Supervise team of Shell and KOC production technologists that supports the development of a new large thermal heavy oil project in Northern Kuwait.

I work in a technology group that provides support to Shell projects globally that are using intelligent completion technologies. I specialize in screening and providing advice on SMART Wells utilizing down hole flow control valves.

I was the C&WI Engineering Team Lead for Shell's "Arrowhead" project in Anthony, Kansas. I supervised five engineers and multiple field staff who designed and executed hydraulically fractured completions.

Worked as the Senior Production Technologist (PT) for the Champion Water flood Project. I was responsible for preparing the well completion and well operations section in the Basis for Design (BFD). I also focused on Smart Well Design, Zonal Control, and Artificial Lift Technology Trials focused on novel ways of deploying ESPs. Before this I was the Project Leader for the Champion SE Water Injection Project with a budget of over B$270MM. This project consisted of drilling 4 producing wells utilizing open hole horizontal gravel packs, 9 water injection wells utilizing smart well technology for zonal control, expandable sand screens (ESS), and multiple sub-sea pipelines. Prior to the Project Leader role, I was a PT in the East Production System Optimization (PSO) group specializing in Gas lift Design and Optimization for the Champion Field, which currently produces approximately 120,000 BOPD. I was the well owner for 100+ wells some of which are smart wells. I also played an active role in other assets by providing Artificial Lift support in the areas of Rod Pumps, ESPs, and PCPs. I was responsible for opening up long term closed in wells, bean-ups, and mentoring young gas lift engineers.

I was part of integrated projects team responsible for sub-sea completions. I was seconded to Chevron for the purpose of representing Shell's interest on the Tahiti project. For this project, I was responsible for tubular and connection design for a 15K psi sub-sea well test. This consisted of reviewing connection and tubular FEA analyses, material selection, and connection qualification testing. I designed the Vacuum Insulted Tubing (VIT), which was used to protect the well from possible casing collapse caused by trapped annular pressures.

Designed, implemented, and optimized artificial lift systems for the Hamaca field in Eastern Venezuela. This is a heavy oil field (13 API) completed with extended reach horizontal and multi lateral wells. In this role I initiated the development and implementation of the world's largest PCP system. Championed the production optimization and automated control system for the Hamaca field. This field now produces over 190,000 BOPD. Responsibilities included well clean up, start up, and remote optimization and control of the Progressive Cavity Pumping systems used in this project.

Provided technical support to foreign and domestic Texaco operating units on artificial lift design and analysis for vertical and horizontal wells, Smart Wells technology, production optimization and water conformance. Areas of expertise include artificial lift design and operation for Progressive Cavity Pumps, ESPCPs, ESPs, and Rod Pumps. Other areas of expertise include Down hole Oil/Water Separation and Reverse Coning Design using Smart Wells Completions. In this position, I was the coordinator of all artificial lift technology projects for the Texaco Upstream Technology EOP group. This currently includes the reliability testing of PCPs for thermal and sandy conditions at the Humble Test Facility. I am also leading several Texaco projects on Down hole Processing.

Responsible for the production and injection optimization for a North Sea Waterflood consisting of 10 horizontal producers lifted by large ESP's and pressure supported by 4 horizontal water injectors. Total production from the field is 60,000 BOPD. Other responsibilities included the management and control of an ESP Incentivised Contract with Centrilift, ESP design, failure prediction and analysis, wellwork remediation and design support, PLT supervision and interpretation. Gained experience in sand failure analysis by investigating several failed gravel packs, pre-packed screens, and other sand handling devices.Worked with Technology department to design and install the World's Longest Open Hole Gravel Pack. We successfully packed over 4100' of pay. This lead to several more record gravel packs in the Captain field.

Provided technical support to foreign and domestic Texaco operating units on water conformance, sand control, production optimization, and artificial lift design and analysis for vertical and horizontal wells. Areas of expertise include Reverse Coning Design and Downhole Separation of Oil, Water and sand. I coordinated and lead multiple studies on sand control methods and sand management strategies. These studies and experiments involved testing multiple Artificial lift systems for sand handing capabilities, hydrocyclones for separating sand, oil, and water at surface and down hole. Also carried out projects in Canada for cavity completions to increase oil rate. This test involved drilling a well that produced 60% by volume sand and processing the sand at surface into road mix.I was involved in developing water shut-off strategies for all of Texaco's domestic operations

Managed Asset Team Properties Consisting of 450 wells in an active steam flood, with Total Production Equaling 9,500 BOPD. Included All Operations, Strategic and Tactical Planning for oil streams and expenses, Facilities design, Remedial Well Work Design, and Economic Analysis for Kern River Field Steam flood projects. In this position I was responsible for all well work and sand control issues in my area. Gained extensive experience in acid stimulation design, installing multiple types of sand control devices (i.e. Screens, slotted liners, pre-packed screens, resin jobs, frac packs, and over the top gravel packs).Abandonment Team Leader; Managed the Idle Well Testing & Abandonment Team for the Kern River Field. Included Developing Abandonment Schedule for Texaco's Strategic and Tactical Plans, Developing and Coordinating Casing Integrity Tests for approx. 650 idle wells, Evaluated idle wells for future potential, Prepared bid specification package for the cementing and coiled tubing work needed to abandon severely damaged wells, Prepared Abandonment programs, and worked closely with the Department of Oil & Gas to make sure that all governmental regulations were followed.

Designed, Implemented and Evaluated Pump-off Controller Test for Kern River Field. Included Preparing Project Proposal, Evaluating Prospective Suppliers, Coordinating installation start-up, and Training employees.; Drilling and Completions Engineer; Developed and Coordinated the drilling and completions of approximately 60 gas wells. Includes Interpreting Logs, Deciding to set pipe or abandon wells, Picking Perforations, Design Acid and Sand Frac Jobs. Represented company during the Drilling, Logging, Perforating, Acid Jobs, and Sand Frac Jobs. Reservoir Engineer; Conducted Reservoir analysis on Monroe Gas Rock. Includes conducting several Pressure Build - Up Test, Constructing Horner Plots in order to determine if the Monroe Gas Rock could be classified as a Tight Sand for state and federal taxing purposes.