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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Over see technical operations for multiple waterfloods, legacy vertical wells, & horizontal producers in the southern Oklahoma region

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Daily responsibilities include all drilling, completions, and production activities for wells in 24 counties & 34 different formations.• Evaluate and execute process improvements in the day to day operations of the wells to both reduce LOE & improve production• Conduct monthly JIB and well reviews.• Identify workover / re-completion candidates & supervise work on location as need.• Design stimulation procedures to using slick water, linear gel, & Cross-linked fluid… Show more • Daily responsibilities include all drilling, completions, and production activities for wells in 24 counties & 34 different formations.• Evaluate and execute process improvements in the day to day operations of the wells to both reduce LOE & improve production• Conduct monthly JIB and well reviews.• Identify workover / re-completion candidates & supervise work on location as need.• Design stimulation procedures to using slick water, linear gel, & Cross-linked fluid systems.• Preform economic evaluations & optimization of existing wells.• Resolve and implement compliance procedures for outstanding regulatory compliance issues. Show less

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Mid-Continent – Oklahoma STACK play in Canadian, Kingfisher & Garfield counties. • Maintain & improve all production on 100+ existing & newly drilled horizontal & vertical wells in the STACK asset.• Reduce LOE through optimization & redesign of artificial including gas lift, plunger assisted gas lift, plunger lift, jet pump & rod lift while improving production.• Coordinate simultaneous operations between Drilling, Completion, and Production teams to minimize down time.• Conduct… Show more Mid-Continent – Oklahoma STACK play in Canadian, Kingfisher & Garfield counties. • Maintain & improve all production on 100+ existing & newly drilled horizontal & vertical wells in the STACK asset.• Reduce LOE through optimization & redesign of artificial including gas lift, plunger assisted gas lift, plunger lift, jet pump & rod lift while improving production.• Coordinate simultaneous operations between Drilling, Completion, and Production teams to minimize down time.• Conduct Nodal analysis to enhance existing production, and identify workover candidates• Create AFEs for new drill wells & review AFE vs Actual expenditures for cost over run• Re-design surface facilities configurations and equipment to match production and streamline installation process.• Oversee EPA permitting, SPCC plans, and OCC fillings.• Source frac water supply for completion operations on new drills in the STACK asset.• Conduct and maintain land owner relations. Show less

Mid-Continent – Oklahoma STACK & WEHLU • Drill 12 Hunton extended reach, 3 Meramec, 1 Osage, 1 Oswego horizontal wells utilizing formation specific well designs.• Complete new drilled horizontal well using slick water, linear gel, & energized acid frac designs.• Modify completions techniques to reduce completion days on location by 50%• Re-permit and recomplete salt water disposal well out of the Arbuckle due to earthquakes.• Production Engineering responsibilities for… Show more Mid-Continent – Oklahoma STACK & WEHLU • Drill 12 Hunton extended reach, 3 Meramec, 1 Osage, 1 Oswego horizontal wells utilizing formation specific well designs.• Complete new drilled horizontal well using slick water, linear gel, & energized acid frac designs.• Modify completions techniques to reduce completion days on location by 50%• Re-permit and recomplete salt water disposal well out of the Arbuckle due to earthquakes.• Production Engineering responsibilities for newly acquired HBP wells in the STACK. Acquired in Dec. 2015 Show less

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Mid-Continent – Oklahoma & Texas • Create and execute a field development plan for the grass roots development of 60,000 acres including a multi rig drilling program, frac fleet deployment program, Electrical infrastructure upgrade and build out, Gas processing facilities and gathering system, SWD gathering and recycling system. Assist in the sale of the developed asset.• Daily responsibilities included the coordination and execution of the activities for 3 Drilling rigs, 3 work over… Show more Mid-Continent – Oklahoma & Texas • Create and execute a field development plan for the grass roots development of 60,000 acres including a multi rig drilling program, frac fleet deployment program, Electrical infrastructure upgrade and build out, Gas processing facilities and gathering system, SWD gathering and recycling system. Assist in the sale of the developed asset.• Daily responsibilities included the coordination and execution of the activities for 3 Drilling rigs, 3 work over rigs, 2 dedicated Frac crews, 3 pipeline crews, 4 location-building crews, 12 flow hands, 2 roustabout crews, 4 pumpers, and 3 ROW agents.• Coordinate simultaneous operations between Drilling, Completion, Production and Construction teams.• Design, drill, complete & produce +40 horizontal wells (Mississippi Lime/Woodford/Cordell) utilizing both top drive & Kelley driven rigs.• Design and execute completion procedures and stimulation jobs for all new drill wells using both open-hole systems and plug and perf completion techniques• Install ESP’s and manage formation draw down pressures to mitigate sand migration• Coordinate workover actives to maintain production, prepare offset wells for frac, Toe prep newly drilled wells, drill out frac plugs, run ESP’s• Design, drill, complete +10 SWD wells/3 formations/active earthquake region.• Install automation system for SWD pumps on location resulting in 0 trucked water.• Design, permit, & install approximately 70 miles of gas & water pipelines across 60,000 acres asset.• Implement multi-well pad operations & produced water recycling practices.• Maintain the operations calendar to reflect commission and leasing activities to improve the forecasted operational expenses.• Negotiate agreements for surface use, right-of-way, and saltwater disposal with landowners.• Prepare exhibits & testify as an expert witness at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.• Prepare and submit OCC & Tx RRC forms/permits & Frac Focus reports. Show less

South Texas

Eagleford Shale – South Texas• Onsite engineering support and supervision for the drilling operations including cement calculations, managing ECD’s, and surge and swab effects, ROP optimization, Conduct FIT/ LOT test and analysis.• Complete and submit end of well reports to office engineering staff

Levelland, Midland, Houston Texas

International, Gulf Coast, and Permian Basin - Automation Division• Evaluate of the methodology of Inferred Production calculation in the well site manager.• Domestic and internationally trouble shooting of automation controllers through collection and analysis of production data and downhole pump cards