Engineer Engineering
Resume:
KEVIN BITTEL
Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126
Phone Number 303-***-****
*******@*****.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Thirty years of diverse engineering knowledge, from field operations and project management, to engineering and economic analysis.
Successful track record of developing and implementing process that maximize earnings by increasing revenues and/or lowering capital operating costs.
Prepare strategic and tactical business plans.
Computer skills including Microsoft Excel and Word, and engineering programs: Aries, Power Tools, Joshi, Spotfire, and others.
EXPERIENCE
2003-2015 Bill Barrett Corp Denver, Colorado
Sr. Petroleum Engineer (Reservoir)
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING - Engineering and geological evaluation on properties in the Powder River Coal Bed Methane, Piceance, Uinta, Cottonwood, and DJ Basins.
a)Preformed evaluations to support AFE’s for drilling projects, work-overs, to production equipment to meet production and reserves targets.
b)Maintained an Aries database (Coal Bed Methane-1659 cases from 2003-2012, Picenace-1596 from 2009-2015, West Tavaputs-949 cases in 2013, DJ Basin-461 cases from 2013-2015, Cottonwood-2976 cases 2009-2015, and Black Tail Ridge-1728 from 2014-2015). Maintained Competitor Database for DJ Horizontal and Black Tail Ridge Basins.
c)Provided Engineering Testimony for Drilling and Spacing Units to authorize the drilling of Niobrara and Codell formation in the DJ Basin for 2013 and 2014 to the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission.
d)Recommend work-overs and equipment to increase production and reserves in the Piceance Field. Installed gas lift in 51 wells that resulted in an increase of approximately 4.9 MMCFPD and 7.9 BCFE in Grs reserves. Other various work-overs in 46 wells from cleanouts to replacing scaled up tubing that increase production approximately 4.9 MMCFPD and 6.9 BCFE in Grs reserves.
ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES, AND TRADES -Evaluated potential and performed economic analysis to determine value.
a)Successful bid on approximately 85,500 Grs and 52,000 Net acres in the CBM Powder Area with 191 producing locations and 97 locations in progress for 80 MM$ plus taxes. Then divested approximately 25,000 Grs and 18,100 Net acres with 73 producing locations and 5 locations in progress for 36 MM$ to Stormcat and approximately 1,800 Net acres to Huber for 1 MM$.
PLANNING AND BUDGETING - Provided Engineering data to support annual budgets, tracked capital investments, revenues, operating costs, and production.
QUALIFIED RESERVES ESTIMATOR - Determined and booked remaining proved and 3P reserves on existing properties and ultimate reserves on new wells for mid-year and year-end audits for over 50% of the proven reserves of the company.
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2001-2003 Western Gas Resources, Inc. Denver, Colorado
Sr. Petroleum Engineer
PROJECT AND COST MANAGEMENT – Engineering and geological evaluation on properties in the Powder River Coal Bed Methane Project (working interest in approximately 3850 wells).
a)Review and sign off on approximately 1300 to 1400 company operated and outside-operated AFE/s from drilling locations, subsurface equipment, to surface gathering facilities per year.
b)Evaluate drainage demands and recommend action to Bureau of Land Management.
ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES, AND TRADES – Evaluated potential and performed economic analysis.
a)Determined potential and value on various properties that resulted in a trade of approximately 26,000 net acres and 0.6 MM$.
JOINT INTEREST BILLINGS – Review and approve monthly billings for the Joint Venture and other operators.
PLAN AND BUDGET – Forecasted and tracked financial investments, revenues, operating costs, and production on all non-operated properties.
RESERVES ESTIMATION – Determined and booked remaining and ultimate reserves.
2000 Qwest Denver, Colorado
Associative IT Specialist
AIP – (Applications in Production) Single point of contact that coordinated communication, maintained service level agreements, and problem resolution between client, DBA, and development for various applications.
Helpdesk – Created Network domain login accounts and passwords.
1989-1999 Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. Denver, Colorado
Petroleum Engineer-Exploration and Exploitation
ENGINEERING – Engineering and geological evaluation, collected and analyzed data, economic analysis, coordinated and administered completion and drilling plans with service groups to working interest partners, obtained quotes and authorized work, determined government regulations, and recommended drilling and work-over potential to management on an integrated team.
a)Livingston Ridge Project – Drilled a total of 9 wells in the Permian Basin of New Mexico that increased the estimated ultimate recovery by 70%. Identified and proposed additional work-over potential and drillable locations that would increase the estimated recovery to over 125% in the project.
b)Medicine Lake Project – Purchased acreage, shot 3D seismic, and drilled a rank wildcat in Montana with an initial potential of 672 BOPD and 381 MCFPD. Additional 8 wildcat wells were drilled.
PLAN AND BUDGET – Produced strategic and tactical plans.
ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES – Evaluated potential and performed economic analysis.
a)Determined potential and value on various properties in Kansas, Illinois, Montana, and Oklahoma for the 600 MM$ Apache divestiture sale.
QUALIFIED RESERVES ESTIMATOR – Determined and booked remaining reserves.
EXPERT WITNESS – Prepared and compiled data to testify for commission hearings in North Dakota, Kansas, and New Mexico.
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1981-1989 Texaco Exploration and Production Inc. Great Bend, Kansas
Petroleum Engineer
Managed and monitored day to day operations on over 110 properties with 500 active well bores. Evaluated work-over potential identified and implemented cost reduction, and designed surface and subsurface equipment.
1980 Halliburton Inc. Winfield, Kansas
HT-400 Operator
Operated HT-400 dual triplex pumps on a fracture treatment crew.
EDUCATION
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
BS Petroleum Engineering Graduated 1981
Denver Technical College Denver, Colorado
Certificate Information System Programming Graduated 1999
University of Colorado at Denver Denver, Colorado
Certificate Retraining Engineers for Information Technology Graduated 2000
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