Rachel Grande Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Geologic experience in Western Gulf Coast: Eagle FordStaff Management: Built, sustained, and managed high performing geologic, multi‐location team including subcontractor personnel from multiple partners. Develop processes, tools, training, and cohesion applications to promote teamwork, culture, and successful program execution.Corporate Development: Direct report to EVP of Corporate Development. Assist business development team in M&A analysis, joint ventures and acquisitions strategies, and market analysis.Asset Development: Successfully led team to overhaul asset development and wellbore positioning strategy effectively doubling reserves potential.Project Management: Oversee and manage unique scientific and engineering projects. Including pioneering workflows to identify depleted reservoir prior to completion. Joint Venture Proposals: Developed Joint venture proposals for assets optimization. Proposed joint ventures with 6 offset operators for 60 wellbores additions. Assisted business development team in negotiations.Anti‐Collision Program Development: Lead new development program, implementing innovative technology for risk management, developing stakeholder communication processes, while optimizing project efficiency. Successfully implemented program on 11 projects, drilling as close as 12 ft. lateral‐lateral, for an enterprise value add of over $55MMSupervised more than 50 wells including simultaneous operations with multiple rigs, rapidly identifying drilling hazards and other potential horizontal steering mistakes. Contribute to the planning, permitting, and completion design of petroleum wellsCreate regional basin maps, analyze electronic logs to pick formation tops, targets, and other zones of interest.Collaborate with multiple disciplines to resolve geologic issues and achieve set goals.Compose technical reports, reviews, analyses, and lookback for senior management.

Denver, Co

Geologic experience in the Williston and Powder River BasinsSupervised more than 60 wells including simultaneous operations with multiple rigs, rapidly identifying drilling hazards and other potential horizontal steering mistakes.Geo‐target Performance Optimization: Developed and implemented geologic geosteering and target communicationprotocols that effectively increased in target efficiencies to +85% in geologic target zone.Target Zone Analysis: Performed target zone placement analysis confirming production uplift within specific geologic window leading to tightened target zone requirements.Anti‐Collision Program Development: Lead new development program, implementing innovative technology for risk management, developing stakeholder communication processes, while optimizing project efficiency. Successfully implemented program on seven projects, drilling as close as 9 ft. lateral‐lateral, for a value add of over $30MM.Powder River New Development Program: Support geologist for Wyoming Powder River drilling program including extended reach exploratory wells design including pilot hole coring operations, and logging operations.Expert Witness North Dakota Industrial Commission: Prepared 30+ geologic exhibits and testified on behalf of Liberty ResourcesEOR Project in conjunction with the EERC. Huff-and-Puff program in the Bakken and Three Forks Formations. Reviewing Methane, CO2, and Ethane effectiveness in secondary hydrocarbon recovery.

Analyzed field data, using sample cuttings, and utilizing geo-steering techniques to locate stratigraphic placement in a wellboreInspect and monitored scientific equipment, used in data collection. Rapidly diagnosed and resolved technical issuesSupervised and trained fellow wellsite geologists to create a clear and cohesive product.Prepared daily well logging and geo-steering reports for multiple clients to ensure open communication

Fieldwork abroad study at La Conception basalt quarry. Investigating a potential eruptive center from the breakup of Gondwanaland.Collected, measured and described basalt outcrop.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Geological And Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Activities and Societies: Ball State Geology Club- Vice President