Herron Kennedy Email & Phone Number

Worldwide

-Took the opportunity of the O&G downturn to explore and photograph the world visiting 42 countries in total across Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, and South America-Learned the culture and traditions of many different peoples and developed a globalized perspective-Built confidence by navigating many difficult situations while greatly improving logistic skills-Improved body language communication through travel in areas that I did not speak the local language-Networked all across the world and learned how to quickly develop and build trust with others-Improved negotiation skills by learning to recognize the local value of goods and services as they often can change dramatically with location

Cheyenne, Wyoming

-Provided engineering and field support for a startup cementing service company in the upstream oil and gas industry with clients in Colorado, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming-Led the migration of ALTCem’s laboratory from a temporary facility to a permanent facility including running new plumbing, electrical, and pneumatic lines-Trained and oversaw laboratory personnel to perform API cement testing-Performed nonscheduled maintenance on high pressure/high temperature laboratory equipment-Wrote cementing proposals for new and existing work including the sale of casing equipment and recommendation of downhole tools

Boulder, Colorado Usa

-Provided engineering and field support for a small startup with proprietary oxidant technology for water treatment in the oil and gas industry-Developed cost models for proposal generation and profitability analysis-Ensured DOT compliance of Clean Chemistry personnel-Mobilized equipment and resources for water treatment field trials-Traveled to perform field service of equipment and to maintain customer relations-Commissioned new equipment for field deployment-Attended and spoke at technical conferences-Created process flow diagrams for new and existing work

Denver, Colorado Usa

-Developed and implemented custom frac fluid chemistry to facilitate produced, flowback, and alternative water source use in hydraulic fracturing operations throughout the Rockies-Designed custom water treatment strategies for produced, flowback, and alternative water sources including reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration, electrocoagulation, chemical coagulation, ultraviolet, chlorine dioxide, and softening-Worked with customers to propose water management recommendations and solutions to meet economic, mandated, and social goals-Continued to provide field support to high profile hydraulic fracturing operations in the DJ Basin including the fracturing of wells using real-time distributed temperature and acoustic sensing, microseismic, and diverter agents.-Project manager of Noble Energy/Colorado State University/Halliburton partnership to develop solutions to increase recycled water usage in Noble Energy's hydraulic fracturing operations in the DJ Basin

Brighton, Colorado Usa

-Lead engineer overseeing hydraulic fracturing operations of one of Halliburton's mobile chemical mixing, blending, and pumping crews which generated $20M+/month revenue-Project manager of Noble Energy/Colorado State University/Halliburton partnership to develop solutions to increase recycled water usage in Noble Energy's hydraulic fracturing operations in the DJ Basin-Enhanced production of unconventional resources in northeast Colorado including the Niobrara chalk and Codell sandstone making real time fluid decisions during hydraulic fracturing operations to optimize production and minimize down time-Worked closely with a team of 15+ lab personnel to meet customer needs through chemical optimization of fluid systems-Managed R&D projects to meet customers’ needs in the Production Enhancement PSL as well as continued to innovate and provide support to ongoing cementing R&D projects-Utilized advanced hydraulic fracturing techniques such as pinpoint stimulation and proppant diverter to create complex fracture networks

Brighton, Colorado Usa

-Oversaw numerous R&D projects to further Halliburton's technological advancement including the development and marketing of Clean Spacer™ III which was nominated for a World Oil Award in the Best Health, Safety, Environment / Sustainable Development - Onshore category-Invented a patent pending method for predicting well bore fluid properties including rheology and other vital properties giving a cost savings to the company by reducing equipment and manpower needed to complete laboratory R&D projects-Designed custom TergoVis™ I efficiency fluids for Halliburton field camps throughout the Rockies using patent pending technique I developed-Directed and mentored lab personnel in completing numerous projects for operational needs as well as R&D-Acted as the engineering liaison for ConocoPhillips in the DJ Basin-Engineered custom cementing solutions for Halliburton's many customers in the DJ Basin through formation evaluation, advanced fluid modeling, and laboratory analysis-Created customized foam, hollow microsphere, epoxy resin, water extended, and conventional cement slurries for surface, intermediate, and production casings including horizontal liner applications and remedial solutions-Wrote cementing solution proposals for new and existing work including the sale of casing equipment and recommendation of downhole tools-Oversaw quality assurance of bulk cement blending operations through lab QA/QC and field inspection

Brighton, Colorado Usa

-Furthered the development of Clean Spacer™ III an environmentally friendly oil well spacer which allows for land spreading and enhancement of soil properties through biodegradation-Received an MVP as a four month employee for developing a reformulated Tuned Spacer III blend with an estimated local profit gain of 1M/yr-Gained valuable oil and gas experience working with exploration and production companies in the DJ Basin-Oversaw coal bed methane cementing operations in southern Colorado

Trinidad, Colorado Usa

-Remotely administered operation critical network, database, and security systems-Designed and maintained online retail presence -Traveled to site to install and setup new hardware and software systems when remote administration was not feasible-Contracted and worked with programmers to design custom software to streamline business operations-Designed and built custom hardware such as servers and workstations

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: AIChE

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental Engineering