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Petroleum, Manager, Planning, Economics, Cost, Project Controls, PE

Location:
Houston, TX, 77055
Posted:
October 16, 2017

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DOUGLAS (DOUG) A. BROWN, P.E.

**** ****** *****, *******, ** 77055

Cell: +1-281-***-**** - ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

Sr. Petroleum Planning Engineer with extensive diverse experience in all Petroleum Development & Facilities Engineering, in Onshore & Offshore, Deepwater, Subsea, Umbilical, Risers, Flowlines, Terminals, LNG, Power and General Oil & Gas projects; in all forms of Gas and Liquids-Rich fields, from Light to Heavy Oil, Oil Shale, Tar Sands, Gas, and Condensate, utilizing Reservoir Engineering, Production, Extended Reach Drilling (ERD), Well Completions/Stimulations, Waterflood, Tertiary Recovery (Thermal, CO2, WAG) etc. Proven proficiency in Strategy Planning and setting-up and optimizing multi-functional, multi-location, international or domestic projects up to $18 Billion value for International Oil Companies and Joint Ventures.

PROVEN ABILITIES AND RESULTS

Profitability and Optimization

Taught and advised Iraqi Ministry of Oil personnel in Unitization tactics, Economic Evaluation, modern reservoir engineering and Field Developments

Developed plans for Unconventional Heavy Oil and Oil Shale Thermal Development Projects

Directed/analyzed Britoil Bruce Condensate Field Development Reservoir Engineering unitization activities.

Integrated multi-field multi-discipline oil, gas, and condensate analysis for exploration, development, completions, and operations. Doubled Belco profits in Peru, although oil and gas prices decreased to half, by optimizing well spacing and redesigning well completions.

Prioritized/Sequenced Projects/Opportunities for available Budget, Personnel, Rigs, Vessels & other Resources to Maximize Corporate profits, while meeting Delivery Contract & Government/HSE needs

Specified/Designed/Setup/Trained managers/personnel in Corporate Automatic Project Prioritization System.

Saved Equistar Chemical project from further cost over-run, and from 6 weeks behind schedule to 2 weeks early completion/turnaround.

Identified and Corrected production bottlenecks and inefficiencies.

Redirected misspent drilling funds from excess in-field drilling to exploration drilling.

Economized well completion designs

Drilled and completed extended reach wells over a mile horizontally offshore Peru long before others made even 600’ horizontal wells.

Petroleum Engineering, Construction, Installation and Operation

Onshore Oilfields from Alaska to Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Expedited mobile/floating drilling/production and FPSO vessels EPIC.

Directed construction/installation of 14 platforms/year, offshore pipelines, marine fleet, port facilities and pipe-coating plant for Belco in Peru.

Directed Britoil (now BP) R&D in Tension Leg Platform (TLP) and other floating Production Systems (FPSO, FSO, Semi, Spars), Offshore Platforms, Multiphase/Flow-Assurance Subsea Pipeline/Riser studies, and Subsea Systems.

Specified/unitized/installed subsea systems with multiplex controls.

Supervised offshore crews in Greece, Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Ireland, Peru, Saudi Arabia, and Alaska.

Advised cost savings for O&G Platform to Wind Turbine conversions, & Offshore Wind Farms installations

Designed/supervised vessel conversions and new construction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Services Mgr. & Engineering Consultant – T-REX Engineering + Construction – Houston, TX 2012 – 2015

Shell Olympus TLP - Nabors N88 Rig Load-out for TLP integration – GOM, USA

PAM EP (Petroamazonas EP) – Amistad Platforms EPC Project, Ecuador – Houston based

PRE (Pacific Rubiales Energy) – Delfin Sur & Piedra Redonda Platforms EPCI Project, Peru – Houston based

Various Clients - smaller Subsea and Offshore R&D, Engineer/Design, Corrosion Control & Fabrication Projects

Project Controls Advisor 2010 – 2012

Chevron’s CABGOC Flare and Relief Modifications (FARM) Project offshore Angola (Swift Technical)

Principal Project Controls Manager 2008 – 2009

Exxon Neftegas Limited’s Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Development Project (WorleyParsons)

DOS - Iraq Transition Assistance Office – Oil/Projects – Lead Petroleum Engineer 2006 – 2008

Consultation to Iraq Ministry of Oil and Interface to coalition civil/military groups – US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

Senior Management Consultant Work, Houston, TX/London, England/Denver, CO 1998 – 2006

Stone & Webster(Technip), Houston, TX/Seoul, Korea/NB, CA/Milton Keynes, UK 1992 – 1998

Senior Management Consultant Work, Houston, TX/London, England/Denver, CO 1987 – 1992

Britoil (Now BP), Glasgow, Scotland - Senior Principal Reservoir and Project Engineer 1983 – 1986

Directed the Planning/Scheduling, Alternate Development Design and Analysis for the $4 billion Bruce Oil and Gas Condensate Field, North Sea Development. Analyses included being official company representative for Inter-company & Government Development, Technical and Unitization meetings. He directly participated in the analysis of the development of scenarios for, and financial/production/cash-flow analysis for Bruce Gas Condensate Field, Reservoir Eng., Unitization/Development Planning

Belco, Talara, Peru - Chief Engineer and Director of Projects 1982 – 1983

All Offshore Oil & Gas Reservoir Eng./Exploration/Completions/Development/Production in Peru

Conoco Phillips, Houston, Texas/Gulf of Mexico/North Sea 1979 – 1982

Senior Petroleum Engineer - Gulf of Mexico Drilling, Development, Production and Workovers

Exxon Company, USA, Anchorage, Alaska/Gulf of alaska/prudhoe bay, ak 1978 – 1979

Senior Petroleum/Project Engineer - Gulf of Alaska Exploration and Prudhoe Bay Development & Operations

Saudi Aramco, Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia - Senior Petroleum Engineer III 1977 – 1978

Northern/Offshore Development & wrote Offshore Emergency Blowout Control & Well Intervention Plan

Fluor, Irvine, California –Petroleum/Subsea Engineer- Deepwater drilling operations/design 1973 – 1977

Reservoir Engineering analysis for Indonesian exploration program, Design/Procure/Unitize/Install Subsea Systems for New/Used Drill-Ships/Barges & Drilling/Testing/Completion in Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Indonesia, Taiwan & Malaysia

EDUCATION - MS Petroleum Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Research on Costa Mesa Oilfield Heavy-Oil Combustion (COFCAW) and Steam-injection Thermal Recovery Projects); BS Petroleum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden; Arctic Engineering, Univ. of Alaska at Anchorage

REGISTRATIONS - Registered Professional Engineer in Texas (63198), Alaska (EP4783) and Colorado (15725), TWIC card (active), Secret Clearance (inactive) - MEMBERSHIPS - SPE, ASME

SELECTED UPSTREAM PETROLEUM PROJECTS

*PRE (Pacific Rubiales Energy) – 2014-2015 - Delfin Sur & Piedra Redonda Platforms EPCI Project, Offshore NW Peru

*PAM EP (PetroAmazonas EP) – 2012-2014 – Amistad Platforms EPCI Project, Ecuador – Houston based

*Shell – 2012-2013 - Olympus TLP - Nabors N88 Rig Load-out for TLP integration – GOM, USA

*Enbridge/Shell – 2012-2013 - Enbridge Intermediate Manifold Project – Subsea Corrosion Control Design – GOM, USA

*Chevron – 2010-2012 - Cabinda Gulf Oil Company (CABGOC) Flare and Relief Modifications (FARM) Area A Project offshore Malongo, Cabinda, Angola

*ExxonMobil – 2008-2009 - Exxon Neftegas Limited’s Sakhalin-1 Arkutun-Dagi Development Project

*IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL – 2006-2008 – Consulting to MoO Reservoir Eng and 15 Subsidiary companies – Provided Unitization Training, Contractual advise, Reservoir and Drilling/Completions advise, and aid to South Offshore Exports, Clean Delivery Distribution and numerous other projects

*SHELL E&P – 2005-6 – Confidential multi-billion dollar Unconventional Thermal Oil projects, based in Houston, TX

*BHP Billiton – 2005 – Shenzi Subsea/Pipelines project in 4375-foot (1333-m) water depth, Gulf of Mexico, USA

*CHEVRON – 2004-5 – Frade FPSO, Risers, Pipelines, Flow Assurance and Subsea Project FEED, Brazil

*OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. - 2000 - Legendre MOPU Jackup-Subsea Tie-In Project for NW Australia

*PT TRANS-PACIFIC PETROCHEMICAL INDOTAMA – 1995-8 - Enclosed Harbor, Land Reclamation, Piers, Terminals, Seawater Intake/Discharge and Desalination Plant for Tuban Petrochemical Complex, Java, Indonesia

*BRITOIL LTD (BP) – 1983-6 - Bruce Gas Condensate Field ($4 Billion North Sea) Development – Lead Reservoir Eng. Unitization/Development Planning, Research/Construction/Drilling/Production Design (R&D): Offshore Platforms/Floating-Vessels (TLP, Spar, Semi, FPSO); ESP, Down-hole Hydraulic Pumps and Subsea Production Systems; Flow Assurance Design for Offshore/Subsea Pipelines

*BELCO – 1981-3 - All Offshore Oil & Gas Exploration/Development/Production/Reservoir Eng. in Peru

*BELCO - 1981-3 - Tender-Barge/Platform modifications, Offshore pipelines, New/Moved Platforms, Marine Fleet Modifications/Maintenance, Port Facilities Construction/Upgrade, Dredging, offshore Northern Peru

*CONOCO – 1979-80 - Gulf of Mexico Drilling, Development, Production and Workovers

*CONOCO – 1979-81 - TLP, Floating Vessel & Platform Multiforce Riser Design; GOM Construction/Operations

*EXXON COMPANY, USA – 1978-9 - Gulf of Alaska Exploration, Prudhoe Bay Development & Operations

*ARAMCO – 1977-8 – Northern/Offshore Drilling/Testing & wrote Offshore Emergency Blowout Control Plan

*FLUOR OIL & GAS CORP. – 1975-6 - Reservoir Engineering analysis for Indonesian exploration program

*FLUOR DRILLING - 1974-77 - Drilling/Testing/Completion-Greece, Italy, Tunisia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia

*FLUOR DEEP SEA OIL TECH. – 76-7 - Modular Design support for TLP/Subsea/FPSO drilling/production systems



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