Norm Schwalm Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Write workover procedures for well failures, preventative maintenance, offset fracs, and fishing ops to minimize costs and maximize production while maintaining a safety conscious mindset. This includes the following ALS types: ESP, jet pump, rod pump, and gas lift.• Lead weekly route review meetings with the objective of optimizing well production while reducing mechanical wear.• Team lead of Bakken and DJ Basin chemical program which includes downhole and surface treatments, such as corrosion, scale, paraffin, H2S, iron sulfate, emulsion, and salt. Focus on new technologies such as downhole chemical pump automation, new chemicals, etc… in order to reduce LOE.• Research and test new technologies/designs. Trialed new H2S vessels which reduced chemical spend by $400,000/yr. Currently testing H2S automation while targeting a reduction of chemical LOE of 20%-30%.• Was part of two large acquisitions that required 500+ well file reviews to bring production back online. This included streamlining the workover program, vendors, and operations.• Team lead of the workover schedule consisting of up to 17 rigs, focusing on logistical efficiencies and reducing downtime.• Performed multivariant analysis on wellbore clean outs and achieved a 10% increase in efficiencies by correlating frac proximity, injection rates, lateral length, and wellbore deviation.• Perform quarterly vendor cost/performance runtime analysis on downhole equipment to reduce LOE and downtime.• Write AFE’s for all production operations to maintain LOE budgets and align with company economics and rate of return.

Rangely, Co

• Managed the WO/MIT/P&A program to operate the asset efficiently and economically while maintaining a safety conscious mindset.• Wrote AFE’s for WO/MIT/P&A’s to maintain budgets.• Wrote workover and MIT procedures. Operations include wellbore cleanout, plunger lift installations, acid stimulation, tubing swaps, setting CIBP, casing hole isolation, cement squeezes, and packer replacements.• ALS experience includes pump jacks, plunger lift, and a jet pump.• Used well diagnostic tools to evaluate and optimize low producing oil wells. Evaluations led to the installation of jack shafts to reduce mechanical wear while maintaining current production.• Researched and test new technologies. Recently installed an Enercat Trim Tool to test its effectiveness of eliminating the buildup of paraffin.• Worked with the regulatory department to ensure all applicable documentation is submitted affecting daily WO/MIT/P&A operations.• Evaluated recomplete opportunities in the Mancos and Dakota formations through DCA, reserve, and economic analysis.• Managed the East Dragon Stabilizer Construction project. This $2M facility will be used to load/unload condensate, y- grade, and NGL.• Identified opportunities to reoccupy well pads after a P&A was completed. The reviews consist of entering deeper formations and horizontal drilling opportunities.

Rangely, Co

• Managed and supervised four rigs that performed MIT’s, workovers, and P&A’s to effectively and economically repair wellbores while maintaining a safety conscious mindset.• Analyzed the effectiveness of the chemical program to overcome/reduce paraffin buildup in wells located within the Douglas Creek Arch.• Wrote workover and MIT procedures. Operations included production analysis through swabbing to determine the best ALS, plunger lift installation, setting CIBP, tubing swaps, casing hole isolation, fishing, rod pump changes, stimulation through acid treatments, and air foam cleanout.• Conducted reservoir characterization to determine gas formation volume factor for multiple zones within the Douglas Creek Arch asset.

Rangely, Co

• Calculated gas formation volume factors of UGC’s entire asset where bottom hole pressure tests were performed.• Analyzed historical documents (1950’s – Present) and input relevant data into Wellview.• Developed and implemented Wellview SOP’s specific to the needs of UGC.• Trained inexperienced users through demonstrations how to use and input data into Wellview.• Worked with lease operators to install new standing valves, plungers, and plunger sensors.

Golden, Co

Managed a warehouse where all essential sophisticated geophysical equipment was stored for use on explosive remediation projects around the world. All equipment was tested and maintained from this facility to ensure proper functionality in the field. Data bases were developed to track equipment locations and cost effectiveness. Established a yearly budget based on future contracts that allowed for equipment research and new purchases, maintaining the quality of work Tetra Tech is known for. Worked as a team to develop, modify, and construct both geophysical and radiological towed arrays.

Various Locations Across The United States

Unexploded ordnance technician specialized in explosive remediation from past and present military facilities. Worked as a team to safely excavate and dispose of live projectiles/bombs/grenades. Health and safety was the number one priority while excavating the live munitions.

Bachelor’S Degree, Petroleum Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Association of Drilling Engineers

Engineer’S Degree, Coursework Towards A.S

Certification, Unexploded Ordnance Technician Level 1, Successfully Completed