Petroleum Production Engineer

SCOTT MUSIAL

***B Long Plantation Blvd

Lafayette, LA 70508

501-***-**** ***********@*****.***

PROFILE Professional with six years’ experience working as an analytical chemist in environmental and material

testing laboratories, seeking a position in the oil and gas industry that will challenge my skills and experience

and provide opportunities to design systems that will solve modern problems in drilling, production,

completion, and workover. I possess a strong background in chemistry, mathematics, physics, and petroleum

engineering as well as personnel and project management.

EXPERIENCE SENIOR ANALYST

Element Laboratories Lafayette, LA Mar 2013-Jan 2015

Element is a network of material testing, product qualification, and failure analysis laboratories. They service

a multitude of industries including oil and gas, aerospace, and transportation among others ; testing a range of

products for compliance and quality assurance purposes.

Personal accomplishments:

Successfully developed and implemented a new testing method for anion analysis. Oversaw the purchase,

installation, and training for a new piece of instrumentation and introduced a new billable service that

was previously subcontracted.

Designed and executed a new mercury test analysis customized for one of our major oil and gas clients.

Success resulted in an awarded contract for 5k-10k samples over 1-2 years increasing department

revenue by more than 5%.

Solved several longstanding problems involving old and unused assets by repairing old instrumentation

and cross training technicians on how to use the hardware.

INORGANIC DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR

AccutestLaboratories Lafayette, LA Jul 2012-Dec 2012

Accutest Laboratories provides environmental testing services to the oil and gas sector as well as commercial

industries requiring compliance testing by the EPA.

Personal accomplishments:

Fixed systemic on-time-delivery and quality problems by providing department-wide retraining to bring

employees up to the proper standard of capability.

Reduced payroll expenses by replacing excessive overtime hours with part-time workers.

Standardized more efficient automated procedures department-wide.

ORGANIC DEPARTMENT MANAGER

American InterplexCorporation Little Rock, AR Oct 2009-Mar 2012

American Interplex is an environmental testing laboratory servicing government facilities, oil and gas, and

commercial industries requiring compliance testing by the EPA and DoD.

Personal accomplishments:

Managed the workload, scheduling, and responsibilities of a team of four veteran employees ranging from

10-20 years my senior in both age and experience .

Successfully navigated multiple comprehensive audits by accrediting state, federal, and municipal

agencies including DEQ, NELAC, and DoD.

EDUCATION B.S. Chemistry

University of Central Arkansas - Conway, AR (May 2009)

M.S. Petroleum Engineering

University of Louisiana - Lafayette, LA (May 2015)

COURSEWORK Exploration Geophysics

• Production Engineering • Mass Transfer in Porous Media •

• Reservoir Engineering • Well Completion Methods • Geophysics

Petrophysics & Formation Evaluation

• Drilling Optimization • • Data Analysis for Engineers

Project Management for Engineers

• Horizontal Well Engineering • • Artificial Lift Optimization

• Transient Pressure Behavior • Statics & Mechanics of Materials • Fluid Mechanics

SKILLS • IHSWellTest – transient pressure software used to analyze build-up and drawdown data

• WellFlo – production optimization and deliverability software used to run nodal analysis and design

artificial lift systems

• ECLIPSE – reservoir simulation software using finite volume and material balance to calculate PVT data.

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