Neal Van Steenis Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Providing the following Engineering & Geological services for clients of Veracity Energy • Planning, programming, cost estimating, execution, post analysis and regulatory submissions for all well abandonment and well servicing operations for multiple clients. Highlights include: -Daily supervision of service rigs and well site consultant on location. -Ensure safety standards are being met by all parties involved. -Engage with client when a change of job scope occurs and manage expectations going forward. -Troubleshoot and problem solve when operations encounter unexpected events. -Maintain strong and effective communication with client.• Management of all client provincial regulatory obligations with regards to field operations.• Provide economic analysis for clients using Val Nav & Accumap.• Receivership work which includes the following: -Review and analysis of financial data. -Manage data requests from receiver for potential property purchases. -Produce disclaim schedules for all assets not sold. -Review of monthly surface and mineral lease obligations for receiver.

Calgary

• Solely managed approximately 3,500 BOE/d of sweet gas production in shallow gas fields in Central and Southern Alberta and was responsible for base production and field operating expenses (OPEX). The main focus was to increase property values for divestment. • Initiated several compressor optimization programs in order to significantly reduce OPEX while maintaining production levels. Several fields had oversized equipment/non-optimal setups for current production levels. Cancellation of service contracts and less energy usage contributed to lower OPEX.• Forecasted production on a monthly basis and produced weekly production report which summarized all ongoing field activity. Reviewed production and OPEX monthly with financial analyst and field staff.• Established strong relationships with field staff through multiple field visits and regular conference calls.

Calgary

• Co-managed approximately 4,500 BOE/d of medium/light oil production in several sour fields in the Southeast Saskatchewan area. • Designed and coordinated installations of artificial lift systems which included pumpjacks & insert/tubing pumps, progressive cavity pumps (PCP), electrical submersible pumps and all related surface equipment for new multi-leg and single leg horizontal oil wells.• Optimized numerous oil wells by upsizing pumpjack and/or bottom-hole pump (BHP) or lowering BHP into deviated section of the well. Results were often in the range of a 50-100% increase in oil production. This resulted in improvements to pump fillage and pump efficiency and reduced power usage. Downsized BHPs in several wells to maximize pump fillage and reduce power consumption & wear on pumpjacks. Sped up stroke speed of wells that had fluid above BHP to increase oil production as well as increasing stroke length and reducing stroke speed of pumpjack to improve efficiency and reduce wear and sucker rod failure frequency. Installed variable frequency drive units on several pumpjack wells to optimize performance by allowing for changes to the stroke speed of the wells from a remote location.• Rectified failed artificial lift systems on sour oil wells, completing well servicing programs including making any changes to improve run-life and/or design of system (pump jack/PCP optimization, insert/tubing pump upsizing/downsizing, tubing and sucker rod changes). Numerous improvements were made to well performance and run-life.• Forecasted production on a monthly basis and produced a weekly production report which summarized all ongoing field activity. Reviewed production and OPEX monthly with financial analyst and field staff.

Calgary

• Provided engineering & geological support to Production, Exploitation, Reservoir Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists in the Eastern Business Unit (AB), Williston Basin Team (SK/MB) and Southeast Saskatchewan Oil Team.• Expert user in Geographix and Geoscout software for mapping and volumetric calculations.• Responsible for submission of regulatory applications for new drills, injector conversions and disposal wells.

Edmonton

• Conducted glacial till (gravel) sampling programs, electromagnetic & magnetic geophysical surveys on several diamond exploration projects in Nunavut, NWT & Alberta. Field tours were 2-3 months long.• Used ArcGIS software to map mineral deposits.

Production Field Operations Certificate, Oil And Gas Operations

Petroleum Geology Certificate, Petroleum Geology

Geological Technology Diploma W/ Honours, Geology