Dean Checkai, P.E. Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, La, Us

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

o Engineer and engage in crude oil storage and deliveries (inventories) from salt caverns. o Implement work planning for well work-overs.o Execute special project wire-line logging and provide analysis of logs.o Subcontractor administrator for sonar surveys, nitrogen coiled tubing services, sealants.o Comply with Regulators through mechanical integrity testing of wells and well-bores.o Engage in the Cavern Integrity engineering processes and analysis.o Provide peer reviews of reports and presentations.o Resolve and reach consensus on technical path forwards and project scope of work / planning.o Present results and recommendations to all parties involved.o Integrate technical engineering analysis with Operations and Site work.

Greater New Orleans Area

o Led 2-year effort to obtain approval from Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for an alternative type of cavern integrity testing method. Led the design review and based the test method on industry best practices. This alternative test method is much safer and saves our customer several $100,000+/year. Approval for the alternative test was granted in February 2022. o Lead professional engineer review and sign-off responsibilities for the cavern systems in Louisiana. Since 2019, reviewed, signed off, and stamped 40+ cavern integrity reports submitted to Louisiana and Texas Regulators. Hold primary responsibility of the report conclusions based on sound cavern engineering data analysis, job execution, and wireline log interpretation. o Analyze geo-technical data from the 4-Sites (62-caverns, 128-wellbores that store ~700 MMbbl crude oil). Use technical background and engineering skills to make recommendations for how to proceed with technical projects. Communicate these plans with the customer and manage projects to completion. Project lead for remediating wellbores (7 projects) using a sealant and wireline tools to fix problem wells at cost savings of ~ $2 million per well.o Write and manage workover procedures that are executed in the field. Led effort to obtain permit from Regulators on special workover projects. Track daily project execution details to ensure compliance with written procedure and project schedule. Manage oilfield service providers for wireline logging, nitrogen pumping units, sonar surveys, and sealant solutions.o Lead planner and manger for other special projects including plugging and abandoning wells, remediating wells and wellheads, solution mining salt, enhancing brine disposal well injectivity, conducting coiled tubing cleanouts, and asset improvements.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Junior engineer role. Worked on special cavern projects and identified key improvements to weekly and monthly reporting tools, analytical spreadsheets, and other customer deliverables. Traveled to the 4-Sites to execute field testing procedures.

Austin, Tx

Mentored by Professor of Petroleum Engineering Research Program Joint Industry Project CO2 Sequestration. Analyzed wellbore leakage scenarios for large dataset of wellbores. Developed a computer model to simulate leakage pathway conditions and changed parameters to match actual results. Published and presented findings in conference technical papers.

Austin, Tx

Evaluated insurance processes by performing time and efficiency studies of existing workflows and made recommendations for re-engineered solutions. Improved business systems reduced expenses by $5000/month after implementation.

Austin, Tx

Prepared preliminary wind farm energy analysis reports to maximize electrical generation by compiling historical wind speed data and topographic/elevation information to optimize turbine positions and alignment. Produced preliminary site plan layout summary and design requirements, with respect to transmission line capacities, substation locations, and private property limits

Reston, Va

Provided back-end testing of federal government software applications prior to upgrades. Gathered requirements, wrote test plans, and formulated expected results.

Voreppe, France

Provided manager with lowest cost alternative to an in-house operation by outsourcing to local testing laboratory. Interviewed and compiled information from chemists and engineers in different facilities. Conducted research, created design specifications, and made recommendations for this change. Contributed to "continuous improvement" environment by reducing wasteful internal processes.

Ms, Petroleum Engineering

Activities and Societies: Petroleum Graduate Students AssociationGraduate Student

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon, Mock Trial

Education record

Engineering exchange student.

Education record