Extensive experience in managing technical teams and evaluating opportunities onshore and offshore in Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Far East. Highly effective in dealing with upper management at IOCs and NOCs. Numerous contacts within the oil and gas industry providing the foundation for finding and negotiating profitable opportunities.

• Petroleum Engineering Advisor to Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan• Advising Afghan Petroleum Authority with tendering process, bid rounds, rebuilding oil and gas infrastructure.

• Located and evaluated opportunities to be turnkey drilled by the company’s joint venture group in West Africa, and SE Asia, North Sea, and South America utilizing Transocean rigs. Successful ventures required Operator to utilize the company’s Turnkey Drilling affiliate.• Conducted a comprehensive reservoir simulation study for an exploration block in deep water Africa. Prepared a report which was the basis for obtaining partner approvals to commence drilling exploratory wells on the… Show more • Located and evaluated opportunities to be turnkey drilled by the company’s joint venture group in West Africa, and SE Asia, North Sea, and South America utilizing Transocean rigs. Successful ventures required Operator to utilize the company’s Turnkey Drilling affiliate.• Conducted a comprehensive reservoir simulation study for an exploration block in deep water Africa. Prepared a report which was the basis for obtaining partner approvals to commence drilling exploratory wells on the block. Gemini Solution’s Merlin, Apprentice, and Avalon simulation packages were used for this study. Show less

• Established and staffed new Houston office. Conducted West Africa evaluations and acquisitions for downstream company (Syntroleum). Acquired four blocks with significant discovered but undeveloped reserves to feed into Syntroleum’s GTL Barge. Managed evaluating, negotiating and acquiring, successfully promoting the deal to industry. • Conducted West Africa evaluations and acquisitions for downstream company (Syntroleum). Acquired four blocks with significant discovered but… Show more • Established and staffed new Houston office. Conducted West Africa evaluations and acquisitions for downstream company (Syntroleum). Acquired four blocks with significant discovered but undeveloped reserves to feed into Syntroleum’s GTL Barge. Managed evaluating, negotiating and acquiring, successfully promoting the deal to industry. • Conducted West Africa evaluations and acquisitions for downstream company (Syntroleum). Acquired four blocks with significant discovered but undeveloped reserves to feed into Syntroleum’s GTL Barge. Managed evaluating, negotiating and acquiring, successfully promoting the deal to industry.• Maximized farm-out value with a cash bonus of $37MM and carry consideration on behalf of Syntroleum for the Aje Field with five foreign oil company partners. Show less

• Responsible for reservoir surveillance of East Zeit field in the Gulf of Suez (GOS). Increased production rate by 70% by drilling two infill wells, workovers, installing ESP and increasing choke size to optimize production rates.• Supported exploration teams in evaluation of worldwide projects including probabilistic estimation of reserves by Rose & Associates (RA), play analysis (RA), production forecasting (Peep), evaluation of possible development scenarios, commercial thresholds… Show more • Responsible for reservoir surveillance of East Zeit field in the Gulf of Suez (GOS). Increased production rate by 70% by drilling two infill wells, workovers, installing ESP and increasing choke size to optimize production rates.• Supported exploration teams in evaluation of worldwide projects including probabilistic estimation of reserves by Rose & Associates (RA), play analysis (RA), production forecasting (Peep), evaluation of possible development scenarios, commercial thresholds, capital commitments, operating expenses and overall operational plans. Performed risk economic assessment including decision tree analysis (Peep). Show less

• Conducted a reservoir engineering study of all OXY operated wells in the Idd El Sharghi field to maximize production rates. Recommended artificial lift optimization, isolation of high water cut, and high GOR intervals.• Workover, stimulation and recompletion candidates were identified by utilization of decline curve analysis (DSS), material balance (MBAL), volumetrics, waterflood studies, pressure transient analysis (Saphir), and nodal analysis (Prosper/WEM) on company operated fields.

• Formulated development plans for the 307 MMBO Widuri field in Indonesia. Recommended drilling and completion of 45 wells from five production platforms and started production ahead of schedule.• Initiated production from nine platforms in the Intan/Widuri fields, which reached a production peak of 320,000 BOPD and was achieved ahead of schedule by 2 months.• Revamped the entire Krisna field waterflood program by reducing water injection from 100,000 BWPD to 30,000 BWPD. Reduced… Show more • Formulated development plans for the 307 MMBO Widuri field in Indonesia. Recommended drilling and completion of 45 wells from five production platforms and started production ahead of schedule.• Initiated production from nine platforms in the Intan/Widuri fields, which reached a production peak of 320,000 BOPD and was achieved ahead of schedule by 2 months.• Revamped the entire Krisna field waterflood program by reducing water injection from 100,000 BWPD to 30,000 BWPD. Reduced water production and recycling by modifying producer and injector profiles, resulting in increased oil production rate.• Completed the required Contract Extension Study for the Southeast Sumatra contract and successfully negotiated an extension of 20 years with national oil company. Show less

• Formulated and implemented an accelerated development strategy for the 200 MMBO, San Francisco field in Colombia. The field generated $10 MM in net cash income during the first year of operation.• Constructed 3-D simulation model for the PG Cebu field in Colombia that resulted in drilling eight water injection wells and nine infill producers. An additional 20 MMBO was estimated to be recovered from the field due to this work.• Conducted a comprehensive reservoir engineering study of… Show more • Formulated and implemented an accelerated development strategy for the 200 MMBO, San Francisco field in Colombia. The field generated $10 MM in net cash income during the first year of operation.• Constructed 3-D simulation model for the PG Cebu field in Colombia that resulted in drilling eight water injection wells and nine infill producers. An additional 20 MMBO was estimated to be recovered from the field due to this work.• Conducted a comprehensive reservoir engineering study of all Tenneco operated fields in Colombia. Fifty infill wells were drilled, well completion methods were modified and artificial lifts were improved which resulted in an average daily production increase of 14,000 BOPD.• Key member of the team that participated in one of the largest offshore unitization proceedings involving several operators in the Gulf of Mexico. Evaluated reservoir data, directed technical meetings and assisted lawyers in drafting legal documents. Show less

• Increased ultimate recovery by 62 BCF from three mature fields in the GOM by evaluating the reservoirs and recommending installing compressors.• Improved flow rate from 30 to 50 MMCF/D from eight North Sea wells in the 3TCF Hewitt field, by recommending to increase perforation density, acidize, and install larger tubing.