Michael Van Loo Email & Phone Number

Experience in EOR on the conventional side of the oil and gas industry, having been exposed to production operations, downhole optimizations and EOR projects. Emphasis was on maximizing value of existing infrastructure, ensuring regulatory compliance and communication with other members of the business unit. Interpreted test data and recommended solutions and coordinated activities with field operators. At the end of my term, I had gained a solid understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Production Engineer.

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  Co-Op Production Engineer

  Husky Energy

  2012 - 2013 - Calgary, Canada Area

  Taber Hussar Business Unit• Worked with area engineers to help further develop waterfloods in order to mitigate declines• Constructed and maintained analog wells for production forecasts• Performed well reviews to evaluate recompletions and optimize shut-in, suspended and producing wells• Assist with annual reserves evaluations by evaluating type curves, decline and volumetric analysis• Assist with production and operating expense budgets• Constructed reservoir monitoring templates using Oilfield Manager(OFM) for AMUs• Assist with monitoring and optimizing two ASP floodsNotable Projects: Warner and Crowsnest Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer Floods: Developed an OFM template for waterflood/chemical floods, which consisted of typical waterflood tracking techniques, with additional chemical concentration mapping. Performed economic evaluations of injection wells that were drilled after ASP commenced, to help determine the potential for future development of the field. Yearly Waterflood Scheme Monitoring for AER Reporting:Enhanced the procedure to calculate the voidage replacement ratio. Used OFM to manage and collect cumulative well production and injection volumes for waterflood schemes throughout the Taber asset. The new procedure decreases the amount of time to collect the yearly volume data and centralizes it to one location. The engineers of the properties are now able to quickly view the monthly or cumulative VRR numbers.Developed Potential Drilling Program:Used Wellspring program to develop multiple drilling programs based on various scenarios. The premise of the project was to assess the feasibility of drilling enough wells to maintain land rights, while keeping in mind the maximum capacity of the existing infrastructure. The gantt chart then allowed for economic forecasting based on the cost to drill, complete and tie-in.

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  University Of Calgary

  Mechanical Engineering With Minor In Petroleum