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OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a Senior Petroleum Engineer position utilizing my engineering skills and experience to benefit your company. I offer over 15 years-diverse backgrounds in Reservoir Management, Petroleum engineering (reservoir, production, drilling, petrophysical,), geology, & geophysical, Project Management, Budgeting and Financial Management, Contract Administration, Operations Management, Construction Management, Data Quality Management, and Information Technology.
QUALIFICATIONS:
* Strength and ability in moving projects forward, identifying and developing relationships with individuals and organization with potential to contribute to the project, and managing projects scope, cost, schedule and quality.
* Experience in reservoir management, reservoir evaluation, development plan, identification of workover requirements, well completion, acquisition of subsurface data, optimization of well performance, reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation models and interpretation, reservoir characterization, petrophysical, geological, geophysical, production and drilling. Also, experience in planning and financial activities for the reservoir management teams, Preparing and analyzing business plans, economic evaluations, reserves evaluations, productions forecasts, expense forecasts, AFE preparation, and capital requirements, driving the project evaluation process, which includes scope, identification of critical path and bottlenecks, milestones, tracking, capital efficiency, and resource requirements.
* Undertakes detailed field studies initiated while adopting most effective tools and techniques. Proposes strategies to improve conducted work. Reviews and comments on reservoir studies and undertake computer modeling from conceptual and optimizes development plans. Analyzes proposed development and implementation plans, basic field data, and liaise with operations for data gathering programs. Monitors drilling programs with respect to logging, coring, testing and completion and reviews proposed program/amendments. Reviews and reports on new techniques in modeling and developing field. Follow-up on reservoir/well/project performance and coordinates between different project activities. Prepares detailed/integrated development plans for underdeveloped hydrocarbon resources.
* Competently handle multiple tasks in multi-functional team and meet deadlines.
* Accomplished responsible team leader who is result driven with demonstrated ability to communicate with clients.
KEY COMPETENCIES:
* Adaptability/Managing Change- Ability to embrace new technologies, meet emerging market demands, respond effectively to changing conditions, apply continuous improvement techniques and create new business opportunities.
* Communication- Ability to speak and write clearly and succinctly in a variety of settings and styles; ability to secure information, listen effectively and get messages across that have the desired effect.
* Initiative- Thinks critically and acts logically to evaluate situations and generates required steps to ensure success.
* Leadership- Ability to achieve desired results by encouraging and supporting the contributions of others; possession of required knowledge, skills and experience to work effectively with others throughout the organization.
* Teamwork- Knowledge, skills and ability to work effectively with others to achieve optimal collective results.
WORK HISTORY:
Subsurface Technical Management Experience:
* Filling in as interim Technical Asset Manager, evaluated development projects and acquisitions for economic justification for capital investments and advised on negotiating aspects with cash flow analysis and economic indicators (Net Cash Flow, Payout, profitability Index, Net Present Value, Rate of Return, and Discounted Profitability Index). Used these indicators for project screening and ranking, mutually exclusive alternatives, risk vs. return, projects that increase earning, lease vs. purchase, and projects cost (capital and operating). In addition applied sensitivity analysis to projects using both testing the assumptions and break- even approach in determining desirability of capital investment.
* Balances day-to-day operational priorities with longer-term strategic objectives as well as manages team.
* Executes subsurface area performance issues as follows: aquifer management, evergreen surveillance strategy, and regional Oil and Steam Forecasts.
* Assesses subsurface well performance and develops action plans to enhanced production. Evaluates development opportunities including economic analysis; assesses risk and uncertainty of prospect and development decisions. Reviews and comments on reservoir studies and undertakes computer modeling from conceptual and optimizes development plans. Analyzes proposed development and implementation plans, basic field data, and liaise with operations for data gathering programs.
Experience and responsibilities in Enhanced Oil Recovery surveillance and management:
* Develops depletion strategy guidelines as follows: identify preliminary withdrawal opportunities, recommend producer-reconditioning programs, identify short and long -term capital requirements, and update annual business plan.
* Develop surveillance strategy guidelines as follows: operate and maintain "Production database", update surveillance maps (GIS), and recommend water flood and steam flood surveillance practices.
* Operating guideline as follows: recommend steam soak practices/philosophy, recommend casing gas-venting practices, recommend producers well optimization practices and recommend aquifer-lift well operating practices.
* Reservoir characterization: determine OOIP/COIP, estimate reserves, structure and net pay maps are created, determine fluid contacts, reservoir properties are define, performed reservoir simulation studies, 3-D geological map is performed, well logs are digitized, aquifer influx is characterize, and determine thermal maturity.
* Horizontal Well candidate is pick from probability table, x-sections and sand targets, summary of process findings and any land issues.
* Establish criteria for prioritizing pattern review as follows: pattern outside OSR outside acceptable range, declining pattern Gross/Net Production rate, High Produced Steam to Oil Ratio, Injection to Withdrawal ration outside acceptable range, last analysis date, injector outside of flux policy or outside target rate and limited entry tolerance range.
* Perform pattern analysis as follows: review Geologic/Volumetric description, review injection/depletion strategy (steam target change opportunity and withdrawal change opportunity), drainage improvement, and document conclusions and recommendations.
* Implementations as follows: implement existing well improvements, new well drainage, and post-analysis of recommendations.
* Carryout area performance issues as follows: aquifer management, evergreen surveillance strategy, and regional Oil and Steam Forecasts.
* Participates on Horizontal Well Team to for casing pressure study, ID target areas, horizontal wells design and horizontal well implementations.
Senior Petroleum Engineer, World Development Group, Bakersfield, California, USA,
2001- Present
* Provides reservoir, drilling, well completion, and production engineering support for producing reservoirs. Designs drilling, completion and workover programs. Analyzes well test data to improve operating efficiency and reduce costs.
* Assesses subsurface well performance and develops action plans to enhanced production.
Evaluates development opportunities including economic analysis; assesses risk and uncertainty of prospect and development decisions.
* Develops scope of work procedures and implementation plans in conjunction with field operating personnel. Also, works with facilities engineer to assess additional well and facility optimization projects.
* Undertakes detailed field studies initiated while adopting most effective tools and techniques. Proposes strategies to improve conducted work. Reviews and comments on reservoir studies and undertakes computer modeling from conceptual and optimizes development plans. Analyzes proposed development and implementation plans, basic field data, and liaise with operations for data gathering programs. Monitors drilling programs with respect to logging, coring, testing and completion and reviews proposed program/amendments. Reviews and reports on new techniques in modeling and developing field. Follow-up on reservoir/well/project performance and coordinates between different project activities. Prepares detailed/integrated development plans for underdeveloped hydrocarbon resources.
* Actively participates in state-of-the-art well completion research and development projects, identifies potential completion problems and proposes appropriate solutions. Advises on well completion matters, and Coordinates with E&P business line concerning newer and more sophisticated completion techniques and evaluate their application to current objectives and problems.
* Participates in full field reservoir simulation studies (history marching) and perform reservoir engineering functions including decline curve analysis, volumetric, steam injection and waterflood studies, nodal analysis, and pressure transient analysis.
* Carries out reservoir simulation modeling, field development planning, predicted reserves, and performance forecast for wells. Coordinates petro-physical studies, interprets production, open-hole logs, and simulation model results.
* Monitors day-to-day production of operated assets wells to optimize the performance of oil and gas field programs, and estimates reserves using material balance equation for producing properties.
* Prepares production forecast, Operation plans (Ops), CAPEX, expenditure forecast and analyzed economic models for assets valuations and annual budget preparation.
* Develops drilling and work over plans, designed production equipment, analyzed and improves re-completion wells strategies to maintained field production target and optimized oil and gas reserves.
* Solves technical problems during well testing/completion procedures and composes event assessment reports.
* Initiates exploitation opportunities including infill wells and work-over that are value added. In addition, prepares projects economics and makes AFE recommendations.
* Identifies, budgets, plans, and safely execute wellwork and well servicing opportunities. Organizes and coordinates service crews to complete field operations.
* Compiles and analyzes equipment failure histories, maintenance costs, and production losses.
* Develops and implements programs to reduce costs and improves productivity in less cycle time for producing assets; develops KPI's, and monitors performance measures.
Reservoir Surveillance Engineer & Data Management, Aera Energy, LLC, Bakersfield, California, USA, 1998 – 2000
*Designed economically viable development plans using models ranging from analytical evaluation, monitored day-to-day production of operated assets wells to optimize the performance of oil and gas field programs, forcasted how much oil and gas could be recovered per well, flow rate and how many wells would be needed to optimize recovery, and estimated reserves using material balance equation for producing properties.
* Initiated exploitation opportunities including infill wells and workover that were value added as well as recommended where well should be located.
* Participated on multi-functional team that developed reservoir management best practices that resulted in saving millions of dollars.
* Participated in the planning and design phases of well completion, perforation and stimulation programs.
* Facilitated four asset teams to re-name all company's wells (Shell Oil, Mobil Oil, Arco and Texaco) to reduce re-worked in California for the corporate data warehouse.
* Trained and coached asset team that result to improved operational knowledge and increased productivity on projects.
* Lead and performs analysis on work processes for improvement purposes and developed and implemented corrective action plans for improvements.
* Facilitated drilling, and production mechanical details data gathering for DFW that reduced that operation costs and increase profit margin.
* Compiled and analyzed equipment failure histories, maintenance costs, and production losses.
* Developed and implemented programs that reduced costs and improved productivity for producing assets; developed KPI's, and monitored performance measures.
* Conceptualized projects based on end-users requirements, project budget and scope of work, finalized project scope of work and submitted final report.
* Provided data management support and services to San Joaquin Asset (1,200 wells)
* Extracted and analyzed data and wrote reports to various computer systems. Also, defined data.
* Standardized data requirements process for data cleansing, and data migration to data warehouse.
* Facilitated development of business rule with stakeholders for work processes application.
* Planned information development projects and changes in existing systems.
* Advised senior management about data quality, processing of information, and impact of changes in the organization on data quality improvement.
* Developed standard work process to leverage highest value and supervised data retention management tasks.
* Planned, modeled data, mapped data, and developed data transformation work processes. Applied change management and knowledge management to various projects.
Production/Project Engineer, Delta/Pacific Resources, Bakersfield, California, USA,
1995 – 1997
* Responsibilities included field development planning, optimizing the performance of assets, operating and maintaining existing wells, well interventions, well completion, production optimization, choke model management, regulatory compliance, performance monitoring, balancing day-to-day operational priorities with longer-term strategic objectives, and project management.
* Worked with the other field engineers in developing the appropriate production engineering systems and processes to optimize base production and injection.
* Identified, prioritized, and tracked well work results and opportunities.
* Participated in horizontal and multi-lateral well completion designs and optimization; sand control design and implementation.
* Identified, prioritized, and tracked well work results and opportunities. Designed artificial lift (Rod pumping, gas lift and ESP's) and implementation.
* Enhanced and maintained production engineering tools.
*Took a lead role in identifying and executing the well work program.
* Managed public works (sewer, storm drain, & water lines) and construction projects.
* Determined project objectives, define scope and estimates capital project budget.
* Developed schedules, monitor costs and implement changes to complete project within budget.
* Participated in business unit management and marketing, responsible for the day-to-day project management of one or more projects, and for quality assurance and completion of projects on time and within budget
* Conceptualized projects based on end-users requirements, project budget and scope of work. Discussed technical and commercial options with end-users, finalized project scope of work and submitted final reports.
* Managed and monitors progress of each project from conceptualization to design, tendering, completion and final hand-over. Ensured appropriate coordination of various project activities.
* Prepared update reports on design and engineering documents prepared by engineering and consultants at different stages of project design, and reviewed them with the end-users to ensure that proper consideration was given to end-users requirements, management's directives, budgetary requirements, prevailing industrial standards & codes, local authorities' requirements and compliance to specifications.
* Reviewed weekly and monthly projects progress reports and periodically updated project plans and schedules according to the progress of works.
* Followed up and monitored the progress of works at different sites to ensure implementation of project plans and schedules, technical compliance with specifications and end-users' requirements. Held regular site technical & progress review meetings with consultants, contractors and suppliers and conducts inspection of on-going activities to ensure quality control, HSE and projects timely completion within budget.
Petroleum Engineer/Reservoir Engineer, Bechtel Petroleum Operations Inc. /Scientific Software Intercomp, Tupman, California, USA, 1991 – 1994
* Provided reservoir, drilling, and production engineering support for producing reservoirs. Analyzed well test data to improve operating efficiency and reduce costs.
* Identified potential well completion problems, and proposed appropriate solutions. Designed well completion work. Designed artificial lift ( Rod pumping and ESP's) and implementation.
* Participated in full field reservoir simulation studies and performed reservoir engineering functions including decline curve analysis, volumetric, waterflood studies, nodal analysis, and pressure transient analysis for the Department of Energy and Chevron at Elk Hill, California. Results of the Main-Body formation reservoir simulations studies were used for infill wells, injection wells, and better reservoir management.
* From logs, cores, fluid samples, well tests, and well production data; undertook analysis, evaluation, and application of the reservoir data for reservoir characterization and black-oil simulator input.
* Characterized reservoirs performing geological and petro-physical updates for maps and reservoir simulation.
* Analyzed proposed development and implementation plans, basic field data, and liaised with field operations for reservoir simulation data gathering program. Reviewed simulation modeling input data for accuracy, integrity, consistency and correctness.
Field Engineer, Epoch Well Logging, Bakersfield, California, USA, 1990 – 1991
* Provided engineering and logging services support for oil and gas wells.
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE, LICENSES, & SKILLS:
Software Applications Skills:
Microsoft Office Suites, Microsoft Project, Dims for Windows (DFW), Landmarks, Geoquest, WellTest200, SAP, Informatica, Business Object, Production Analyst, ARIES, DSS, Erwins, SSI-Workbench, Eclipse, Peep, Maximo, Crystal Ball, AutoCAD, Visio, Wordperfect, and Quality Manager.
Operating Systems & Languages Skills:
Windows NT, MS-DOS, C-Language, Fortran, Pascal, SQL, & PL/SQL Server
Licenses:
General Engineering Contractor ("A"), and General Building Contractor ("B")
MEMBERSHIPS ORGANIZATIONS:
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member, Data Management Association International (DAMA)
PAPERS:
Case Studies and Approaches, presented on Petroleum Data Standardization and Migration Process at Aera Energy, LLC
4th International Conference on Petroleum Data Integration and management, Houston, Texas, USA, May 16, 2000
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
California State University, Bakersfield, California, U.S.A.
MBA, 2004
Total Quality Management, 1992
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana, U.S.A.
Bachelor of Science, Petroleum Engineering, 1989
Certificates: Joint Application Development Facilitation, Corporate Data Warehouse Development, Project Management, Basic Steamflood, Steamflood Reservoir Management, and Information Management
PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY:
Nationality: American/Liberian
Permanent Resident of: United States of America
Birth date: August 14, 1959
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Number of Dependents: 3
REFERENCES: Available upon request.
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