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South Jordan, Utah, United States

South Jordan, Utah, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Led economic analysis of unconventional and conventional drilling opportunities. Optimized secondary and tertiary recovery at 5 West Texas fields, averaging 10K Barrels of Oil Per Day (BOPD) production. Managed reserves reporting of 90M Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) proved reserves and 320M BOE potential resources.• Assessed and presented unconventional development opportunities to management, focusing on 60 wells with 300M BOE and present value (PV) of $360M.• Identified and… Show more Led economic analysis of unconventional and conventional drilling opportunities. Optimized secondary and tertiary recovery at 5 West Texas fields, averaging 10K Barrels of Oil Per Day (BOPD) production. Managed reserves reporting of 90M Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) proved reserves and 320M BOE potential resources.• Assessed and presented unconventional development opportunities to management, focusing on 60 wells with 300M BOE and present value (PV) of $360M.• Identified and executed in-fill drilling and re-completion projects, achieving present value of $8M.• Improved waterflood efficiency through well workovers and screened candidates for polymer injection pilot program, decreasing field decline rate.• Utilized Spotfire to automate weekly injection well decisions in a CO2 flood, increasing efficiency and allowing analysis of overall flood effectiveness.• Collaborated with Geoscientists, Operations Engineers, Drilling Engineers, and Field Personnel to improve data collection and respond to rapidly changing financial environment, reducing operations spending 20%. Show less

Conducted reservoir simulation for Russia Far East Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project. The $10B LNG project will develop gas resources at Sakhalin-1 field. Optimizing design concept led to saving 100M BOE and facilitated project approval for entering Front-End Engineering Design (FEED).• Combined reservoir models for 5 separate fields to analyze LNG project's impact on existing oil production, resulting in concept improvements saving $2B.• Performed both Monte Carlo and… Show more Conducted reservoir simulation for Russia Far East Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project. The $10B LNG project will develop gas resources at Sakhalin-1 field. Optimizing design concept led to saving 100M BOE and facilitated project approval for entering Front-End Engineering Design (FEED).• Combined reservoir models for 5 separate fields to analyze LNG project's impact on existing oil production, resulting in concept improvements saving $2B.• Performed both Monte Carlo and Scenario-based Uncertainty Analysis, achieving base-case 200M cubic feet of gas reduction, and minimizing project risk and scope creep.• Simplified reserves reporting across all Sakhalin-1 projects totaling 2.3B barrels of oil and 17.1T cubic feet of gas, reaching reduction in effort and less opportunity for errors.• Supervised reservoir model updates to individual field models stewarded by 5 engineers, ensuring compatibility with combined RFE LNG model.• Automated post-processing of RFE LNG modeling, resulting in reduction of 27K clicks and keystrokes. Show less

Simulated multi-phase fluid flow to design pipelines, flowlines, risers, and wells for international projects. Designed mitigations for hydrate, wax, scale, asphaltene, corrosion, erosion, and solids deposition, maintaining trouble-free operations.• Delivered basis for removing lift-gas dehydration from offshore Canada Hebron project, realizing $200M of savings and significant reduction in topsides weight.• Designed risers, flowlines, and 150-mile pipeline to shore for deepwater… Show more Simulated multi-phase fluid flow to design pipelines, flowlines, risers, and wells for international projects. Designed mitigations for hydrate, wax, scale, asphaltene, corrosion, erosion, and solids deposition, maintaining trouble-free operations.• Delivered basis for removing lift-gas dehydration from offshore Canada Hebron project, realizing $200M of savings and significant reduction in topsides weight.• Designed risers, flowlines, and 150-mile pipeline to shore for deepwater Scarborough field located on Northwest Shelf in Australia and containing 7T cubic feet of natural gas.• Evaluated hydrate risks for exploration wells in Hungary, Brazil, and Australia, providing simulation support to projects in Iraq, Kurdistan, and Angola.• Built Excel-based VBA tool to allow input of large lists of parameters, enabling parametric studies of pipelines.• Worked with diverse project teams, verifying flow assurance requirements and deliverables were understood and incorporated in projects ranging from early Concept Selection to Detailed Design. Show less

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Summer internships in 1996 and 1997Updated drawings in AutoCAD per engineers' markupsCataloged metadata to facilitate drawing conversion from AutoCAD to Pro E

Master Of Science (Ms), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering