Steven Vierkandt ac976g@r.postjobfree.com

Permanent: 1807 Sparrows Ridge, Katy, TX, 77450 +1-713-***-****

Professional Profile

Over 20+ years of petroleum engineering and leadership experience with a major integrated oil company working in multiple international locations. Broad background in reservoir management, reservoir engineering, production engineering, field operations, drilling, and completions for oil and gas fields across the globe. Experienced in researching, evaluating and implementing innovative solutions to reduce costs while delivering improved reservoir management performance.

Proven leadership in mentoring younger staff members to perform in highly demanding team environments to identify unique solutions and achieve business goals. Interested in a position that will utilize my technical and personnel management skills to achieve high-quality results in a safe, cost effective manner.

Professional Experience

Base Business Manager

Chevron, Luanda, Angola / Houston, Texas

August 2016…Present

Lead complex cross-functional teams, providing direction and resources that enable the business unit’s adoption of Corporate standardization of well and facility reliability and optimization processes and procedures (SFO, WRO, SERIP/AI, OP, IPSO, and Digital). Ensure integration and appropriate use of processes within all base operating areas, reviews progress with Operations Managers, GM Operations and GM Upstream Base Business.

Efforts resulted in increasing production through optimization efforts by 15,000 bopd; increasing critical equipment reliability and availability to >95%; reducing OPEX by 5% through targeted reduced water production, chemical management and improved reliability.

Member of Reservoir Management Leadership Team tasked with evaluating existing reservoir management (RM) practices and development plans for brown fields and providing direction on new green field develop programs.

oreview ongoing static and dynamic modeling efforts within the business unit, providing peer feedback to improve/enhance models through collection and incorporation of reservoir surveillance data

Lead efforts to perform integrated field-wide well and facility performance reviews using Prosper, GAP and TITAN modeling to:

oidentify existing infrastructure optimization opportunities (increase 15,000 bopd)

oreview fields for expansion/redevelopment opportunities (2 fields under expansion)

oidentify spare processing capacity to maximize utilization of infrastructure (3% Opex cut)

oincorporate reservoir simulation studies to confirm future field delivery potential (extend 1 field life by 10 years)

Responsible for identifying growth opportunities for younger staff through targeted training courses and future development assignments. Mentor junior staff in evaluating field performance through integration of operations, petroleum and facility engineering disciplines.

Identified technological advances in reservoir surveillance, well completions and field development, evaluating technology for deployment within the business unit and across the company. Supporting D&C in the evaluation of new completion technologies to improve recovery while reducing costs and mitigating completion failures, reducing rig time by 2%.

Responsible for the continued growth and development of the business unit’s Integrated Operating Center (IOC) which includes the EDSC (Machinery Support Center), Gas Operations, Drilling DCS, Logistics DSC and Integrated Planning.

Production Engineering Team Lead

Chevron, Houston, Texas

August 2013…August 2016

Led a team of Production Engineers supporting reservoir management and offshore operation teams in Houston and Angola in the maturation of new drill and MRWO opportunities and identification and development of production enhancement opportunities in mature waterflood fields.

Directed a multi-discipline and multi-company team to evaluate, design, propose and secure approval for installing slickline deployed ESP’s offshore Angola, becoming the preferred completion alternative with potential saving of ~$1 Billion in workover costs over the next 15 years (the first installations of alternative deployed ESP technology within Chevron). From the success offshore Angola, the technology is being further adapted for deep-water and HP/HT environments within the company.

Provided project management support and the development of initial well completion and artificial lift design for new drills and MRWO’s, identifying new completion technologies; e.g. GeoFORM screens to improve sand control in high angle wells where gravel packs have traditionally failed. Improved well production rates by 3% by allowing for higher drawdowns.

Developed reservoir surveillance, data acquisition and production optimization plans as part of the overarching asset development plans for offshore Angola that improved the number of jobs completed each year by 6% while reducing Opex by 1% through improved planning and logistics.

Developed and managed career growth opportunities for a staff of experienced direct reports.

Senior Reservoir Engineering Advisor

Chevron, Balikpapan, Indonesia

August 2009…August 2013

Responsible for leading a team of junior reservoir engineers in the establishment of short-medium-long range reservoir management plans for the development and exploitation of offshore Balikpapan oil and gas fields, including monitoring and refinement of mature waterfloods.

Responsible for designing a reservoir development plan for a new gas field which included a long-term gas strategy for all offshore assets used to negotiate and secure a gas supply contract from government and partner stakeholders for 3 BCF, renewable upon contract fulfillment.

Business unit champion for the corporate rollout of a comprehensive reservoir management process, ultimately responsible for reviewing and approving develop plans for existing producing fields including identification of data surveillance needs, timing and placement of new drills and major rig or through-tubing workovers.

Lead team of reservoir engineers in the development of annual business plans and corporate reserves reporting and reviews utilizing traditional reservoir engineering methods while incorporating simulation results as appropriate. Chevron Qualified Reserves Estimator; approved to report and verify SEC reserve recordings.

Mentored junior engineers through the well maturation process, generating realistic 10/50/90 production and cost forecasts to perform detailed project economic analysis. Reduced project cycle time by 2% and increased accuracy of projects meeting projected results to >90%.

Senior Petroleum Engineer

Chevron, Partitioned Zone, Kuwait

September 2005…August 2009

Team Leader for a group of two Earth Scientists, two Reservoir Engineers and a Facility Engineer in the development and review of reservoir management strategies for oil fields in the Partitioned Zone (PZ) of Kuwait and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Responsible for handling all data collection, review, and transmittal for SAC PZ Concession Extension. Primary contact for technical data discussions between SAC, Chevron and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s MinPet evaluation team. Member of the Concession Extension negotiating team that secured an additional 30-year contract with the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum.

Worked on the behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with Partners (Joint Operations and KGOC) to design and execute reservoir management plans including choosing new drill locations, well design and completions, field monitoring through surveillance plans and reducing uncertainty through data collection driven by uncertainty management plans.

Member of the Saudi Arabia Chevron (SAC) Reservoir Management Leadership Team responsible for meeting with Joint Operations and KGOC RMLT members to set budgets and provide strategic direction for the continued development of the PZ.

Work with Houston support team on the development and evaluation of reservoir simulation models to perform comparison studies with JO and KGOC model results. Develop surveillance requests to enhance model performance and utilize models to investigate performance improvement opportunities (e.g. slant wells through the Eocene reservoir resulting in 3-to-4-fold production performance improvement).

Monitored activities conducted by the PZ Joint Operations Petroleum Engineering Department and reported relevant information to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Petroleum on a quarterly basis.

Well Test Engineer

Tengizchevroil, Tengiz, Kazakhstan

December 2000…September 2005

Responsible for collection of reservoir surveillance data through the design, execution and evaluation of cleanup tests on new well completions and evaluation of HT/HP producing wells at an average of 12% H2S.

Worked with D&C to develop procedures and provide onsite supervision of acid stimulation, well cleanout and production logging operations for both rig and coil tubing operations. Established procedures that reduced costs by 10% through improved efficiency in field operations and contractor cost reductions.

Implemented the initial field trials and evaluations of multiphase meter (MPM) installations, working with vendors to ensure safe installation and operation of MPM’s and that the meters were properly tuned to the reservoir fluids to provide accurate production information. Evaluated trial meter installations and provided recommendations for future installations. New meters allowed for improved testing accuracy for wells with production rates above 10,000 bopd while reducing Opex by 2% through reduced maintenance.

Develop training programs and mentored junior engineers in the design and execution of coil tubing and electric line well surveillance and intervention programs, performing quality assurance and interpretation of acquired data.

Reservoir Engineer

Chevron, Malongo, Angola

April 1999…December 2000

Responsible for developing and implementing field development and optimization plans; including utilizing CHEARS models to plan and evaluate new drills, MRWO's, TTWO's and injection profile modifications; providing reserve estimates for major projects, booking reserves, providing production forecasts and economics for business plans. Chevron Qualified Reserves Estimator; approved to report and verify SEC reserve recordings.

Offshore Field Production Engineer

Chevron, Malongo, Angola

March 1996…April 1999

Responsible for designing programs for data collection activities including SBHP's, production and injection logs, stimulation and well test programs. Coordinated SIMOP activities of operations, slickline, electric-line and gas lift contractors with drilling and facilities to maximize data collection while minimizing well downtime and to optimize facility through-put. Train junior engineers in the design and execution of reservoir surveillance programs and interpretation of acquired data.

Genesis Production Engineer

Chevron, New Orleans, Louisiana

March 1995…March 1996

Worked with a team of reservoir engineers, drilling engineers and geologists on initial stages of a deep-water field development plan detailing number and location of drills and timing of future workovers for multiple reservoir realizations; support drilling engineers on evaluating well completion options; interfacing with facility and processing engineering on sizing of production processing equipment.

Reservoir and Production Engineer

Chevron, New Orleans, Louisiana

October 1988…March 1995

Responsible for developing reservoir management plans, booking reserves, developing new drills and workover opportunities, performing project economic analysis, preparing business plans and annual reserve reports. Responsible for all aspects of production operations including: gas-lift optimization, writing workovers, completion designs, acid stimulations and evaluation of modified completion fluids to reduce formation damage while improving gravel pack completion performance. Chevron Qualified Reserves Estimator; approved to report and verify SEC reserve recordings.

Professional Achievements / Associations

Primary-Author SPE-194412MS: Alternative ESP Deployment in an Offshore Oilfield Angola, West Africa. Presented at the SPE Gulf Coast Section 2019 Electrical Submersible Pump Symposium held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 13-17 May 2019

Co-Author SPE-185156MS: Comparative Project Economics: Wireline Retrievable ESP (WRESP) vs. Conventional ESP Systems. Presented at the SPE Gulf Coast Section 2017 Electrical Submersible Pump Symposium held in The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 24-28 April 2017

Lifetime Member SPE

Member SPE Roundtable on Multiphase Metering

Education

Bachelor of Science Petroleum Engineering

University of Tulsa; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Master of Science Petroleum Engineering

University of Tulsa; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Skills / Interests

Languages – English

Computer – Microsoft Office Package, Power BI, OFM, DSS, Prosper, GAP, MBAL

Hobbies – Running, Tennis, Biking, Travel, Reading

References

Available upon request

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