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Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

Grande Prairie, Alberta (For Now)

Aeolus Energy Intelligence specializes in supporting operational excellence and continuous improvement in the Energy industry.Our mission is to enable partners to realize the true value of their people and automation by understanding and educating the front line to create a practical new way of working.In our current project, our partner has realized:  a 7% increase in net production and  an 8.4% increase in production efficiency in the first 8 months. As well as:  a mitigation in well decline from 15% to 3%  Operating cost reduction of 40% after 18 months: with no additional staff or capital budget.

Alberta, Canada

Key member of team to implement Devon’s Intelligent Energy Initiative named Decision Support Centers• Developed processes, tools, organizational structure, and technology enablers in initial implementation at Grande Prairie, Alberta.• Led team to develop program and implement four other Decision Support Centers in Alberta.• Results from initial DSC implementation include: 19.5% increase in Wells/Operator count from Pre-DSC Mitigation in well decline rates from 19%-10% Production uplift in first year $3,000,000 Production uplift over 4 years $33,000,000Developed sustainment and growth program to build framework for continuous improvement in functioning Decision Support Centers.

Alberta, Canada

• Responsible for coordinating resources to achieve accurate, equitable allocations for the Devon Wapiti Gas Plant.• Directed activities of Production Accounting personnel.• Developed business processes to ensure complete, accurate configuration of data.• Developed tools for production data validation.• Responded to Production Audit Queries and implemented correction as necessary.

Grande Prairie, Alberta

• Responsible for operation of 35 wells and 6 field compressors in the GP/Manir and Knopcik fields.

Wapiti Gas Plant:Grande Prairie, Alberta

• Responsible for implementation of Energy Components gas allocation system at a field level for Wapiti plant.• Trained board operators and accounting personnel on new system.• Developed and maintained procedures for accomplishing tasks in new system.• Worked with Production Data Intelligence group to identify deficiencies and reach solutions.• As Pi Database administrator, worked to develop tag standards and map tags to allocation program.• Identified roles and assigned ownership for tasks in new system.

Wapiti Gas Plant:Grande Prairie, Alberta

• Responsible for control room operation of Wapiti Deep Cut Gas Plant.• Manage gas allocation for 700 wells belonging to 31 producers flowing through the Wapiti Deep Cut Gas Plant.• Update daily and weekly reports using Excel, Access, Outlook, PI DataLink, PVR and PVR GFR• Operate and direct activities of #2 operators for shallow cut and deep cut plants.• Key role as initial contact for all Emergency Response plans in Wapiti district.• Played role in implementation of new PI database as administrative member of operations department.

Wapiti Gas Plant:Grande Prairie, Alberta

• Responsible for operation of 130mmscf/d propane refrigeration-glycol dehydration shallow cut plant with inlet compression, heating boilers, condensate stabilization, and power generation.• Responsible for outside operation of 360mmscf/d deep cut plant including 2 Solar turbines, 2 turbo expanders, mole sieve dehydration with direct fired regeneration heater, and heat medium system.• Participated in start up of neighboring Halfway sour facility.

Puskwaskau Gas Plant: Debolt Alberta

• Responsible for operation of 15mmscf/d Sour gas plant including inlet compression, amine sweetening unit, propane refrigeration, glycol dehydration unit, acid gas injection compressor, and power generation. • Responsible for operation of various field equipment including; pump jacks, plunger lifts, and standard dry and wet metering field facilities.• Coordinated and supervised turnarounds and various construction projects in conjunction with field foreman and plant staff.

Peggo Gas Plant: Fort St. John, British Columbir

• Responsible for all facets of field and plant operations in a remote camp environment. Area equipment includes 3 field compressors, 2 tri-ethylene glycol dehydration packages, 23 well sites and a SCADA system utilizing Fisher ROCs and a Factory Link SCADA host. (Spent extra shifts training in ROC operation, meter calibration, and TEG set up with instrument personnel)• Played integral part in start up of Enco’s Shikilie sour gas plant. (Contract operated by Anderson Personnel)

High Prairie, Alberta

• Responsible for operating the board, directing activities of #2 and #3 operators during commissioning and operation of a 100 ton/day Ammonia plant. Plant equipment includes hydrogen reforming furnace, 40,000-lbs/hr waste heat boiler, mono-ethanolamine gas purification system, and a four thousand horsepower electric drive Worthington compressor.

• Wrote And Passed 1St Year Apprenticeship Exam., Pre-Employment Instrument Mechanic Program, • Graduated With 1St Class Standing.

4Th Class Power Engineering, Power Engineering Technology, 1St Class Standing