Full time consultant for Bison Oil & Gas

Worked in exploration and development roles and had a wide range of responsibilities including:Williston Basin• Planned and steered Bakken and Three Forks wells in Mountrail and Stark Counties• Assisted in well permitting processes • Identified and mapped sweet spots in Stark County for new drill prioritization• Re-evaluated LWD data in SES to correlate %-in-zone with production and used this data to identify optimal target zones • Evaluated re-frac candidates in Mountrail County• Prepared the geologic section of management presentations and presented to potential buyers for the company marketing processEast Texas Asset Team• Mapped prospective regions in the Taylor Sand member of the Cotton Valley • Completed a production log study and in conjunction with open hole logs identified two secondary horizontal targets in the upper Cotton Valley• Assisted in permitting Cotton Valley wellsParadox Basin Exploration Team• Defined limits of a play fairway • Identified prospects using geologic and land considerations, then outlined an acquisition, exploration, and development plan with economics for each prospect • Evaluated uphole target zones • Assisted in the evaluation and acquisition of offsetting federal units • Assisted in the planning and drilling of exploratory wells• Monitored competitor activity and updated competitor maps• Developed and tested a method of geosteering in salt using a handheld XRF to determine position when faulted out of zone• Conducted a field-wide water testing program and used results to help determine the source of produced water in several wells• Identified porosity and fractures using triple combo, OBMI, mud log, and real time mass spec data in horizontal wells to attempt to optimize perforation intervals

Taught sedimentary petrology and geochemistry labs, historical lab, and the sedimentary section of field camp

Prepared and analyzed thin sections for optical mineralogy and petrology