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EDUCATION
M.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Missouri Rolla, Rolla, Missouri 1975
B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Missouri Rolla, Rolla, Missouri 1969
Well Control School (IADC) Drilling, Completion, and Workovers - 2006
Computer: MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point) and MS Project plus LOWIS, DSS, and OpenWells
Foreign Languages: Spanish (3 yrs classes) and Russian (conversant)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM, INC. 2004 - Present
Production Engineer: 2004 - Present
* Responsible for production engineering in Denver Unit in Permian Basin, headquartered in Houston, TX. Currently handle CO2 and water injection including completions and workovers including stimulation with workover rigs and coiled tubing units. Maintaining flat production for mature seconday/tertiary area.
* Prod/Ops Engineer for several areas of waterflood team at Elk Hills, CA. Handled development drilling, completions, and workovers including new liners, acid/frac stim, and recompletions.
SPM PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT, LLC 1997 - 2004
Project Operations Manager, Samson Companies 2000 - 2003
Responsible for drilling, production, engineering, logistics, and construction at PechoraNefteGas JSC in Ukhta, Russia
* Handled daily operations and provided technical expertise with 4 rigs for development, exploratory drilling and workovers, with 50% of time in field
* Increased production by 30% to over 7000 bopd, while reducing field operating costs in half
Field Manager, Baker Hughes and Chaparral 1998 - 2000
Responsible for field operations onsite in Burma (Myanmar) for Baker Hughes Solutions and later in W. Kazakhstan for KKM (Chaparral) on rotation schedules
* Directed drilling and production operations, engineering, construction, transportation/maintenance, warehouse, and camp for 100+ personnel
* Doubled oil production in each field with development drilling, completions, workovers, and installation of processing facilities
* Reduced operating and overhead costs by over $50,000 USD per month
Sr. Petroleum Consultant, Questa Engineering Corporation 1997 - 1998
* Evaluated oilfield operations in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, and Russia including drilling, workovers, and field management plans
* Completed field studies of numerous international field development projects including reserve calculations, production forecasts, and drilling plans
XAVIER CORPORATION (Houston, Texas) 1994 - 1997
Project Manager, Khanty-Mansiysk and Nyagan, Western Siberia, Russia
* Started up production of two new oilfields at Kamennoye and Potanay
* Drilled, completed, and reactivated total of 25 wells. Performed 10 workovers including reperforations and stimulations to increase production to 2600 bopd
REFINERY CONSULTANTS, INC. (Houston, Texas) 1992 - 1994
Director of Construction, Usinsk, Komi Republic, Russia
* Directed construction and drilling operations of new steam injection project for Nobel Oil Joint Venture in Usinsk Field near Arctic Circle on 28/28 rotation
* Started up pilot and expanded new steam injection project including steam generators, steam lines to injection wells, new utility facilities, plus three wet LACT units for oil measurement
ARCO OIL AND GAS COMPANY 1975 - 1991
District Gas / Production Coordinator, Bakersfield, California 1990 - 1991
Coordinated natural gas and NGL sales, purchases, contracts and measurement. Managed gas production and pipeline operations for West Coast of USA.
District Facilities / Production Engineer, Bakersfield, California 1988 - 1990
Directed installation of light and heavy oil projects and gas facilities onshore and offshore. Supervised engineering personnel with approximately 50 projects working closely with Production Dept. and Engineering Design and Construction
District Offshore Engineer, Bakersfield, California 1984 - 1988
Supervised engineers in development of offshore projects. As Project Coordinator, worked with other departments, governmental agencies, and contractors in design, environmental, and permitting of $400,000,000 project.
Director and Senior Staff Reservoir Engineer, Dallas, Texas 1982 - 1984
Provided reservoir engineering staff support for southern and eastern regions of USA. Presented major projects to ARCO President and VP¡¦s. Trained personnel in engineering. Developed new schools and taught technical courses.
Area/Operations Engineer, Midland, Texas; Tulsa and Ardmore, OK 1975-1982
Performed reservoir and facilities/production engineering for oil and gas development in New Mexico and Oklahoma. Projects included development and exploratory drilling including horizontal, workovers, waterflooding, facilities installations plus economic analyses for new projects and farmout evaluations.
CHEVRON OIL COMPANY 1969-70 / 1972-74
Drilling and Production Engineer, Rangely and Denver, Colorado
Handled all production engineering for eastern half of Rangely Field (20,000 bopd). Evaluated reservoir performance and economics of waterflooding and workovers. Wrote computer programs for waterflooding. Supervised drilling and workover rigs as drilling foreman.
MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. ARMY 1970 - 1972
First Lieutenant, Hanau, Germany
Platoon Leader, promoted to Company Executive Officer in Combat Engineer Battalion. Army Ranger. Awarded Army Commendation Medal for training.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), 25 Year Club
International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs
University of Missouri Rolla, USA (UMR-MSM) Alumni Association
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