Houston, Texas, United States
Highly accomplished, value-driven Reserves Manager and Lead Reservoir Engineer w/ a robust international background spanning over two decades in the O&G industry. A proven leader who has spearheaded major redevelopment initiatives, acquisition screening, managed substantial proven reserves, optimized drilling and WO campaigns, consistently driving operational excellence and substantial value creation. With a successful track record leading multidisciplinary teams and navigating diverse operational landscapes, I bring a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic vision, and collaborative leadership to your team. Breadth of Experience: Worked 23 basins globally including exploration, greenfield, brownfield, primary, secondary and tertiary recovery, both oil and gas fields, conventional and unconventional, onshore and offshore, acquisitions and divestitures (A&D, M&A), business development, and reporting to executive leadership plus outside investors Project Management: Multidisciplinary and multi-cultural team leadership, quarterly/annual business and budget planning, international negotiations, field development planning, documentation, and mentoring Economics: Reserves reporting, SEC/PRMS compliance, well, project and field economics, LOE models, external auditors, financial planning, public disclosure filings, tax and royalty structures, and WI/NRI partner meetings Petroleum Engineering: Formation evaluation, prospect exploration, leasehold bidding, well testing, formation fluid and pressure distribution, PVT analysis, pressure/rate transient analysis (PTA/RTA), MBAL/FMB, frac performance and well interference, reservoir surveillance, and oil/gas/water tracer studies Data Analytics: Big data, AI/ML, workflow customization and automation, data source integration and merging
• Waterflood surveillance and optimization for seven fields in the San Andres and Clear Fork carbonate formations • Budgeting and reserves for 2,734 Aries cases, roughly $10 MM capex + $6 MM WO budget per year • YoY reserve adds +10 MMboe (+28%), resulting in 44 MMboe, $353 MM PV10, $370 MM capex
• Leadership in RE-Geo pair for redevelopment of Tom O’Connor, Lake Pasture and six other brownfields o Includes gas cap blowdown, drilling 12 horizontal wells in an oil rim, and permitting six new WFs • AFE over $45 million in capex including 34 drill wells, four new WF, facilities upgrades, recompletes, and lift opt • Prepare field studies, quarterly reviews, look-backs, reserves, annual budget, and presentations to leadership • Developed surveillance procedures and tools: production + WF monitoring, WBU chart, IHS integration, FMB
• Managed team of six engineers and analysts in preparing production and cost forecasts plus annual budgets • Managed all reserves-based reporting and presentations for the company (CEO, SEC, PRMS, RBL, EIA, BOD) on over 350 MMBOE proven reserves (1P) valued at $2.5 B (PV10) from over 13,000 Aries cases • Technical review over all well and project proposals, leading to 15+ MMBOE reserve adds and $70 MM PV10 • Developed reserves-based reports for EIA (Energy Information Administration) and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) reporting for investor relations and government compliance purposes • Coordinated and streamlined between subsurface teams, auxiliary departments, and auditors w/ documentation • Evaluated 14 acquisition opportunities and prepared 20 divestiture packages • Technical advisor for 102 fields (7 WI/WAG, 2 CO2, 3 unconventional, 90 conventional)
• Technical lead for team of eight reservoir engineers and analysts • Led reserves and inventory for 3,500 existing wells and 7,000+ upside locations, 1.2 TCFE reserves • Optimized well completion design, lateral length, well spacing, drawdown, and sequencing using machine learning and data analytics for 80 well drilling campaign, improving well performance by 150% • Implement procedures for improving AFE approvals, technical documentation, and reserves processes • Developed responsibility and guidance documentation for employees using ARIES software
• SME for reservoir engineering, well planning, wellsite execution, economics and reserves • Developed UI and functionality design of web apps in Python • Led prospecting and engagement presentations for interested clients
• Exploration well test planning, execution, review and economics • Full field development plan including sensitivity analysis, risk assessment and contingency