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Plano, Texas, United States

Williston, North Dakota, United States

Ensured safe and efficient operations for 260-490 wells with associated 10 – 14 kbd from unconventional and conventional reservoir formations. Led weekly meetings with production and facility teams to identify production and downtime field trends, review Lease Operating Expenses (LOE). Optimized wells utilizing Rod Pump, ESP, and Gas Lift production methods. Mentored new engineers on workflow processes/decisions for workover rig operations and procedures.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬► Prepared Authorization for Expenditures (AFE’s) and prioritized safety in all workover procedures, reducing failure frequency by 20%. ► Spearheaded team of 12 engineers and field staff as OPEX Coordinator, decreasing expenses by 39% during 2020 oil price collapse. ► Designed and implemented XTO’s first frac job in Bakken utilizing radioactive sand tracer proving cluster design had relative uniform sand distribution.► Remediated 4.5” liner burst by leading XTO’s first cement job through coiled tubing in Bakken.► Designed and executed 30+ P&A’s and 10 temporary abandonments, maintaining regulatory requirements and cost performance.► Examined previous cased hole and open hole log data for possible recompletions, wellbore cleanout, stimulation, or operational changes before concluding P&A candidates.► Partnered with land, geology, and reservoir teams to plug back and recomplete Bakken well into Madison formation.► Improved Bakken operational efficiencies while maintaining exceptional safety performance by coordinating a risk assessment for early tubing installs on higher pressure wells, and following up with weekly tracking tool to show wells meeting requirements.► Revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) and organized training with 30+ person field team as lead Bakken Wellwork SOP contact.► Organized 5 person multi-disciplinary team, creating Spotfire tool to streamline OPEX tracking and quickly perform economic analysis on wells requiring workovers based on LOE history.

Williston, North Dakota, United States

In-house contract engineer working for XTO Energy.

Watford City, North Dakota, United States

Selected for two competitive Production Engineer internship positions. Contributed to meaningful summer projects and provided data clarity to the engineering team and management.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Analyzed frequent rod-cut tubing failures, showing gas interference is a leading cause of rod buckling and tubing wear.► Co-led mid-year failure meeting, leading to improved polished rod make up process.► Headed area-specific ESP feasibility study, revealing ESP installation was an economic first form of artificial lift.

Watford City, North Dakota, United States

Recruited for an Engineer internship position with Nuverra, performed data entry and research assignments at the lead engineer's request. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Completed critical market assessment on secondary uses of clean brine water, preventing management from spending millions of dollars on equipment that would not have been utilized by area oil and gas firms.

Keene, North Dakota, United States

Hired as a Maintenance Operator and promoted twice as Lease Operator due to exceptional performance, optimizing production operations for Hess Corporation. Monitored wells with detailed daily notes of production levels and pressures, coordinated regularly with service companies to supply fresh water, and remove oil and production water. Operated wells producing from Madison, Bakken, Devonian, Silurian, Red River, and Winnipeg formations. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Evaluated individual wells to determine fresh water rates for salt water dilution, collaborating with chemical companies to determine proper rates to prevent bacteria, scale, and corrosion. ► Trained new lease operators on safe and efficient wellsite operation methods.

Keene, North Dakota, United States

Performed critical & routine maintenance duties by replacing pumping unit belts, dump valves, building wellsite facilities, attaching flow lines to wellheads, cleaning heater treaters, and inspecting tanks with high levels of H2S including confined space entry and breathing equipment.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS►Acted as on-site safety coordinator, supervising pumping unit assembly, involving multiple personnel and heavy equipment (i.e. crane operations). ► Supervised company facilities and multiple service company vendors during flowback operations ensuring safe operations during initial high production period.

Keene, North Dakota, United States

In-house contract lease operator for Hess Corporation.

Fairview, Montana, United States

Launched an oil and gas career as a Roughneck, for Nabors Industries. Gained a strong appreciation for hard work during two summer internships at various sites across Montana.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS► Worked rig floor making drill pipe connections, collecting drill cuttings for analysis, and cleaning/painting rig, as required.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Petroleum Engineering, Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Education record

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biological Science