Expert Details
Oil and Gas Well Management, Operations, Production, Negotiation, and Property Acquisition
ID: 723745
Texas, USA
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 |
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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 |
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Years: 2006 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Petroleum Engineer and Geologist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Geological and Petroleum Engineering |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2004 to 2005 | Agency: U.S. Department of Energy | Role: Project Manager | Description: STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE # 3• Management, production optimization, EOR, operations, and AFE preparation.• Artificial lift and workover design and supervision. |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1991 to 1992 | Country / Region: France | Summary: • Developed exploration programs, frontier plays, enhanced recovery in tight gas reservoirs in problem areas using cutting edge completion and production techniques. • Prospect evaluation, basin analysis, and technological training using 2D and 3D modeling resulting for cost-reduced solutions. |
Years: 1992 to 1998 | Country / Region: Russia | Summary: • Worked with the geological committee to establish a comprehensive development plan for the undeveloped giant VOSTOCHNO TARKOSALE oil field in the Tyumen region of Western Siberia. • Provided petrophysical log analysis, production engineering and geological support for successful field redevelopment. • Design of a gas-lift system together with an integrated production and facilities infrastructure for this giant oil field (over 1 billion barrels of oil proved recoverable reserves and 1.5 TCF gas). • Part of a mostly Russian team that developed a reservoir management, drilling, completion, and production program for four separate Cretaceous sands. • Provided technical support as part of a World Bank and Russian Oil & Gas Rehabilitation Loan for the Sovietskoye, Vahkskoye, and Pervomaiskoye fields in Western Siberia. • Provided petrophysical log analysis, production engineering and geological support for successful field redevelopment. • Training Russian Technical managers resulting in developing sound drilling, operations, completion, production, production facility, and reservoir management practices. • In order to bring the field on line he helped to develop a cost-effective infrastructure and field development plan. • Provided detailed reservoir characterization study conducted on these fields in order to establish a comprehensive and economical workover schedule. • Identified new drilling locations for continued economical field development. |
Years: 2004 to 2006 | Country / Region: Australia | Summary: • Raised AU$20,000,000 in capital in Australia to fund the company. • Preparation and supervision of annual budget. • Acquisition of initial production, subsequent 1P, 2P, and 3P reserve estimation and provided support for reporting to the ASEC in Australia. • Supervision of the engineering, geology, geophysics, and day to day operations of the company. • In charge of liaison between Australian and U.S. offices. • Provided support for quarterly reporting requirements to the ASEC. |
Years: 2007 to 2008 | Country / Region: Colombia, Argentina, Mexico | Summary: AVANTE PETROLEUM (TECHNICAL DIRECTOR) • Provide field optimization and advanced recovery expertise for Avante Petroleum’s Rio de Oro, Puerto Barco, Maria Conchita fields in Colombia, S.A. and Tartaruga field in eastern Brazil. • Provide field optimization, waterflood, MEOR, and advanced recovery expertise for the Trefoil Fields: Chañares Herrados, Puesto Pozo Cercado, Puesto Rojas and Cerró Mollar Oeste and Atuel Norte fields in the Mendoza area of Argentina. • Evaluation and field optimization recommendation for Trefoil (Argentina) Properties in Argentina, S.A. |
Years: 2008 to 2009 | Country / Region: Peru | Summary: • Provide reservoir and production expertise in Block 39 in the Amazon rainforest of Northeastern Peru. Several wells have been drilled since 2007 exploration campaign for Repsol YPF, all resulting in the discovery of heavy oils (API500 cp, GOR<40 scf/stb) from the Casablanca, Chonta and Vivian formations. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Society of Petroleum Engineers; American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Pi Epsilon Tau, Petroleum Engineering Honor Society |
Licenses / Certifications |
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P.G., CPG. |
Professional Appointments |
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Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE, Wyoming Petroleum Section, Chairman SPE, Wyoming Petroleum Section, Secretary Appointed by SPE president to the international membership committee American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG, DPA, Certified Petroleum Geologist, AAPG Professional Geologist, Wyoming, U.S.A. Eligible for registration as a Professional Petroleum Engineer Wyoming Geological Association, served as 2nd VP and 1st VP |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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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 |
Additional Experience
Training / Seminars |
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TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL: 2004 Slickwater Fracing, PTTC, Casper; 2003 Open and Cased Hole, Logging tools, Schlumberger, Casper; 2002 Professional Ethics, PTTC, Casper; INDUSTRY REQUIRED: 2001 H2S Safety, Radiation, First Aid, Firefighting Courses, Schlumberger, Rock Springs, WY; SOFTWARE TRAINING: 2004 Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Project and Visio; 2001 Well-Flo, Colorado School of Mines. |
Marketing Experience |
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• Employer with more than 30 years of multi-disciplinary experience in oil and gas and the management of oil and gas well production, operations, negotiation, and property acquisition. • Specialize in Enhanced and Accelerated Oil Recovery for primary, secondary, and tertiary recovery. • Problem solver and the application of emerging and traditional technology to mature assets. |
Other Relevant Experience |
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• Providing professional expertise to business and investment leaders in North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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Spanish | Good to Excellent |
Fields of Expertise
crude oil recovery, enhanced oil recovery, fluid injection, formation fracturing, oil exploration, oil well logging, oil well perforating, petroleum engineering, petroleum industry, petroleum production, petroleum production engineering, primary oil recovery, stratigraphic exploration, well completion equipment, well perforating, oil management, geological engineering, gas industry, oilfield, hiring, property acquisition, oil geology, operations engineering, well log analysis, asset management, royalty crude oil pricing, energy economics, paraffin control, reservoir pressure, tree (petroleum production), core sample, rotary oil drilling rig, gas well, oil drilling rig, oil tank, oil well drilling, oil well, reservoir rock, well drilling, petroleum drilling well engineering, petroleum, crude oil