About Abel Ortiz

Abel has been involved in the upstream oil and gas industry since 1993 and has worked as both a designer and an engineer for prestigious companies such as Mustang Engineering, L.P. and Aker Kvaerner, Inc., where he worked on unique projects such as the Adriatic LNG Terminal for ExxonMobil and the Mirage MinDoc3 Floating Drilling and Production Unit for ATP.

Abel’s experience in engineering and the oil and gas industry provides a unique combination of innovation, experience, and perspective to serve his clients in the oil and gas, construction, and engineering procurement construction and management industries. Abel also has a breadth of experience in mergers and acquisitions, international business transactions, contract negotiations, and corporate and oil and gas matters.

Abel graduated cum laude from Texas A&M at Galveston with a Bachelor of Science in Maritime Systems Engineering. During that time, he also served as a Captain with the Jamaica Beach Volunteer Fire Department. He earned his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he served as an Editor of The Scholar and Dean for the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. He is a member of Pi Kappa Alpha, The American Institute of Steel Construction, The Texas Young Lawyers Association, and the Krewe of Maximillian and serves as a founding executive board member of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce’s C-Crewe.