Vikrant Lakhanpal Email & Phone Number

Houston, Tx, Us

Sugar Land, Texas, Us

• Leading the digital strategy and transformation initiative of the company.• Work as a Product Owner to design and implement new workflows and technologies.• Solutions developed include asset performance indicator, asset health indicator, hydrocarbon allocation system, field data capture, database management, accounting workflow automation, regulatory reporting, and other robotic process automation.

Sugar Land, Texas, Us

• Operations: Lead the 40-people operations team for daily well surveillance, production optimization & efficient equipment, inventory & vendor management. Reduced downtime on the field by 33% by implementing best practices. Reduced Lease Operating Expenses by 26% by making optimized engineering, economic & logistic decisions, leading to better cash flow• Engineering: Developed the artificial lift candidate selection model. Conducted well reviews and created standard operating procedures (SOP) for production restoration, enhancement & well intervention• Project Management: Successfully delivered over 50 installations (Pump Jack, Gas Lift, Plunger) & well intervention jobs worth over $2 MM. Prepared & handled cost estimates, vendors, procedures & Authorization for Expenditure (AFE). Performed post-audits of completed capital & expense projects• Acquisition & Divestiture: Increased the net worth of the company by successful completion of acquisitions & divestitures worth over $15 MM. Worked as Liaison among the buying and selling parties and different departments to ensure a smooth transition and proper integration of the assets with a multidisciplinary perspective • Leadership: Developed training modules & workflows for engineering & field personnel. Recruited & mentored summer interns. Established university relationships

Houston, Texas, Us

Developed the Stuck Pipe Prediction module of company’s real-time drilling monitoring platform.

Houston, Tx, Us

Held two positions simultaneously:At Office of Research, College of EducationIncreased efficiency of the department by developing financial models for projections based on indirect cost recovery scenarios. Organized seminars for over 75 faculty members & coordinated follow-ups for collaborations among them, fostering a better research environment.At Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of EngineeringServed as Teaching Assistant & grader for Pressure Transient Testing & Drilling Engineering courses, by Dr. Christine Economides & Dr. Robello Samuel respectively, for graduate studentsNodal Analysis – Developed a software, using Visual Basic, to perform Nodal analysis for a two-phase oil well using Modified Hagedorn & Brown method & Griffith correlationReservoir Simulation – Reservoir data provided in the form of structure maps, petro-physical properties, well locations, histories & PVT properties were used for making necessary predictions for selecting optimum well locations & developing strategy to optimize reservoir performance using CMG IMEXPerformance Prediction of an Isolated Quadrant of a Five Spot Pattern – To demonstrate the reliability, efficiency & accuracy of the stream tube model, the sweep efficiency at breakthrough calculated by this model was compared with the laboratory performance of a five-spot flood pattern

New Delhi, Delhi, In

Improved the productivity of the wells in field by designing an efficient continuous artificial lift system. Gained practical insight & knowledge of a production installment by witnessing the developments at gas gathering station, desalter plant, water injection plant, & effluent treatment plant under the asset

Master Of Science (Ms), Petroleum Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Petroleum And Natural Gas Engineering