Brian Chacka

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Petroleum Engineer, Petrophysicist & Proficient Oilfinder at Denbury Inc. @ Denbury Resources Inc.
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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States
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Petroleum Engineer and Petrophysicist with 24 years of experience in exploration, production, asset management, log analysis, completions, drilling, workovers, artificial lift, surveillance, water flood, CO2 EOR, A&D, reservoir and operations management. Worked resource plays including the Bakken, Barnett and Selma Chalk, water and CO2 floods and many conventional oil and gas fields, especially along the Gulf Coast. Experience working remote and arctic locations including Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Prudhoe Bay, North Dakota, Wyoming and international. Have generated significant economic value revitalizing mature oilfields using specialized evaluation, exploitation and development strategies, especially along the Gulf Coast. Additional experience includes asset opportunity identification and acquisition, reservoir and formation evaluation, multi stage completion techniques, fracture stimulation design and execution, and field design, development and management. Lead multi-disciplinary teams composed of engineering, drilling, geology, land, regulatory, HSE, field staff, vendors and other personnel to leasehold drill and partially develop 202,000 net Bakken acres while increasing production from 1,400 to 20,000 BOPD in less than 3 years, implement Hastings CO2 Flood (8,000 BOPD) and develop Selma Chalk horizontal gas play (70 MMCFPD).

Brian Chacka's Current Company Details
Denbury Resources Inc.

Denbury Resources Inc.

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Petroleum Engineer, Petrophysicist & Proficient Oilfinder at Denbury Inc.
Brian Chacka Work Experience Details
  • Denbury Resources Inc.
    Exploration, Exploitation And Technical Expert
    Denbury Resources Inc. Mar 2017 - Present
    Plano, Tx
    Evaluate mature conventional assets for hydrocarbon potential, identify best opportunities, perform risk analysis, forecast production, estimate costs, evaluate economics, execute projects in phases, analyze results, disseminate learnings and feed data into future models. Identified more than 50 behind pipe recompletions and 12 new drill opportunities at Heidelberg, Tinsley, Eucutta, Hastings and other Denbury Gulf Coast Fields by employing a specialized method I developed that integrates components of geophysics, geology, petrophysics, production/reservoir analysis, data analytics and petroleum engineering. Executed multiple recompletions that have generated more than $16 million of PV10 value, 300,000 oil barrels of production and over 1.2 MMBO reserves for less than $4 million capital investment.
  • Denbury Resources Inc.
    Design And Development
    Denbury Resources Inc. Mar 2016 - Feb 2017
    Plano, Tx
    Evaluate field development options and direct large capital projects in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas oilfields. Perform detailed technical reviews of all major capital investments.
  • Denbury Resources Inc.
    Business Development (Acquisitions & Divestitures)
    Denbury Resources Inc. Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
    Plano, Tx
    Evaluated potential acquisition targets, determined asset valuations, assisted with negotiations and oversaw technical, engineering and HSE due diligence. Acquired Gas Draw Field in WY on assignment (no financial payment nor override) through strong negotiating strategy based on meticulous due diligence. Nearly acquired distressed asset at fraction of value before company change of direction during downturn.
  • Denbury Resources Inc.
    Production/Operations/Completions Engineer
    Denbury Resources Inc. Apr 2008 - May 2015
    Plano, Tx
    December 2012 - June 2015 - Lead Production/Operations Engineer for Hastings Field CO2 flood handling reservoir surveillance of 150+ wells flooding 16 reservoirs, flood design of future phases/fault blocks, 10-12 workover rigs, several new drills, processing capacity and requirements and managing over $100 million capital budget each year.March 2010 - November 2012 - Team Lead, Completion/Production Engineer for Bakken asset from acquisition for $100 million from Encore through divestiture to Exxon/XTO for $2.1 billion. Responsible for all wellbore designs and completions including fracture stimulations and workovers following up to 8 drilling rigs, 2+ frac fleets and 6-8 workover rigs during leasehold operations. Increased production from 1,400 to over 20,000 BOPD and HBP'd 196,000+ acres.May 2008 - February 2010 - Completion/Production Engineer for Heidelberg, Sharon, Quitman, Davis and Corinne Fields (East Mississippi) handling Selma Chalk horizontal drilling and fracture stimulation, recompletions, artificial lift, water flood, compression, natural gas collection, gas processing and other responsibilities.
  • Weatherford
    Account And Project Manager
    Weatherford Nov 2005 - Apr 2008
    Dallas, Tx
    Worked with Dallas operators on completion designs and strategies using Weatherford services and products including hydraulic fracturing, microseismic, perforating, TCP, wireline, logging, plugs, packers, ALS, wellheads, etc. Many projects were in the horizontal Barnett Shale play in the Fort Worth Basin, but also worked East Texas Cotton Valley, West Texas Wolfberry, South Oklahoma Woodford and several others.
  • Schlumberger
    General Field Engineer
    Schlumberger Sep 1999 - Apr 2005
    Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico, Prudhoe Bay, Ak

Brian Chacka Skills

Completions Production Engineering Workover Project Management Surveillance Remediation Field Development Reservoir Engineering Hydraulic Fracturing Petroleum Reservoir Management Well Testing Fracture Upstream Stimulation Energy Industry Oilfield Artificial Lift Oil/gas Completion Product Optimization Engineering Petroleum Engineering Drilling Gas Reservoir Simulation Formation Evaluation Tubing Oil And Gas Reserves Acquisitions

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