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Odessa/Midland, Texas Area

Prepare petrophysical analysis used in making well decisions. Build petrophysical models to calculate mineral contents, porosity, water saturation and hydrocarbon saturation. Work closely with geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists with their projects. Analyze rock core and well log data. Supervise the acquisition of new data.

Odessa/Midland, Texas Area

Midland College, Advanced Technology Center

Teach, train and mentor students for careers within the oil & gas industry.Prepare and deliver lectures, lab activities and assessments for classes taught in the Energy Technology program. Students who complete the Energy Technology program receive an Associates degree and can either start a new career or continue their education.Most classes are split.

Odessa/Midland, Texas Area

Petrophysicist working in the greater Permian Basin. Experienced in Wolfcamp, Bonesprings, Wolfberry, Spraberry, Delaware and San Andres formations.Skilled in the interpretation of the following logs: Resistivity, Density, Neutron Porosity, Gamma Ray, Spectral Gamma Ray, NMR, Spectroscopy, Dielectric Permitivity, Core Data, Mud Logs, Sonic, Ultrsonic and.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Petrophysicist working primarily in the Marcellus and Utica/Pt Pleasant formations.Developing Petrophysical models and calibrating them to cores.Using Petrophysical models to estimate water saturation, permeability, kerogen content and oil place calculations.Skilled in the interpretation of the following logs: Resistivity, Density, Neutron Porosity, Gamma.

Weston, West Virginia

Completed Hundreds of Open Hole and Cased Hole logging jobs on drilling rigs and wellsites.Led a 2-3 person crew and managed trucks, equipment and radioactive sources.Mentored and trained 6 field engineer trainees. Instructed them how to run a Wireline job through hands on training.Completed a study of hand injuries in Wireline using 12 years of data..

Cookeville, Tennessee

Prepared and tested lab experiments before lab classes. Assisted with data collection for Dr. Robert Glinski in his research.

Hawesville, Kentucky

Collected and tested samples of papermaking chemicals from around the plant.Report results to the engineers in charge and assist them with their tasks.Work included titrations, solution standardization and use of a calorimeter.Sampled and tested boiler water, non-potable and storm water runoff

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Repaired and maintained computers and printers for computer systems located in Welcome Centers throughout Tennessee. Traveled once a month to the locations to update software, replenish supplies and speak with the client.