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Twenty seven years experience in petroleum and environmental engineering including reservoir simulation, arctic and deep water drilling designs, geothermal energy, reservoir engineering, and underground waste water injection. Reservoir engineering responsibilities included large and small fields in the onshore Gulf Coast, west Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Offshore experience included California, Gulf of Mexico, United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, and Australia. Exploration experience included China, Indonesia, Guatemala, Columbia, Nigeria, Thailand, and Argentina. Permitted a waste water disposal well in Liberty County, Texas. Also experienced in liquids pipeline power optimization, dispatching, and marketing. Will work as contractor or regular employment.
EDUCATION
* Ph. D, Mechanical Engineering (Math and Literature Minors), Louisiana Tech
University, Ruston, Louisiana
* MSME, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
* BSME, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana
EXPERIENCE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1992-1997 Consulting Engineer,
Houston, Texas
* Permitted, designed, and drilled waste water disposal well (WDW-316)
* Prepared acquisition studies of U.S. and international producing properties
1990-1992 Vice President of Acquisitions, Aquila Energy Resources, Houston, Texas
* Directed acquisition of 19 asset packages for 150 MM$
* More than doubled reserves, production, and revenue
* Provided over 30% of total corporate revenue
1988-1990 Director of Refined Products Marketing, Texas Eastern Products P/L
Houston, Texas
* Marketed transportation of over 200,000 barrels per day of refined products
* Developed market for new refined products
* Prepared refined product section of IPO
1986-1988 Manager of Power Optimization/Dispatching, Texas Eastern Products P/L Houston, Texas
* Reduced pipeline pumping costs by 1/3
* Initiated computerized batch tracking
* Maximized pipeline throughput
1980-1986 Manager of Reservoir Engineering/New Ventures, Texas Eastern E&P
Houston, Texas
* Responsible for reserves of 1/3 billion barrels and 1 TCF of gas in the U.S., United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, and Australia
* Supported exploration activities in Canada, Alaska, Guatemala, and Sudan
* Supervised reserve, production, and economic analyses for all producing properties, exploration opportunities, and new ventures
* Represented company in new ventures in Australia, Indonesia, and China
* Evaluation of new ventures included Columbia, Nigeria, Thailand,
Argentina, and Malaysia
* Represented company on all technical committees
* Presented reserve and economic evaluations to corporate Management
Committee
* Provided support of corporate acquisition effort
* Provided support to Investor Relations
1978-1980 Reservoir Engineer for onshore Gulf Coast, Sun Oil Company
Houston, Texas
* Responsible for reserve analyses for all onshore company properties from
Refugio County, Texas through south Louisiana
* Represented company at the Texas Railroad Commission
* Represented company at county school tax hearings
* Responsible for ongoing developments in secondary recovery projects
* Prepared Reserve Recognition Accounting Reports
1970-1978 Research and Development Engineer, Sun Oil Company
Dallas, Texas
* Applied reservoir simulation (black oil and compositional) to existing company fields
* Conducted fieldwork and analyzed results for arctic drilling concepts and was awarded a patent
* Performed structural analyses for industry Joint Venture Tension Leg
Platform
* Prepared economic analyses supporting company geothermal new venture
* Performed production facility analyses
* Air lift engineer for a deep ocean mining project in 16,000 feet of water
1964-1968 Roustabout, Sun Oil Company
Delhi, Louisiana, Carthage, Texas, and McComb, Mississippi
PUBLICATIONS
* Oil and Gas Journal
* ASME Transactions
OTHER
* Registered Professional Engineer in Texas
* Listed in Who's Who in the South and Southwest
* Presented Reservoir Engineering Seminars to the Houston Desk and Derrick Club
* Attended continuing education courses Texas A&M, USC, and Northwestern
* Graduate studies funded by the National Science Foundation
* Awarded a patent in arctic drilling technology
INTERESTS
* Family, fishing, jogging, reading, theater, and music
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