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Dr. Benjamin Waters

Dr. Benjamin Waters

Dr. Benjamin Waters
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Benjamin Waters joined DeGolyer and MacNaughton in 2024, specializing in valuation and economic analysis. Prior to joining D&M, he worked in finance at Exxon Mobil Corporation and on merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions with Uber Technologies, Inc.

Waters graduated from Texas A&M University summa cum laude as an honors research fellow with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 2002. He earned his master’s degree in business administration at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007, and his doctorate in chemical engineering at MIT in 2007, where he conducted academic research into polymerization kinetics and industry system dynamics.

Geographical Experience

  • Angola
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Denmark
  • Egypt
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Mozambique
  • Netherlands
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam

Topical Areas of Expertise

  • Capital markets
  • Cash-flow forecasting
  • Commitment economics
  • Credit rating analysis
  • Financial models
  • Financial statement analysis
  • Intercompany financing
  • Inventory optimization
  • LNG commercial structure
  • M&A transactions
  • Probabilistic economics
  • Project financing

Major Projects

Waters has worked extensively on project finance and commercial structuring, as well as on M&A transactions and integrations. He also has significant background in corporate finance, ranging from capital structure analysis and capital allocation to forecasting and financial reporting.