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VP Subsurface and Field Development at Freelance
Location: Baden, Lower Austria, Austria 13 work roles 5 schools
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VP Subsurface and Field Development
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Baden, Lower Austria, Austria

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Michael Lechner is listed as VP Subsurface and Field Development at Freelance, based in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Michael Lechner.

Michael Lechner previously worked as Assistant at Freelance and Scientist CO2 Sequestration at Agrd. Michael Lechner holds Master Of Engineering - Meng, Petroleum Engineering, With Distinction from Montanuniversität Leoben.

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About Michael Lechner

Well rounded Oil and Gas professional with a proven track record as individual contributor, leader and entrepreneur.M.Eng. in Petroleum Engineering with 18 years of experience in reservoir engineering, field development planning, M&A and project management. Regions worked: Europe, MENA, CIS. Solid track record of using novel technologies and innovative approaches to improve the lifecycle value of Oil and Gas assets. Excellent language, authoring and presentation skills. International network.

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Freelance
Freelance
VP Subsurface and Field Development
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Assistant

Current
Freelance

michael_lechner2000@yahoo.com

Jun 2024 - Present

Scientist Co2 Sequestration

Agrd

Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

Vice President - Subsurface And Field Development

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

Vice President - Subsurface And Field Development

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine

Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

Managing Director

Petropark Llc

Moscow, Russian Federation

  • Provided a wide spectrum of petroleum engineering consulting services to local as well as international clients.
  • Conducted training courses for client staff in the discilines: Reservoir engineering, geology and Nodal Analysis.
  • Performed candidate search on Russian market for petroleum engineering staff on behalf of Oil & Gas client companies.
  • Developed proprietary subsurface software in the field of 3D modell creation (unstructured gridding)
Oct 2016 - Sep 2020

Founding Shareholder & Managing Director

Viva La Vida! Hotels - Moscow

Moscow, Russian Federation

  • Conceived and constructed an innovative budget hotel with ultra-compact single rooms for business travelers in the center of Moscow.
  • The project amortized itself within the first 12 months of operation and was sold with profit in July 2019.
  • Benchmarks: Booking.com - 8.5, TripAdvisor - ranked within the top 50 in its peer group of 750 B&B hotels.
Aug 2016 - Jul 2019

Exploration And Petroleum Engineering Manager

Aktau, Kazakhstan

  • Managed a multidisciplinary department of 15 subsurface specialists. Successfully managed the following mature onshore Assets: Komsomolskoe, Tasbulat-Aktas-Turkmenoi.
  • Implemented and managed water flood program to maintain a total production of 8,500 boepd.
  • Successfully created updates to field development plans and reserve reports for all four assets.
  • Secured government approval by defending the above-mentioned projects at the ministry in Astana.Highlights: Co-authored and presented the following papers:Paper SPE-180192-MS "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve.
Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

Head Of Subsurface Department

Moscow, Russian Federation

  • Managed a multidisciplinary team of 10 subsurface specialists during a challenging period of company restructuration and technology shift from vertical to horizontal well development approach. Assets: Krasnoleninsky.
  • Improved 2P oil Reserves by 20% from 1.6 to 1.9 Billion boe.
  • Managed water flood program in 9-spot pattern(s) for pressure maintenance to maintain a total field production of 6,500 boepd. Highlight: Planned and executed RusPetro’s first ever horizontal 10% below budgeted cost.
Dec 2012 - Feb 2015

Head Of Reservoir Engineering

Almaty & Aktau, Kazakhstan

  • Managed a team of 9 petroleum and reservoir engineers to maintain a daily production of 10,500 boepd from two mature onshore assets (oil/gas/condensate) by consistent downhole pump optimization, by water injection and.
  • Prepared Dunga Phase II Field Development plan comprising 198 additional production and injection wells, as well as a major processing facilities upgrade.
  • Created an EOR LPG re-injection project for gas utilization and secured government approval.
  • As Maersk Oil Joint Venture Co-ordinator, I effectively managed the collaboration with our partner shareholders in the Dunga PSA: Oman Oil and Partex Corporation.
  • Prepared and conducted quarterly JV meetings.
  • As Reserves Co-ordinator I consistently performed Reserves evaluation and reporting as per SPE PRMS to Maersk Oil Head office in Copenhagen.
May 2010 - Feb 2012

Senior Reservoir Engineer

Doha, Qatar

  • Asset: Al Shaheen field, offshore - Qatar's largest oil field by production and reserves. Daily oil production +300,000 bbls/d. Main reservoirs: Nahr-Umr (sandstone), Shuaiba, Kharaib (carbonate).
  • Successfully implemented a field development plan of >120 new ultra-long horizontal wells, typically >25,000 ft length.
  • Performed production surveillance and waterflood optimization for 50+ horizontal wells in both, line drive and star patterns.
  • Carried out pressure logging (FPWD) using the innovative StethoScope tool.
  • Duty engineer and co-author of technical paper about first StethoScope job in Qatar.
  • Performed systematic gas lift modelling and optimization using PROSPER.
Jun 2006 - Apr 2010

Reservoir Engineer

Germany, Argentina, Russia, Netherlands, Libya

  • Assets: License Blocks C-96 and C97 - As-Sarah, Nakhla, Hamid fields, Al-Jurf, offshore (Libya). Novy Urengoy gas/condensate field (Russian Federation). Emlichheim (Germany). Cuenca Marina Austral (CMA), offshore gas.
  • Conducted thermal reservoir simulation study for a steam injection project in the high viscosity oil reservoir (Emlichheim)
  • Performed petrophysical log optimization using a novel approach with AI/neural networks to improve permability prediction for the Achimov formation,
  • Prepared and updated MBAL models for external reserves audits on Argentina offshore gas assets
Sep 2003 - Jun 2006

Researcher

Pau Area, France

Experimental work in the field of hydraulic Jet Grouting

Jul 2000 - Sep 2000
5 education records

Michael Lechner education

Petroleum Engineering

Lechner M., Valko P. “Uncertainty Analysis improves hydraulic fracture modelling”

Gfr, Korps Kommando Iii, G1, Baden

Austrian Armed Forces

High School Diploma (Honors), Humanistic, 1.0

Bg & Brg Baden

Activities and Societies: Soccer team, Tennis team

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Michael Lechner works for Freelance.

What is Michael Lechner's role at Freelance?

Michael Lechner is listed as VP Subsurface and Field Development at Freelance.

Where is Michael Lechner based?

Michael Lechner is based in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria while working with Freelance.

What companies has Michael Lechner worked for?

Michael Lechner has worked for Freelance, Agrd, Ukrnafta, Petropark Llc, and Viva La Vida! Hotels - Moscow.

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Michael Lechner holds Master Of Engineering - Meng, Petroleum Engineering, With Distinction from Montanuniversität Leoben.

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