Sr. Production Engineer responsible for well and facility production optimization in the Duvernay liquids rich shale play.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSDeveloped an artificial lift strategy for horizontal wells that included pumpjacks, plunger lift, jet pumps and gas lift. Responsible for project design and coordinating installation.Managed $10MM annual optimization/maintenance budget.Provided mentoring to junior engineers and scheduling production optimization… Show more Sr. Production Engineer responsible for well and facility production optimization in the Duvernay liquids rich shale play.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSDeveloped an artificial lift strategy for horizontal wells that included pumpjacks, plunger lift, jet pumps and gas lift. Responsible for project design and coordinating installation.Managed $10MM annual optimization/maintenance budget.Provided mentoring to junior engineers and scheduling production optimization courses/seminars to aid their development. Show less

Sr. Production Engineer responsible for maximizing production in shallow gas fields (Mannville, Viking, Belly River, Bearpaw and Horseshoe Canyon) located in the Drumheller & Strathmore area.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSSelected +100 recompletion candidates per year upon review of production and spinner log data. Workover programs included water shutoffs, perfing additional pay and fracture stimulation.Coordinated well optimization programs that included swabbing programs… Show more Sr. Production Engineer responsible for maximizing production in shallow gas fields (Mannville, Viking, Belly River, Bearpaw and Horseshoe Canyon) located in the Drumheller & Strathmore area.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSSelected +100 recompletion candidates per year upon review of production and spinner log data. Workover programs included water shutoffs, perfing additional pay and fracture stimulation.Coordinated well optimization programs that included swabbing programs, nitrogen cleanouts, soaping, pumpjack installs and plunger lift installs.Supported Glauconite E4E gas injection project by submitting D51 application and managing installation of a field gas compressor. Show less

Sr. Production Engineer in the Rainbow area Keg River tertiary miscible flood pools and Muskeg oil pools.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSEngineered optimization projects to improve flood performance which included workover programs for repositioning production packers within miscible bank, water zone isolations, acid stimulations and temperature logging.Engineered completion wellbore designs and pipeline tie-ins.Implemented new protocols to control trajectory/doglegs within… Show more Sr. Production Engineer in the Rainbow area Keg River tertiary miscible flood pools and Muskeg oil pools.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSEngineered optimization projects to improve flood performance which included workover programs for repositioning production packers within miscible bank, water zone isolations, acid stimulations and temperature logging.Engineered completion wellbore designs and pipeline tie-ins.Implemented new protocols to control trajectory/doglegs within the horizontal leg that resulted in substantial completion cost savings. Show less

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSSupervision of an engineering group responsible for identifying fracture candidates, fracture design, well testing, artificial lift installations and production optimization.Provided coaching and technical mentoring to the engineering group.

Senior Staff Production Engineer for the East Crossfield sour gas and Kirby-Leismer shallow gas fields.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSEngineered and programmed new well completions, re-completions, acid washes, sand cleanouts, pumpjack & plunger lift installations, injector conversions and wellbore abandonments. Assisted with Elkton gas storage application, programmed injector well conversions and new well completions. Project resulted in implementation of a commercial scale gas… Show more Senior Staff Production Engineer for the East Crossfield sour gas and Kirby-Leismer shallow gas fields.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSEngineered and programmed new well completions, re-completions, acid washes, sand cleanouts, pumpjack & plunger lift installations, injector conversions and wellbore abandonments. Assisted with Elkton gas storage application, programmed injector well conversions and new well completions. Project resulted in implementation of a commercial scale gas storage scheme. Show less

Staff Production Engineer for the Pekisko oil and Glauconite gas pools in the Sylvan Lake area.MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONSDesigned new well completions, optimization workovers, and adressed regulatory requirements. Project manager for the clean up of two enviornmentally sensitive battery sites.

Focused on optimization of water/nitrogen floods in Willisden Green field (Cardium sandstone) which involved injector conversions, modeling of the gas gathering system, surface facility upgrades, pipeline tie-ins and installatin of water filtering/injection facilities.

Drilling Engineer for the Frontirer Beaufort Sea offshore drilling operations and conventional land drilling operations groups.Engineered and programmed drillling, logging, casing, cementing, fishing and production testing programs. Supplied onsite supervision during logging, casing and cementing operations.Prepared and evaluated service company bid tendors.

Design of pipelines, batteries and pumping stations.