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Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 Used Rogii Starsteer to position and steer horizontal wells and maximize recovery rates. Managed the coring program at Suncor/Syncrude Aurora mine and Lease 29/30

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 Successfully marketed 1100 acres of dryland farmland near Alderson AB to a solar and wind developer PWE Canada ltd. Preliminary project development plan is to install a 100-200 MW solar field. Finalized the terms of the lease agreement in January 2023.  Negotiated surface leases, seismic shoots and pipeline right of ways for oil and gas developments on.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Developed fit for purpose Petrel static models for the Babbage tight gas development UK SNS to understand the source of additional connected gas volume observed from P/Z and decline curve analysis. Identified the.
• Rebuilt the Johnston field static geomodel to evaluate bypassed pay potential in a number of unperforated zones in the existing production wells.
• Developed a new structural inversion history in the Babbage Field area to explain the presence of two new leads identified under the Outer Sole Pit salt wall, which added 100 BCF of prospective resources.
• Lead Premier Oil’s successful redetermination of the Orca gas field that straddled the UK/Dutch border, by conducting a critique of the operator’s static model. This work is expected to result in an $8 million dollar.
• Refined the diagenetic controls affecting Leman and Carboniferous reservoir quality in the UK SNS.

London, United Kingdom

• Completely revised the Petrel geomodel for the Huntington Forties turbidite reservoir by identifying and modeling lateraly continous mudstones as the barriers preventing aquifer support in the field.
• Picked the detailed internal architecture and faulting within the Huntington reservoir on 3-D seismic and integrated it with log, dip-data, and core, to construct conceptual and static geological models which were used.
• Worked with reservoir engineering, drilling and economic teams to develop well locations with the most favorable economics.
• Analysed near field development and exploration areas for additional resources that could be economically tied back to the FPSO.
• Used GeoTerric spectral decomposition software for depositional system and fault analysis over the Huntington lease which assisted planning development wells and derisking exploration concepts.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Built an industry first inclined grid geomodel for the Algar Lake field built to mimic the actual lateral accretion surface dips measured from image/dip logs and used the model to plan well trajectory and pad design.
• Recognized for the precision placement and steering of 20 horizontal production and injection SAGD wells on the Algar Lease; gaining project management and leadership skills in the process.
• Mapped, drilled and developed water sources for the Algar plant and drill rig.
• Lead a carbonate exploration study of Devonian reefs and dolomitized platform facies for water disposal opportunities.
• Designed and populated a property seriatim for all Grizzly leases, used for a high level strategic review of Grizzly’s land base.
• Helped design permeability and steam diagenesis lab test for reservoir facies.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Built geomodels using RMS to help visualize the Leismer reservoir, run production forecasts, and optimize well performance.
• Built conceptual models detailing the timing and depositional history of the Leismer reservoir using image logs, core, 3-D seismic, and wireline well data.
• Planned and executed development and exploration drilling programs throughout the Leismer Lease.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Developed exploration drilling programs to assess McMurray and Wabiskaw pay potential in a large undrilled exploration block.
• Built a localized model for Wabiskaw sands development at MacKay. Conducted prospect mapping and constructed facies models based off core, log analysis, seismic and ERT integration.
• Calculated OBIP and 2P reserves for the entire MacKay River Lease.

• Logged, described and analysed thousands of meters of clastic and carbonate outcrop in the Northern Rockies, Mackenzie Mountains and Glacial Lake Mackenzie furthering our understanding of regional stratigraphic.
• Field mapped regional foothills structures and Quaternary Geology in the Mackenzie Mountains and Mackenzie valley.

Master Of Science - Ms, Sustainable Energy Development, 3.7

Masc, Geology

Bsc, Geology