Engineer Project

Jeffrey S. Nutter

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Sugar Land, TX 77479

email: abmg4h@r.postjobfree.com

281-***-**** (Home) 281-***-**** (Cell) 713-***-**** (Office)

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position with an oil and gas company as a senior reservoir

engineer assigned to the development of new resources or to optimize

recovery from an existing resource base

EMPLOYMENT SUMMARY

. Twenty-nine years of domestic engineering experience

. Seven years of experience as a first-level supervisor and 9 years as a

team leader

. Twenty-four years of reservoir engineering experience, increasing the

value of very mature assets through coordinated field studies and

implementing drilling and recompletion programs in South Texas, East

Texas, Louisiana state waters, and the Gulf of Mexico in water depths

ranging from 10' to 1,400'.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

. 12 years of experience utilizing reservoir simulation (Exodus) for

field studies

o Generating drilling, recompletion and waterflood opportunities

o Utilizing simulation results to help geoscientists update

structural interpretations and amplitude/net pay correlations

o Quantifying reserve potential and predicting future production

performance for drilling and recompletion opportunities

o Building pre-drill models to optimize exploration and

development plans

. Reserve and Economic analysis (PEEP, OFM, Production Analyst)

. Probability analysis and prospect evaluation (Monte Carlo simulator)

. Nodal Analysis (WEM) and Project scheduling (MS Project)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Devon Energy (Houston, Texas): 2003 - 2010

Planning and Reserves, Gulf Division: February 2009 - present

Responsible for managing the Gulf Division reserves database and

portfolio models (forecast future annual capital spending requirements

and production performance based on proved reserves and prospect/project

inventory)

. Utilized proprietary software (Perspectives) to evaluate the optimal

portfolio of capital investment opportunities

. Analyzed 12-31-2008 SEC rules to determine potential impact on Division

reserves

. Assigned to the Gulf of Mexico sale team; voluntarily updated reservoir

simulations from previous assignment in the Eastern Gulf to help

quantify upside value of the Main Pass 69 field (Louisiana state

waters)

Reservoir Engineer - Eastern Shelf, Gulf of Mexico: August 2003 - February

2009

Member of an integrated team responsible for evaluating the remaining

potential in the Main Pass 69 Field and increasing field production

Discovered in 1948, with cumulative production of 280 MMBO and 700

BCF from 650 completions in 375 wells

Considered to have no remaining development or exploration

potential by previous owners Shell, Chevron and Ocean Energy

Utilized reservoir simulation to evaluate 16 sand horizons with over

300 completions requiring history matches up to 60 years in length

Identified 9 new development drilling prospects (including 6 that

would require waterflooding) with a total of 17 target reservoirs;

potential risked mean reserves of 4.9 MMBO and 2.4 BCF

Identified 9 new recompletion/workover opportunities with a total

of 12 target reservoirs; potential risked mean reserves of 1.1 MMBO

and 1 BCF

. Project reservoir engineer for 5 new exploration prospects with

potential risked mean reserves of 1.7 MMBO and 9.5 BCF

Project reservoir engineer for the following drilling/workover

programs (all reserve estimates were made by Ryder Scott):

. 5-well drilling program in 2006

o all 5 wells were cased and completed

. initial production rates were 2,030 BOPD and 16.9 MMCFD

with reserve adds of 2.6 MMBO and 7.7 BCF

o 1 well later determined to be non-commercial due to low

permeability

. 1 workover in 2007: initial production rate of 245 BOPD and 105

MCFD with a reserve add of 110 MBO and 50 MMCF

. 3-well drilling program in 2008

o 2 wells were cased and completed, initial production rates

were 480 BOPD and 3.4 MMCFD with reserve adds of 0.5 MMBO and

3.4 BCF

o 1 well was temporarily abandoned for further evaluation after

log appeared wet despite excellent mud log show, oil floating

on the pits and 15' of sidewall cores interpreted as oil-

productive

Also responsible for two recent discoveries in the Mobile Bay (Norphlet)

trend

. Utilized reservoir simulation to history match 15 years of Exxon/Mobil

production adjacent to Devon's Mobile Bay 826 discovery and

recommended an additional development well

. Utilized reservoir simulation to prepare post-drill reservoir models

and history match the results of a drill-stem test which foretold a

completion problem in Devon's Mobile Bay 830 discovery which

eventually caused the well to be sidetracked

Unocal: 1980 - 2003

Received 7 Special Recognition Awards and 1 Chairman's Award in the 8 year

period awards were available.

EXPERIENCE

Reservoir Engineer - Western Gulf Exploration: 2002 - 2003, Sugar Land, TX

Member of an integrated team that executed all exploration prospects in

the Western Gulf; also responsible for the post-drill reserve

distribution

. Built reservoir model and history matched the performance of an offset

well in a potentially competitive discovery in WC 44 in order to:

o confirm the geologic interpretation in a deep high pressure

reservoir that was poorly imaged by seismic data

o determine initial reserves and future delineation and

development plans

. Built reservoir model on a discovery in HI 36 and history matched the

well performance by monitoring the SCADA flowing tubing pressure data

to update reserve and production forecasts

. Received a Team Special Recognition Award by utilizing a nearby

platform for the location of an exploratory well, saving $4MM in

development capital while accelerating production by 6 months; built

reservoir model to verify that moving the target location would not

affect reserves

. Temporarily assigned to a special task force to provide reservoir

simulation support for the evaluation of two large (50 - 100 MMBBLS)

TNK Oil Company prospects in Russia; participation in one prospect was

sanctioned

Volunteered to continue managing key wells and reservoirs from previous

field assignments in the Western Gulf:

. Built reservoir model in the GB 409 (Ladybug) field and history-

matched the performance of two subsea wells to update the production

and reserve forecasts

. Received a Special Recognition Award for utilizing reservoir

simulation to justify a 400 MBOE net reserve add in the East Breaks

158 field; Unocal management later determined this reserve add to be

the most valuable Special Recognition Award during 2003, which

resulted in an additional Special Recognition Award

. Received a Team Special Recognition Award for providing testimony

which persuaded a bankruptcy court judge to force a non-paying partner

in the East Breaks 160 field to reimburse it's entire $5MM in

arrearages

. Provided annual reserve update and depletion plan forecast (annual SEC

report)

. Received a Special Recognition Award for utilizing reservoir

simulation to determine the optimal time to begin gas cap blow-down in

the EB 158 field

Team Leader / Reservoir Engineer - Western Gulf of Mexico: 1992 - 2002

1992 - 2001 in Lafayette, LA

2001 - 2002 in Sugar Land, TX

Leader of an integrated team responsible for managing mature fields in

the East Breaks, High Island and Garden Banks areas, while evaluating

their potential and then maximizing their value; directly responsible for

annual book reserves, budgetary production forecasts, well/project

economic analyses and depletion plan forecasts for annual SEC reports

. Utilized a reservoir simulation history matching process to confirm

amplitude/net pay correlations, identify unmapped barriers, optimize

drilling target locations and quantify reserve potential for the

following:

o 4 well recompletion program in the EB 158 field that increased

field production from 30 MMCFD to 55 MMCFD

o Plan a 6 - 8 well drilling program in the EB 160 field; program

was on hold due to partner issues when I left Unocal

o Increase field production by 7,500 BOEPD and reserves by 3.7

MMBOE by planning a successful 3 well subsea exploratory

drilling program in the EB 158 and 160 fields

o Justify the doubling of the working interest in the EB 158 field

for $8.5MM and increase it's net value by 350% ($50MM) just

prior to two very successful drilling/re-completion programs;

also personally recommended two successful infield wells, and

identified 2 future infield targets in the East Breaks 158 field

(received a Team Chairman's Award)

. Received a Special Recognition Award for convincing management to

reconsider a Garden Banks subsea well program, which was subsequently

sanctioned and increased production by 8,400 BOEPD, with cumulative

production of 10 MMBO and 10 BCF to date

. Received Team Special Recognition Award for increasing production and

reserves by 3,500 BOEPD and 3.5 MMBOE, respectively, in the HI 469

field by farming in a partner's working interest just prior to a

successful 3 well drilling program

. Utilized Production Analyst and WEM programs to perform nodal analysis

and recommend several acid-stimulations in the East Breaks 158 and 160

fields

. Evaluated HI 442 (Block 443) field for increased field gas compression

capacity and determined the need for same was urgent to maintain field

production

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Offshore Production Engineer: 1991 - 1992, Sugar Land, TX

Responsible for facility and well work and budgetary production forecasts

in the East Breaks, Brazos, and Matagorda areas

. Planned a $250M rig workover which restored 2.5 MMCFD of production on

the MI 700 Well No. A-2

. Project engineer for installation of gas pipeline, production deck and

facilities for BA 475 field, which had initial production rate of 5

MMCFD

. Project engineer during the design phase for the BA 105 "B" platform,

pipeline and facilities, which had an initial production rate of 100

MMCFD

East Texas District Production Engineer: 1989 - 1991, Van, TX

First-level engineering supervisor responsible for all facility and well

work and budgetary production forecasts in the East Texas area

. Drilled, completed and re-completed +/- 60 Austin Chalk/Woodbine wells

. Worked over +/- 200 wells to maintain field production

. Implemented a 25-well waterflood program

. Expanded and optimized the field saltwater disposal system

. Operated and recompleted wells in the out-lying East Texas, Carthage

and Fort Trinidad fields

East Texas District Reservoir Engineer: 1988, Houston, TX

First-level engineering supervisor for Van, Carthage, East Texas and Fort

Trinidad fields; responsible for annual book reserves and well/project

economic analyses

. Initiated a program to develop additional reserves in the prolific

(500+ MMBO) Woodbine formation in the Van field (discovered in 1920's)

by showing a team of engineers how to study well production histories

for signs of bypassed Woodbine reserves; ultimately 25 wells were

deepened at a drilling cost of $10,000/well and developed 1+ MMBO

. Personally recommended the recompletion of a well scheduled for

abandonment, which increased production by 800 BOPD and reserves by

100 MBBLS

South Texas District Reservoir Engineer: 1984 - 1988, Houston, TX

First-level engineering supervisor responsible for South Texas onshore,

Texas waters, and the High Island, East Breaks, Matagorda and Brazos

areas in the offshore Texas GOM; responsible for annual book reserves and

well/project economic analyses

. Continued an onshore in-field drilling program based on field studies

in the Ganado and Gillock fields looking for bypassed reserves that

was started as a staff engineer; personally recommended 7 additional

successful infield wells that developed over 0.5 MMBO

. Continued $500MM East Breaks 158 and 160 field development program in

supervisory capacity

Reservoir Engineer: 1981 - 1984, Houston, TX

Staff engineer responsible for onshore S. Texas fields and offshore

fields in the East Breaks, High Island, Brazos and Matagorda Island areas

in the offshore Texas GOM; responsible for annual book reserves and

well/project economic analyses

. Performed field studies on the Louise field (discovered in 1920's) and

Ganado field (discovered in 1940) and initiated a drilling program

that was based on studying well production histories for signs of

bypassed reserves; personally recommended drilling 6 successful

infield wells and deepening another well that developed over 0.5 MMBO

. Project reservoir engineer for a 30-well, $500MM offshore development

program in 950' water depth in the East Breaks 158 and 160 fields

EDUCATION

1979 - BS in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas

1980 - 2 semesters of MBA curriculum prior to joining Unocal permanently in

June 1980

REFERENCES

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