1983;
chief petroleum engineer, Shell, Lima, Peru, 1083-1084;
consultant, Gaffney-Cline, United Kingdom, 1984-1990;
freelance consultant, Passfield, England, since 1990. Technical manager Genciu, Nafta, Lithuania, 1994-1998. General manager Neste, Algeria, 1992-1993.
Operations manager Eastward, Ankara, Turkey, 1993-1994. Drilling manager Neste, Portugal, 1990, Viana do Castello.
Member Society Petroleum Engineers, Institute Petroleum, Mensa.
Married Marilyn Pinzon, April 16, 1977. Children: James, Patrick, Andrew.