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Oil and Gas Well Management, Operations, Production, Negotiation, and Property Acquisition

ID: 723745 Texas, USA

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Expert has provided expertise to company production operations in U.S. and Canada including hiring new professional and field staff. He has prepared and supervised the annual budget. He completed acquisition of production and subsequent 1P, 2P, and 3P reserve estimation. He provided continued evaluation of acquisition candidates and supervision of evaluation staff.

He has been providing expertise for obtaining incremental reserves as well as beneficial infill development and EOR/AOR opportunities utilizing the latest available technology. He has been responsible for the supervision of the engineering, geology, geophysics, and day-to-day operations of production. He has experience providing professional expertise to business and investment leaders in North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe.

He provided petrophysical log analysis and supervision, production engineering and geological support for successful redevelopment of incremental and new pool reservoirs. He set up the office and company operations in Casper including hiring professional and field staff. He set up a modern, completely computerized, permanent exploration and development staff using the latest available technology. He supervised the acquisition of initial production, subsequent 1P, 2P, and 3P reserve estimation and provided support for reporting to the ASEC in Australia. He has provided support for quarterly reporting requirements to the ASEC.

Expert evaluated outside generated ventures for potential participation and prepared presentations for joint venture partners. He set up and evaluated seismic programs, multi-well electric and mud logging programs, well log analysis and core analysis.
He coordinated drilling budgets and AFE’s, and acted as liaison between geological, engineering, land departments and upper management. He has also recommended well completion and treatment techniques.

Expert has prepared annual exploration programs, drilling budgets and AFE’s, and presented data to upper management. He has provided petrophysical log analysis and supervision. Expert also has had extensive well site geological duties

Some specific projects Expert has worked on are:
• Rock Well Petroleum and Gravity Drainage in Wyoming
• Fuhrman Mascho Fields (Permian Basin), Texas – Waterflooding
• Pinnacle Gas Coal Bed Methane in Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana
• Drilling cost analysis in major producing basins of U.S. and Canada
• Provided a redevelopment plan for the Grieve and South Sand Draw Field in Wyoming.
• Developed exploration programs and prospects in Texas and Oklahoma.
• Developed and evaluated prospects in the Eastern Shelf, Fort Worth Basin, and North Texas areas.
• Conducted studies on petroleum trapping mechanisms in West Central Texas as well as depositional environmental studies

Array

2004 – PRESENT
Contract and consulting petroleum engineer, Houston, Texas
Avante Petroleum (Technical Director), Geneva Switzerland; Falcon Gas Storage Company, Houston, Texas ; Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York; MKM Longboat Capital Advisors LLP London, England; Go Capital Asset Management, Rotterdam, Netherlands; QVT Financial LP, New York; Cyrus Capital Partners, New York; Serengeti Asset Manaement, New York; TCW, Los Angeles; Wapiti Energy, LLC., Houton, and local independent operating companies.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1975 Degree: B.S. Subject: Geology Institution: Southern Methoodist University
Year: 2001 Degree: M.E. Subject: Petroleum Engineering Institution: Colorado School of Mines

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Petroleum Engineer and Geologist Department:
Responsibilities:
Geological and Petroleum Engineering

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Society of Petroleum Engineers;
American Association of Petroleum Geologists;
Pi Epsilon Tau, Petroleum Engineering Honor Society
Licenses / Certifications
P.G., CPG.
Publications and Patents Summary
5th International Conference on Inverse Problems In Engineering: Theory and Practice, Cambridge, UK, A Practical Method for Extraction of Methane from Methane Hydrate Deposits: High Power Ultrasound and Microwave Technology;
Society of Petroleum Engineers, Cost-Effective Integrated Petroleum Engineering Focusing on Implementing New Strategies for Solving Complex Petroleum Production Problems;
Wyoming Geological Association, Efficient Downhole Water Disposal Using Rod Pumps, ESP’s, and PCP’s in Gas, Oil, and Coalbed Methane Wells

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