Engineer Manager
Resume:
JAMES K. GLEITMAN
Austin, Texas 78746 Mobile: 512-***-****
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PROFILE Senior drilling engineer with diverse oil and gas operation skills and experience including HTHP. Results oriented individual with strong problem solving and execution skills. Top performer with excellent decision making skills. Extremely motivated and enthusiastic learner with excellent leadership/mentoring skills. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Apache Corporation, San Antonio, Texas January 2015 - Present Drilling Engineering Consultant
Involved in the West Texas unconventional resource drilling program. Responsibilities include preparing cost estimates, well design/plan and procedures as well as the execution of the drilling operations. Improving the drilling process by maintaining an operational knowledge of the development areas, assessing operational risks, providing post well analysis and evaluating and implementing new technological drilling techniques to the operations team. EOG Resources, Inc, San Antonio, Texas November 2011 – December 2014 Drilling Engineering Consultant
Involved in a 600+ well per year South Texas unconventional resource Eagle Ford drilling program. Responsibilities include preparing cost estimates, well design/plan and procedures for all phases of drilling operations including monitoring the drilling activity and providing direction to field personnel. Improving the drilling process by maintaining an operational knowledge of the development areas, assessing operational risks, providing post well analysis and evaluating and implementing new technological drilling techniques to the operations team. Planned, designed, led and drilled some of the fastest well ever recorded by division. Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas 1992 – September 2011 Senior Director Engineering, Power and Market Operations 2009 – September 2011 (accepted early retirement package) Responsible for the overall performance of 600 employees and an annual operating budget of $900M and capital budget of $300M. P&L responsibility for the company’s 27 diverse electric generation units (hydroelectric, wind, gas and coal) comprising 3000MWs of capacity, and market power purchases.
Achieved top quartile EPC contract with Fluor, 90% ideal contract criteria, on a 540MW combined cycle power plant.
Drove strategic change by implementing lean practices in 400 person generation organization. Director, Energy and Market Operations 1998 - 2009 Responsible for generation power supply portfolio management, energy and financial risk management, natural gas procurement (60 bcf per year), gas strategies, operations and management of a 4 bcf natural gas storage facility, 20 meter stations and 100 miles of gas pipeline assets, company owned gas reserves and contracts for gas transportation and no-notice storage call capacity rights, and a team of 40 employees.
Successfully led LCRA’s relationship management with GE on a 180 MW, $175M peaker plant to generate $28M in savings.
Completed negotiation for an eight year firm gas supply contract with Kinder Morgan providing competitive gas and geographic supply diversity from the Permian area (a savings of $1.5M per year).
Developed long-term physical gas strategy to diversify suppliers, regions and provide operational flexibility - resulting in annual savings of $2.5M.
Conceptualized, created and implemented a 7x24 generation desk and control systems for the new deregulated electricity market in Texas. Built the organization structure, hired all management, energy traders and technical support staff (20 highly skilled, nimble technical resources).
Built teams of specialized financial and technical talent to manage energy and gas market operations strategies and to manage energy and financial risk.
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Manager, Natural Gas Resources 1992 - 1998
Responsible for the operations, production, marketing and management of gas production and storage assets. Production mainly concentrated in three operating areas, comprised of 50 wells, daily net production of 20 MMcfg and annual net revenues of $8.0M.
Hired to rescue the development of a $40M project to convert an existing oil and gas reservoir into a 4Bcf natural gas storage facility. Reengineered and radically modified design – drilled two horizontal wells. Final performance exceeded original expectations by 80% and allowed for immediate turn-around from injection to withdrawal service. Able to achieve approximately 2 cycles per year and economic benefits in the range of $3.0M - $10.0M per year.
Developed dissolution strategy and led the sale of LCRA’s non-core producing properties and leasehold interests totaling $15M. COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS, INC., Midland, Texas 1990 - 1992 Privately held Gas Compression Rental Company
Manager, Business Development
Responsible for market analysis of sales, rental and service products; long range strategic planning including economic analysis of business ventures.
Conceptualized, developed and contracted to build an optimization computer program for the sales force. Provided near real time analysis, sizing, pricing and equipment availability. Eliminated ~3 day lag time and a competitive advantage to close deals. TIPPERARY CORPORATION, Midland, Texas 1981 - 1990
$500M Publicly traded semi-integrated Exploration & Development Company Vice President Production, 1985 - 1990
Operations Manager/General Manager Production & Engineering, 1981 – 1985 Built production operations including two production offices (25 personnel) for the development of the Austin Chalk trend in Frio, La Salle, Gonzales, Fayette and Lee counties in Texas. Drilled and completed over 300 wells.
Renegotiated and increased the company’s net revenues on total oil sales by 5% and 10% for gas sales in the North Bagley field.
Evaluated and negotiated the purchase of oil and gas reserves (1M BOE, 53 wells) from Petro Lewis in the North Bagley field in Lea County, New Mexico.
Discovered H&H Unit No. 1 Hardeman County, Texas. Pinnacle Mississippian reef well with an open flow potential of over 16,000 BOPD and 1MMBL oil reserves; NE Lovington and Shipp Fields in Lea County, New Mexico. Three well Pennsylvanian reef reservoir with 2MMBL oil reserves.
PETROLEUM CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, Midland, Texas 1979 - 1981 District Engineer
Responsible for drilling and production operations of small independent oil and gas exploration and production firm. Drilled 15 wells annually and managed the production on 30 wells.
Performed frac design and field oversight – multi-stage frac on nine well program in the Sprayberry Trend, Martin County, TX; high volume dendritic frac on a 12 well program in Sooner Trend (Mississippian) Kingfisher County, OK. Wells yielded 2:1 return on investment.
Re-established production on a TA’d dual Ellenberger/Devonian well; Refurbished production equipment, reentered a completed adjacent well as SWD. Successful completed as an economic well producing 3.5 MMcf/d and 1000 BWPD. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Midland, Texas 1975 - 1979
Drilling Engineer/Drilling Foreman
Responsible for all drilling aspects of infill wells and exploratory wells. Accelerated advancement and difficulty/challenge of the projects and work assignments were based on the demonstrated success.
Received recognition from Shell for work introducing KCl drilling mud system in the Cemetery Morrow Field. Improved initial production rate three fold.
Successfully planned and executed directional drilling program (8 wells) in Denver Unit (San Andres) 5% under AFE.
Air drilled 17,000’ Ellenberger well, J. M. Mitchell Field, 10% under scheduled drilling days and AFE. JAMES K. GLEITMAN RESUME PAGE 3 OF 3
EDUCATION Oklahoma State University, BS, Civil Engineering
TRAINING
K&M Technology ERD Well Planning Training
AES Mud Class
University of Texas Executive Management Program
Six Sigma Sponsor Course
Project Management Professional Training & Certification
Shell Phase I & II Drilling Engineering Schools
Magcobar Mud School
Pioneer Centrifuging Company Solids Control School
Halliburton Energy Institute: Modern Completion Practice School
Joe Chastain Rod Pumping School
Sam Gibbs Rod Pumping: Modern Methods of Design, Diagnosis, and Surveillance School
Harbison Fischer Rod Pump Design School
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