Conducted financial and market analysis for equity investment opportunities ranging in value from $100 K USD to $10 M USD across CCUS technologies, renewable and fossil electricity generating assets, and oil and gas exploration and production Segmented CCUS industry to assess technology readiness, business strategy, participant size, TAM, access and dependence to state and federal tax incentives for purposes of developing investment thesis and market entry Delivered economic and technical diligence for subsurface CO2 storage project with capacity for 640 M mtCO2, at full-cycle development costs of $7.5 B USDDeveloped plans for 0.5 MW distributed rural solar electricity systems with all-in capital costs of $150 K USD per systemCorrelated macroeconomic trends of electrification and solid-state battery usage with current and forecasted global mining and processing capacities of base and rare-earth metals critical to energy transition technologiesDeveloped academic business case studies of sustainable economic strategies and current market dynamics throughout the modern energy transition as foundation for graduate-level curriculum to be offered at a Tier 1 Texas Public University

Delivered final strategic recommendations involved with developing a closed-loop geothermal 100 MW powerplant in the ERCOT market, outlining regulatory and land hurdles, as well as costs and cash flows involved in a 35-year project lifecycleInvestigated subsurface resource potential and technology synergies associated with repowering a decommissioned coal-fired powerplant by utilizing existing surface facilities, grid interconnection points, and associated mineral rights

Created forward looking saltwater disposal related drilling risk assessment framework to optimally designing future development locations by engaging key cross-functional stakeholders to discuss top concerns and needs, with savings potential of $120 - $500 K USD/wellIntegrated in place resources assessment updates into annual company wide business planning liaising with culturally and technically diverse team to improving accuracy of forecasted EUR by 25%Leveraged machine learning outputs to delineate geologic factors controlling well performance via coalition building across business units arriving at a concise but flexible model to guide future development and act as input for well performance benchmarking highlighting potential opportunities for enhanced recovery strategies in 5% of producing wells

Selected as 1 of 70 program participants to partake in 9 month rotation to Oslo, Norway with purpose of integrating key US Unconventional Oil and Gas drilling and production experience into international projectsEngaged in operational team consisting of Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Canadian, US, and Turkish nationals possessing cross-value chain technical backgrounds, coordinating across time zones spanning 9 hours, resulting in 0 safety incidentsRisk assessment and resource valuation of a frontier exploration region containing estimated 435 B USD 139 B USD worth of natural gas, presented findings before company wide investment quality assurance boardProvided operational oversight during data collection campaign with total spend costs approximately $9.05 M USDDesigned innovative well data integration workflow to enhance value from $55 M USD yearly data collection budget

Led continuous, 24-hr geologic operations for 2 drilling rigs with daily spread costs of approximately $150 K USD, communicating with a team of 10 contracted and field personnel to result in 0 safety incidentsOversaw $15.5 M USD yearly budget of vendor services and data collection contracts within a pool of >20 approved service providers, which generated single-well data collection costs 80% below exploration wellsChampioned cross-functional sprint to delineate $25 M USD of resources from secondary drilling target, high-grading marginal oil and gas leases for future development, presenting findings to and approved by upper managementManaged corporate brand externally via on-campus recruiting efforts, and role as Social Media Ambassador, and internally by organizing and executing multi-day leadership summit, enhancing collaboration and development of leadership personnel

• Geologically evaluated Wilcox Group oil and gas fields for untapped conventional horizontal completion candidates• Produced several high success oil leads and gas leads ready for economic evaluation, and upgraded non-operated lease acreage• Developed framework for identifying key stratigraphic sequences and seismically imaging hydrocarbon charged geobodies • Built exploration database containing company data, historical production data and public well data to guide lease acquisition• Created map database comparing commodities produced from historical oil and gas fields and existing company lease acreage