Darryl Burns Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary

Deliver information, insights, and project leadership that enable the energy company to maximize resource recovery at the most optimal possible cost. Conduct and report on evaluations and forecasts. Provide engineering support during project execution.• Partnered in achieving – through excellent program execution and reserve estimations – 38% more NPV and 18% more reserves than forecasted on the organization’s most recent capital investment program.• Facilitated, contributed to, and documented a comprehensive safety and operability review of well completion design, flowback equipment, and operating procedures, which reduced CO2 emissions 1,200 tons per well, cut capital costs $100K per well, and increased incremental revenue $50K per well.• Optimized individual wells and increased production 25% for no incremental cost through a variety of techniques, including competitor analysis, reservoir simulation, data analytics, and field experiments. • Spearheaded development and maintenance of a Subsurface Analytics Database to enable optimization of wellbore and completions design. Mentored a summer student to complete the large-scale project.• Supported midstream processing strategy with resource, reserves, and plant liquids recovery evaluations – insights that reduced operating costs, increased product revenues, and delivered a 10% increase in project NPV.• Managed analysis programs that provided technical teams with critical insights and supported high-return strategies, including design changes that reduced costs 10% while delivering 5% more value.• Performed analysis and led the team to present insights that supported an incremental 20% NPV increase in 2P reserves – reserves that are proven or probable to be recovered.• Designed and piloted an automated production revenue analysis tool that identified and enabled recovery of $100K of misallocated production revenue in 2 months.

Calgary

Provided consulting engineering services to a broad range of organizations, including energy companies and academic institutions. Delivered development planning, reservoir characterization, fluid characterization, and hydraulic studies for enhanced oil recovery and acid gas disposal projects. • Completed reservoir engineering and compositional reservoir simulation of a strategy to extend the economic life of an oil recovery operation by reducing facilities operating costs by $725K per year, cutting CO2 emissions by 9,711 tons per year• Worked on an integrated team of subsurface professionals to complete a “CO2 Sequestration Measurement Monitoring and Verification Research Station Design Basis Memorandum” – a document that detailed the design and operating requirements for capturing, processing, and monitoring the permanent storage of carbon dioxide.

Calgary

Promoted to develop annual capital investment, production, and reserves targets for the energy production company. Worked with domain experts to gather data, develop production forecasts, and deliver strategic development plans. Managed activities of service teams to exceed targets. • Created development plans that ranked, prioritized, and scheduled well locations based on a broad range of critical criteria (e.g., ROI, processing capacity constraints, capital investment constraints, etc.) and aligned plans with capital spend, production, and reserves forecasts.• Implemented a pad drilling program that saved $750K per well, reduced surface environmental disturbance by 32 acres, increased after tax rate of return 35%, and improved the payout period by 20%.

Calgary

Led projects to maximize profit from development of the company’s oil and gas mineral rights across a large geographic region. Served as a facilities engineering representative in the field, including managing pipe and equipment inventory and supporting construction and operations startup activities. Oversaw engineering, surface land, facilities equipment, and construction resources.• Led an initiative to fast-track installation of a $35M gas processing facility. Drove a culture of teamwork, shared accountability, and “no egos” to reduce the design, engineering, and installation schedule from 9 months to 4. • Coordinated pipeline construction activities with other area exploration and production companies, resulting in 72 acres reduced surface environmental disturbance and $1MM cost savings.

Calgary

Provided a portfolio of facilities engineering services, including presenting area development options, preparing authorization for expenditure (AFE) cost estimates, Design Basis Memorandums, and notification packages.• Developed and executed a plan for reconfiguring existing area gathering system and compression facilities for a client in Alberta, resulting in 20 billion cubic feet (BCF) of incremental recovered reserves over 24 months.• Participated in a gas plant design review for a client in the United States, including assisting with technical studies and completing reporting that helped the client operate the planet safely and reliably.

Calgary

Engineered and managed facility development projects, from preparing process simulations and technical diagrams (e.g., PFDs, P&IDs, etc.) to coordinating shop and field labor, inspection, and cost control. Partnered with drafting, mechanical, civil, and cost estimating specialists. • Completed process design and major equipment sizing for a large (300 MMSCFD) Turboexpander Plant with Nitrogen Rejection for a client in South America, which helped the client estimate the project NPV and make a more informed investment decision.• Co-authored “Removing Nitrogen” (Hydrocarbon Engineering, 11/2002), which helped industry stakeholders select the most economic plant design for removing nitrogen from natural gas.

Airdrie

Served on the design and build firm’s technical sales team. Partnered in developing process simulations, P&IDs, skid layouts, and instrument lists for oil and gas processing facilities. Presented fixed price bids to clients.• Developed several successful bids, including multiple amine gas sweetening modules for operators in North America and the Middle East and several gas dew point control and natural gas liquids fractionation modules for operators in North America.

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Petroleum Reservoir Engineering

Certificate (In Progress), Strategic Decision & Risk Management

Transitioned to UT Austin after completing a Decision Consulting Workshop (Strategic Decisions Group) and Risk Management studies.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Chemical Engineering

Certificate (In Progress), Business Intelligence And Analytics

Training to support MS Power BI deployment in the enterprise. Completed Program Strategy for BI Projects and Business Intelligence Self.

Professional Management Certificate, Professional Engineers And Geoscientists (Peg)

The Professional Management Certificate, PEG is designed for practicing engineers who want to broaden their skills in the areas.