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Responsible for providing oversight and on-time delivery of materials in support of the Department of Energy backed CarbonSAFE Phase III demonstration in Kemper County, Mississippi. Notably this has involved coordinating with the EPA regarding the submission of Class VI permit application documents. He is also involved in overseeing the organizations involvement in other Department of Energy sponsored projects in the Powder River Basin with the goal of understanding key metrics of hydrocarbon reservoir development and production in partnership with the Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute and industry partners. Additionally, he is responsible for leveraging his professional experience from the oil and gas and geologic carbon capture and storage industries in providing mentorship and guidance to junior staff.

Managed personnel and provided project oversight for the US Exploration team. Key responsibilities included:Promoting a safe and compliant work environment that met the HSEC standards for IlukaBudget tracking and managing project timelines to ensure deliverables are presented in a timely fashion in accordance to proposed project plansProvide mentorship and geologic supervision to field staffCoordinate with principal geologists in order to produce future prospects identified as highly ranked exploration targets

Stony Creek, Virginia

Lead geologist in charge of drilling exploration program. Highly involved in the development and implementation of a large regional drilling project that required communication and coordination with land men, contract personnel, and local state regulatory offices. Participated in review and technical report generation for identification of future development prospects in the US

Canonsburg, Pa

Established an automated workflow to pull a series of reservoir properties generated from geomodelling. The properties were determined based on collaboration with the engineering team for use within production and economic analysis.Developed a series of petrophysical relationships through the integration of properties derived from core analysis to be implemented regionally using available electronic logsImplemented a stochastic modeling approach to gain a better understanding of the reservoir heterogeneity.Worked with GIS group to develop a series of scripts that provided automated information pertaining to well layouts and development acreage blocks. The output shapefiles from these scripts provided easier access to detailed information that aided in the property modeling and high-grading company assets.Integration of 3D and 2D seismic data across the basin with the goal of establishing regional horizons to be incorporated into the Earth Models and the identification of geologic hazards such as faulting or severe folding within the formations.Played key role in delivering a short course aimed at increasing the understanding of principles of geomechanics to members of the corporate asset and operations teams. Participated as part of a cross-discipline task force conducting risk analysis to the development plan and creating a series of contingency plans to avoid plan disruption and corporate cashflow goals

Canonsburg, Pa

Lead geologist for the Allegheny County Airport Authority drilling program. Acted as primary contact and geologic advisor for all operational activities including working with GIS, land, and drilling groups to finalize all details and supervise third party geosteering contractors.Provided geologic experience as part of an oversight committee evaluating international unconventional prospects with Greenshale Energy, LLC. Potential projects were reviewed in Argentina, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Poland.Developed and followed a standard operating procedure load hundred’s of wells and associated petrophysical logs into Petrel to create a basin-wide 3D Earth Model for the Marcellus shale formation. This represented the integration of subsurface structural geology and associated reservoir properties to understand the variance in reservoir quality and high grade development areas based on net present value. Played key role in providing support on major asset divesture and acquisition decisions.Provide oversight and quality control measures related to maintaining a database of geochemical composition of produced gas.Utilized skills with GIS and geospatial referencing to aid in site assessment when working with land development teams during the pre-drill operations phase

Canonsburg, Pa

Utilized skills in data mining to incorporate public information with real-time operations data to carryout geologic evaluations in the Illinois Basin for conventional oil prospects. Created drilling development plans for gas wells targeting the Marcellus, Utica, and Upper Devonian Shale formations.Supervised the work of third party geosteering and mudlogging personnel during drilling of unconventional shale wells.Collaborate with land and permitting groups to identify prospective areas and formulate a development plan.

Blacksburg, Va

Published “Evaluation of Large-Scale Geologic Carbon Sequestration Potential in the Virginia Piedmont and Coastal Plain” as the lead author in Carbon Management Technology Conference 2012Conducted subsurface geologic characterization examining the potential for carbon sequestration in saline aquifers and unmineable coal seams in the Appalachian Basin and coastal VirginiaCollaborated with team members on technical report write-ups and grant proposals

Master Of Science, Geology

Activities and Societies: Geological Society of America; 2008-present Graduate Student Liaison Committee; 2009-2010 Geosciences Student.

Bachelor Of Science, Geology

Activities and Societies: Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Geology club