Reservoir Engineer

STELLA ZHANG, P. Eng.

E-mail: ******.*.*****@*******.***

Cell Phone: 587-***-****

Home Phone: 403-***-****

STRENGTHS

Rich Acquisition & Divestiture experiences

Reservoir engineering skills on various types of reservoirs

Exploitation and development experiences

Economic analysis skills and business acumen

Results orientated, strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Senior Exploitation Engineer 2013 - 2015

Business Development and Corporate Planning

Baytex Energy

Played a key role in the technical and economic evaluations on Aurora (Eagle Ford) acquisition ($2.8 billion)

Worked with reserve and investment auditors on evaluation justifications and reserve booking for Aurora acquisition

Constantly identify, evaluate and recommend potential value-adding growth opportunities.

Presented to senior management asset values and potential bid price ranges, incorporating various development scheduling and price sensitivities

Worked closely with G&G professionals and integrated G&G data into understanding the reservoir characterization and drivers for performance differences, therefore identified the potential upsides and limitations

Able to work with limited information and tight deadline

Type curve analysis and single well economic analysis for different opportunities o Heavy and light oil in WCSB

o Liquid rich gas

o Shale gas and oil in Eagle Ford

o Oil sands

Finished Montney regional study, understood the sweet spots and optimal operating strategy

Assisted corporate planning team on long range plan (LRP) processes and portfolio manageement

Major work tools: Value Navigator, GeoScout, Accumap, OFM, RTA, Fieldview, XI Technology Assetbook, Aries, IHS Enerdeq (for US properties), Drilling Info(for US properties),Etc.

Reservoir Engineer 2013 -2013

Oil Sands, FCCL

ConocoPhillips

Worked on Foster Creek and Christina Lake oil sands assets, partnered with Cenovous

Built simulation models for different PAD designs and performance forecasts, using CMG STARS software

Monitored dynamic pressure and temperature profiles from different well pairs/pads, and modify models accordingly

Sensitivity studies on different parameters that would impact recovery factor and economics

Economic evaluations on different scenarios and recommend the optimal development plans and depletion strategies

Prepared annual reserves audit from RCAT, an internal reserve audit committee comprising disciplinary chiefs

Worked with G&G to recommend and implement development plans and reservoir management strategies

Tracked competitor’s performance and built analogue database Reservoir Engineer/Coordinator 2011 - 2013

Business Development

ConocoPhillips

Successfully coordinated, negotiated and completed A&D transactions of more than $300 million in value

Worked on both oil sands and conventional assets

Led and finished gas over bitumen(GOB) swap project between Surmont Oil Sands Unit and WCBU Unit

o Project feasibility/scope study and initiation

o Economic evaluations

o Management approval of the project, including partners approval (Total) o Coordination among multi-disciplines, including Land, Finance, marketing, asset team, JI/JV, Operations, HSE and Legal, etc.

o Reserve surveillance between internal and external bodies o Legal advice on business terms

o Negotiation of the final deal price

o Assurance of due diligence execution and deal closing

Co-led Februus and Titanium projects for WCBU conventional assets o Package definitions

o Reserves surveillance and captured the upside values o Reservoir engineering technical support

o Coordination among different disciplines

o Project management to ensure maintaining integrated project schedules o Economic evaluation on assets keep cases and recommending sale/purchase prices

o Negotiated Purchase and Sale Agreements

Mentored junior engineers and summer students

Reservoir Engineer 2004-2011

Western Canada Business Unit

ConocoPhillips

Worked with two different asset teams (Southern Plains and Northern Plains) with experiences in heavy oil, conventional oil, conventional gas and tight gas assets

Identified and developed exploitation opportunities and reservoir depletion strategies

Focused on annual drilling programs and recompletion program, including budgeting and execution

Reservoir surveillance and management on water flood projects o Constantly monitored voidage replacement

o Recommended water injection volumes, avoiding under or over injection o Shifted water path to support the whole pool

o Optimized water flood pattern

o Successfully re-activated some old wellbores

o Identified attic oil drilling opportunities

o Executed pump speedup projects

o Realized 20% increase in production in some oil pools at minimal costs

Reservoir management and drilling programs in tight gas assets o Focus on pressure transient analysis to better understand reservoir heterogeneity

o Well drainage and reservoir depletion analysis

o Increased the chance of success (COS) by 5%

o Worked with G&G professionals to identify the existence of Bludesky bitumen, thus saved some completion costs

o Worked with other disciplines on logistics, finishing the drilling programs on schedule on cost

o Reserve analysis and booking, using both statistical and analytical approaches

Built Piper pipeline model and de-bottlenecked the gathering system, incorporating reservoir information

Project economic evaluations using PEEP/Portfolio

Reserve assessments, including annual RCAT audit presentations

Long Range Plan (LRP) and program look back

Identified growth opportunities through land acquisitions

Worked with operations on inactive wells, recommended abandonment and work over opportunities

Regulatory applications

Mentored junior engineers and technologists

Major work tools: Peep/Portfolio, GeoScout, Accumap, OFM, Hoops/Fieldview, RTA, MBAL, Eclips, Well View, Piper, Capital Manager, Well Launcher, CSExplorer, Microsoft Office,STARS, etc.

Well Test Specialist 2003-2004

Rapid Technology Corporation

Well pressure transient analysis (PTA) for clients

PAS file submission to the board, on behalf of clients, with in-house software Centrix, after analysis was done

Maintenance of online well test historical database (incorporated with Accumap now)

Quality control of well test data

Materials Engineer 1997-2002

Sichuan Pioneer Sports Appliance

Materials analysis and new material design

Thermal process management

Feasibility study and economic evaluations

Experiment design, focusing on crucial mechanical properties

Corrosion protection

Supervised technicians and production workers

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Applied Petroleum Engineering and Technology 2002-2003 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology

Master Degree of Science

Materials Engineering 1994-1997

Sichuan University

Bachelor Degree of Science

Materials Engineering 1990-1994

North China University

PROESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member of APEGGA, P. Eng.

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