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Education
B. S., Civil Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1975
Professional Profile
31 years petroleum engineering experience
Project management of technical studies of: major miscible flood oil field in the United States, major oil fields in Saudi Arabia, major oil and gas fields offshore Norway, oil and gas fields offshore Nigeria.
Reservoir operations management, including: well test design/analyses, reservoir simulation studies, facility optimization studies, workover and drilling/coring programs, development planning and economic evaluations.
Coalbed methane evaluations: Europe, Australia
Gas storage simulation studies: Germany
Property trades/mergers/sales/tax studies: Europe and United States
Reserve certifications: Europe and United States
Work Experience
MHA PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, INC., Lakewood, Colorado:
(July 1997 - Present) Associate Petroleum Engineering Consultant
Project consultant – Integrated field studies, reservoir simulation studies, reserve audits, property valuations and tax studies, gas storage simulation studies, coalbed and coal mine methane development.
EXXON COMPANY USA, New Orleans, Louisiana:
(May 1990 to June 1997) Division Staff Engineer
Leader/coordinator of a $2 million engineering, geologic, research team to revitalize a mature, major (720 million barrels oil in place) oil field miscible water-alternating-gas flood project onshore Florida. Team accomplishments: (1) increased remaining reserve outlook 225% (+60 million barrels), (2) increased production to 4-year high, (3) extended economic life of the field by fifteen years, (4) renegotiated nitrogen (solvent) purchase and electrical power contracts for $3.5 million per year savings, (5) increased water injection by 40% to 235 thousand barrels per day and solvent injection by 40% to 90 million cubic feet per day, (6) developed state-of-the art 13.8 million cell stratigraphic geologic model for flood management and a fine-grid 102 thousand block numerical reservoir model, (7) developed fluid geochemistry methodology for determining in situ nitrogen utility, and (8) developed full life economic field model including grass-roots operating expense model and volumes forecasts for planning purposes.
ESSO NORGE a.s, an EXXON Affiliate, Stavanger, Norway:
(March 1989 to April 1990) Senior Corporate Planning Analyst
Developed annual Norway oil industry volume forecast. Developed Brage field and Snorre satellite fields sliding scale fiscal terms strategy and made presentations to the Norwegian government. Provided economic support for: funding of Statfjord East field development, Balder field extended testing by a production ship, 2% Statpipe pipeline purchase, and potential merger of Exxon's Norwegian assets with another major oil company.
ESSO NORGE a.s, an EXXON Affiliate, Stavanger, Norway:
(December 1985 to February 1989) Senior Development Planning Engineer
Provided economics for several major field development projects: Balder, Brage, Snorre and Sleipner satellites. Coordinated engineering aspects of exploration license rounds 11, 12A, 12B, and provided technical and economic evaluations. Led engineering studies to establish minimum viable reserves for license round applications. Coordinated company annual planning and budget reporting.
ESSO NORGE a.s, an EXXON Affiliate, Stavanger, Norway:
(December 1980 to November 1985) Senior Reservoir Engineer.
Lead reservoir engineer on the Balder Field development project team. Developed reserve estimate and production forecast with numerical reservoir simulation models. Designed, supervised and analyzed a North Sea well test from a semi-submersible drilling rig. Provided reservoir engineering support for several other field development projects: Brage, Odin and Northeast Frigg.
ESSO MIDDLE EAST LOANEE to ARAMCO (Arabian American Oil Company):
(November 1977 to November 1980, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) Area Reservoir Engineer. Provided sole reservoir surveillance of the giant Abqaiq oil field, producing 1 million barrels of oil per day at the time. Provided technical support to 4 drilling rigs and 5 workover rigs at the same time. Defined coring and testing programs for the early development of the giant Khurais oil field and exploration of the Rub al Khali desert.
EXXON COMPANY U.S.A., Gulf of Mexico, New Orleans, Louisiana:
(June 1975 to October 1977) Area Reservoir Engineer
Responsible for reservoir surveillance of the Gulf of Mexico West Delta 30 oil and gas fields, including drill wells, workovers and depletion studies.
Professional Memberships
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Publications
- "Improved Recovery From Thin Oil Sands". Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference in Stavanger, Norway, 1984.
- “The Iron Grip of Depletion”. Offshore Technical Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas, May 6, 2004. Paper 16863. Co-authored with Dr. Campbell
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