Brenda C. Bain


Sr. Reservoir Engineering Assistant

 

 

 

 

Education

BSc Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1983

Additional undergraduate and graduate course work in Petroleum Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines and in-house courses at Intera and Tenneco

Professional Profile:

In excess of 20 years petroleum experience
Reservoir Simulation
Economic Analyses
Field Studies
Equity Determination
Data Management

Work Experience

MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, INC., Lakewood, Colorado:
(May 2007 – present) Senior Reservoir Engineering Assistant
Involved in reservoir simulation studies for use in the evaluation of primary and secondary recoveries of oil and/or gas fields. These simulation models include small scale single well, horizontal well, radial and cross-sectional models as well as full field models. Project economics for infill drilling, water flooding and other alternate production scenarios. Participate in field studies which required mapping, log analysis, petrophysics, reservoir descriptions, well histories, and material balances.

QUESTA, Golden, Colorado:
(January 2006 – May 2007) Petroleum Engineer
Involved in reservoir simulation studies.

BAIN AND ASSOCIATES, Golden, Colorado:
(January 2005 – January 2006) Owner and Engineering Consultant
Provided Petroleum Engineering services to oil and gas companies.

MALKEWICZ HUENI ASSOCIATES, Golden, Colorado:
(April 1997 - January 2005) Petroleum Engineer
Involved in reservoir simulation studies for use in the evaluation of primary and secondary recoveries of oil and/or gas fields. These simulation models include small scale single well, horizontal well, radial and cross-sectional models as well as full field models consisting of 50,000 grid cells. (Western Europe, Middle East, Australia, North America) Assessment of economics associated with property acquisition and disposition. Project economics for infill drilling, water flooding and other alternate production scenarios. (United States and South America) Participated/conducted field studies which required mapping, log analysis, petrophysics, reservoir descriptions, well histories, and material balances. These studies included the following:
International Chamber of Commerce arbitration involving a gas field in Germany
Reservoir Simulation of two major oil fields in the Middle East
Studies in the North Sea
Evaluation of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (Elk Hills Field) for U. S. Department of Energy.

BAIN AND ASSOCIATES, Golden, Colorado:
(1994-April 1997) Owner and Engineering Consultant
Provided Petroleum Engineering services to oil and gas companies.

INTERA PETROLEUM PRODUCTION DIVISION, Denver Colorado:
(1990 - 1994) Senior Petroleum Engineer
Use of Intera’s line of reservoir simulation software including ECLIPSE, GRID and GRAF in the performance of simulation studies from small scale single well, horizontal well, radial and cross-sectional models to full field models consisting of 25,000 grid cells. Assessment of economics associated with property acquisition and disposition. Project economics for infill drilling, water flooding and other alternate production scenarios. Participated in and conducted field studies which required mapping, log analysis, petrophysics, reservoir descriptions, well histories, material balances. Instrumental in the design and implementation of a Property Evaluation System for the DOE Naval Petroleum Reserve in California. Also performed equity work for the Big Stick Field in Montana.

JERRY R. BERGESON & ASSOCIATES, INC., Golden, Colorado:
(1989 - 1990) Engineering Assistant

TENNECO OIL COMPANY
(1985 - 1989) Engineering Technician
(1981) Intern - Technical Systems Engineering Group

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS
(1983 - 1984) Chemical Engineer

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
(1982 - 1983) Research Assistant - Coal Hydrogenation Lab

Professional Memberships

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Publications

  1. GPSA Engineering Data Book - Thermodynamic Pressure-Enthalpy Diagrams, 10th edition, 1987.
  2. “Isochoric (p, Vm, T) Measurements on CO2 and on (0.982CO2 + 0.018N2) from 250 to 330 K at Pressures to 35 MPA”, J. Chem. Thermodynamics 1989, 21, 879-894. J. F. Ely, W. M. Haynes and B. C. Bain