Rob Cordray

Managing Director, Americas

Rob Cordray joined Rystad Energy in 2022.  He is the Managing Director of the Americas for Rystad Energy and leads the firm’s presence from the regional headquarters in Houston, TX.  Rob was formerly a Senior Vice President in our Americas Advisory department, responsible for regional project delivery and business development.  Rob project expertise spans strategy, market analysis, asset evaluation, and capital markets with a particular focus on the upstream, midstream and Energy Transition sectors. 

Rob’s 32 years of experience spans the entire energy value chain, from rank exploration thorough production, transportation and marketing of oil and gas as well as Gas and Power, CCUS and Hydrogen market analysis and business strategy.  His client portfolio includes energy majors, independents, investors, National Oil companies and NGOs.

Rob is a regular speaker in regional and global conferences and is fluent in English and Spanish.  He is also a long-time member of AAPG and considers himself a recovering Geophysicist as well.  Outside of work, Rob is an avid outdoorsman and spends most of his free time cycling or thinking about cycling.

Over the course of his career, Rob has held previous roles with service companies, operators and financial institutions worldwide. He has a BSc in Geology and Physics from Morehead State University, an MSc in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.