Randall Chafin Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Responsible for the development, coordination and deployment of the strategic business plan, as well as coordinating monthly spend and production outlook reports.-- Develop thorough understanding of upstream business drivers and their impact on business unit performance-- Consolidate base and development production streams, capital investment forecasts and operating expense projections to develop strategic and business plan that maximizes cash flow and earnings -- Provide leadership with clear and meaningful presentations and analysis of strategic and business plan-- Generate monthly production and spend outlook, and provide variance analysis for senior leadership. Coordinator for two expense budgets totaling ~ $120 MM. -- Appraisal Work:Develop economic model to evaluate 100+ leases in the Midway Sunset field as part of the business plan cycle. Managed 1st pass appraisal for one lease with no historic geologic analysis, or production work. Developed geologic model using PETREL software, generated potential development strategies and shared economic alternatives to leadership

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Daily production and cyclic steam surveillance for multiple heavy oil leases – 5,500 BOPD (220 active wells)Sustain base production decline at or above forecasted targets through combination of backside solvent and cyclic stimulation jobs, subsurface integrity and A.L.S. optimization, and well gauging quality controlUnderstand individual lease declines and provide production forecast for annual business plan exerciseGenerate queue of reactive and proactive rig-work for wells within respective leases• Use CPDEP and CPMS principles to promote sound project management practices and drive predictable, competitive project performance • Prepare DSP and AFE packages including project justification, cost estimates, and forecasted production response• Work with execution engineer to develop realistic and resource based project schedule• Manage AFE’s ensuring that costs, and cost schedule align with forecastCyclic steam coordinator for Tulare heavy oil asset Chemical remediation project manager for Tulare heavy oil asset Failure rate reduction project leaderMentor to college intern Lean Sigma green belt Certified ($15MM savings)

Socorro, Nm, Us

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Worked a rotational schedule, seven days in the field on the drilling rig (16 hr.+ days), and seven days in the office• Shadowed drill-site managers, drillers, tool pusher, MWD hands, and mud engineer throughout summer• Performed quality BBS’s and led morning calls to engineers when on the rig, and calls to the rig while in the office• Witnessed 30+ vertical wells, and one horizontal completed from spud to RDMO during rotation in the field• Developed and presented analysis on cost benefit vs. operability of 4.5” slim hole monobore design • Recommended not using the 4.5” monobore due to minimal cost savings and increased fishing costs, and production limitations

San Ramon, Ca, Us

• Worked on the Temblor Thermal Area heat management team.• Performed a look back of triple zone continuous steam injectors in the Cymric Tulare field.• Analyzed historic and current well tests, and best practices to identify causes of poor performance.• Worked with operations, facilities, construction, and PE's to implement changes to operating procedures, and created new workflow to optimize put on injection times.• Identified opportunities for improving continuous steam injection efficiency in the Cymric field.