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Austin, Texas, United States

Midland, Texas

Provide Technical support to sales staff with guidance on product selection and application, Participate in field surveys and field visits as needed. Perform analysis in the lab on difficult issues impacting operations.Support and oversea Technical Services Group.Liase with other North America Technical ManagersAttend monthly meetings with customers and provide input on issues and challenges in the field. Perform root cause analysis on failures related to paraffin, scale, corrosion and other issues.Attend internal meetings to better understand the challenges and needs of field operations.Oversee and support analytical lab.

Bakersfield, California, United States

Provided technical support to engineering teams for Western US, Alaska Regions and International customers in both offshore and onshore environments.Established and led an integrated, cross-functional well stimulation team.Designed, sourced and built High Pressure pumping and liquid additive equipment to facilitate safe and rapid, specialty chemical applications. Designed Excel programs to calculate chemical and well control volumes and populate the appropriate safety, regulatory and reporting paperwork reducing design time by 3-4 hours per task.Designed damage specific, stimulation treatments to improve production on wells damaged by paraffin, asphaltene, CO2, FeS, bacteria, emulsion and mineral scale.Provided detailed workover procedures ensuring a properly executed treatment program meeting internal and client safety and quality standards.Developed application techniques for complicated downhole completion intervals resulting in cost savings of $350K to $500K per year/well in reduced failures.Participated in well surveillance with clients to perform RCFA on lift failures.Developed techniques for field and laboratory analysis of solids and produced fluid samples resulting in better product selection and optimized well production.Coordinated with R&D Resources to develop, evaluate, roll out and prove new chemistries in the field.Compiled, tracked, and generated post-treatment performance data reports to demonstrate economic and operational metrics were being met. Technical Proposals submitted with compliance of all health, safety, and environmental regulatory policies as an integral part of the design Developed and presented internal and external training relating to well stimulation and shared best oilfield practices, reducing the number of failed applications by 35%.Actively involved in industry conferences and peer forums as guest lecturer and presenter.

Midland, Texas, United States

Provided well site technical support.Provided real-time interpretation of data during high pressure fracturing programs.Supervised all aspects of on-site operations during fracture, cement, and acid treatments.Designed fracture, acid and cement programs.Operated computer monitoring systems used to gather, analyze and report pertinent treatment data.

Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, And Levelland, Texas, United States

Summer of 1991 worked in Marathon's Lafayette LA Onshore Reservoir Engineering Group designing Cyclic CO2 Treatments.Summer of 1992 worked in Texaco's Levelland Texas Field Production Office creating production databases.Summer of 1993 worked in Unocal's Business and Planning Gulf Coast Office in Lafayette, LA automating financial reporting.

Midland-Odessa Area

Field Operator - Operated Field Compressors and Gas Gathering Pipelines.Valve Tester - Implemented Safety Relief Valve Sizing and Testing Program.Corrosion Technician - Implemented ultrasonic corrosion/erosion monitoring system on gas gathering system.Maintenance Technician - Operated repair facility for pump repairs.Dehydration Specialist - Tested and optimized field dehydration units to meet pipeline specs.Construction Foreman - Supervised minor compressor station construction projects, new well and pipeline tie-ins, pipeline repairs, and maintenance projects.