Blake Williams Email & Phone Number

St. John's, NL, CA

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• PRESENT ROLE
• Automated the creation and data pull process for completion engineering workovers by leveraging internal Python libraries, Wellview, Gitlab for CI/CD, Databricks, Streamlit among more, saving three hrs/day of.
• Maintenance and further development of the CenovusDataPy internal Python library which allows all Cenovus Python users to access, read, write and create custom queries on data housed in Databricks (both AWS and Azure.
• Aided in the development of models and dashboards for the Electrical Engineering team to predict when peaks and valley electrical demand occur at Foster Creek and Christina Lake facilities, to help the team optimize.
• Further maintenance of Data Science projects from previous role in Subsurface Production Engineering

St John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Developed an automated workflow between Petroleum Experts IPM (notably GAP), Databricks (previously Excel using VBA), and Spotfire using Python, to create a production optimization tool, incorporates well declines.
• Development of Spotfire dashboards for the usage of production monitoring, reservoir surveillance, production forecasting, and other production/reservoir parameter tracking.
• Aided the SSDCI team start leveraging data into Databricks, a cloud-based platform helping Cenovus store and govern data, and leverage data using data science, machine learning, and AI tools.
• Development of Power Automate flows to extract latest well trajectories for the WWRP, and extract data from laboratory dataset PDFs for the usage of long-range compositional analysis of wells and reservoir.
• Daily production operational scope, including production tracking and trending using Aspen, issuing weekly advised rates and finding production optimization opportunities.

Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Conduct machinery rounds on CAF Kingston Class Ships if deployed
• Troubleshooting and operation of Marine Systems Engineering equipment onboard Kingston Class MCDV RCN vessels
• Display discipline towards superiors and conducts orders when needed.
• Report to the Junior Ranks Mess’ President on Financial Situations of the mess hall as the Treasurer of the Mess (Sept 2018- Oct 2019)

St John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Two work terms completed for Cenovus (Jan-Apr and Sep-Dec 2022)
• Analyzed subsurface well data, upon completion of building a VBA program to extract data from the SeaRose offshore platform
• Automated a project management spreadsheet for project planned/spend hours budgeting and reforecasting for the project management team of the West White Rose Project
• In VBA, built a new chart filtering tool, while analyzing potential well pore pressure for a well currently in design within the West White Rose Project.
• Conducted a preliminary study on the effects of WAG injection for the benefits on reservoir chemistry for the WWRP

St John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Conduct principal process engineering calculations, and analyzed simulation data from Aspen HYSYS for digital twin development for Newfoundland’s offshore oil and gas sector
• Written proposal reports for engineering consultancy projects (granted a near $90,000 project win)
• In Python, programmed data extraction, information and analysis for both emission reduction project data, and fluid dynamics data from OLGA, to generate dashboards and visualizations

• Work Term (Aug-Dec 2020), and full data analyst as of Dec 14, 2020
• Created data analysis visuals for the uses of NL Eats' reports and projects
• Developed machine learning models, most noteably one that predicts food bank user visit frequency classes at a 93% rate for binary classification, 80% for ternary, and 67% for 4-way class based on demographics of each.
• Surveyed food banks, along with provincial food bank associations thru Canada for NL Eats to learn about food bank struggles, along with their technological and data strives.

Come By Chance, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Aided the process technical department in improving process operations in crude/vacuum distillation, Light ends recovery, RFO/FG systems.
• Conducted weekly field temperature surveys on crude preheat heat exchangers, and crude column overhead "fin-fan" exchangers.
• Created models in both Aspen HYSYS and Symmetry (VGMSim) to aid in improving refining processes.
• Helped other process and operations engineers in improving overall refinery operations.
• Helped trend process data to find potential solutions to process issues in the refinery.

St. John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Served orders and resolved requests to customers
• Cleaned the main areas of the restaurant
• Communicated with customers and coworkers frequently

St. John’s, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Served orders and resolved requests to customers
• Aided with catering at the Bungalow
• Cooked and served orders to customers

Bachelor Of Engineering - B.Eng, Engineering, 3.76/4.00 Gpa (84.3% Average)

Bachelor of Engineering Co-op Program Majored in Process Engineering Engineering Deans List 2020-21 and 2022-23 Graduated in 2023 Capstone.

High School Diploma, 4.00 Gpa (90% Average)

Activities and Societies: Guitar club, soup kitchen, choir Graduated with Honours and a French immersion diploma