Engineer Management

COVER LETTER

TO: UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS COMPANY

FROM: GEORGE H GRINESTAFF

SUBJECT: JOB APPLICATION

DATE: 11/23/2016

Greetings;

I’m applying for the position of Reservoir Engineer. As a young man, I grew up in the oilfields of Wyoming. After university, I moved north to Alaska where my subsurface and leadership skills were developed in Prudhoe Bay. I have had the privilege of making significant achievements in the Middle East, North Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. During the last 6 years, I have worked independent O&G in Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. I have completed lease acquisitions, exploration, and have evaluated production for several onshore US plays including Marcellus, Bakken, and Permian. I started working unconventional plays in Alaska in 1998. Applying a diversity of experience and understanding the people and business is where my skills will provide profitable leadership for business development. Please check my references and you will find that I come highly recommended. It would be a pleasure to serve with your company during this crucial point in our industry when the business needs sound technical work and leadership with character.

George Grinestaff with family Christmas 2015

George Grinestaff

Staff Reservoir Engineer

20807 Winston Lake Dr, Richmond TX Email:acxl97@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 281-***-****

CAREER SUMMARY

Strong skills in business, leadership, and reservoir engineering which include 32 years of oil industry experience: 10 years with Arco Alaska Inc, 8 years with BPX, 8 years professional consulting, and 6 years independent oil and gas. George has worked on drilling rigs; operated wells and facilities in Prudhoe Bay; designed, planned, and drilled horizontal wells; and worked independent oil and gas. He is an expert in gas injection IOR. He has significant experience in multidisciplinary team leadership and subsurface engineering. He is skilled in understanding how to find key issues for solving subsurface problems for conventional and unconventional. George has a unique gift to understand reservoir mechanisms and wells, which is crucial for performance of oil and gas plays and for sound investment when making business development decisions.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

Proven Work Ethic

Business & Finance Oriented

Integrated Risk Assessments

Production Forecasting

Subsurface Engineering

Economic Evaluations

Contingency Planning

Team Leadership

Project Management

Writing & Communication

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Statoil Gulf LLC, Houston Mar 2010 – Jul 2016

Leading Advisor Reservoir Development Leader

Statoil Technology Group: Reservoir simulation advisor for entire company and leader of reservoir engineering and IOR business development for deep water Gulf of Mexico. Gas injection IOR field development and design using full field compositional simulation for Vito field. Designed a unique method for PVT diffusion experiment in HP fluids. Alaska Chukchi Sea exploration and low permeability reservoir development, description, and performance analysis.

DDHC LLC, Houston Jan 2010 – Jan 2014

President and CEO

Startup EM exploration technology LLC. Lease acquisition and exploration with Mantle O&G of Friendswood Texas for small position in Michigan. KMS technologies supported advancement to commercial qualification. Performed 3 years of field trials in Jackson Co, Michigan and Refugio Co, Tx.

PetroTel Inc., Anchorage June 2003 - Feb 2010

Senior Reservoir Engineering Advisor

Statoil Norsk Hydro: Full field simulation model development for the TROLL field. Development of Well models with horizontal grid for thin oil column and multilateral wells.

BP Alaska: Development of the Liberty prospect from grass roots exploration to full field simulation development of extended reach (45,000’) offshore Wells.

Statoil: Evaluation of CO2 injection benefits for the Gullfaks Field, Norway using fine grid compositional models and FrontSim IOR Scale simulation. See SPE 89338

PDO Oman: Prediction of Gas Condensate benefits to recycle for rich gas condensate below dew point.

BP UTG, Aberdeen Scotland 2000 - 2002

Upstream Technology Group: Business Development Engineer

Streamline Simulation Business Development: Led BP’s streamline simulation efforts in the upstream technology group, including management of a $1.5 million R&D project to commercialize the IOR Scale Option in the Geoquest streamline simulator.

Reservoir Management: Management and application of streamline simulation models for North Sea, Gulf of Suez, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, and Alaska. Led a company wide effort to expand and use alternative methods for reservoir analysis and development.

BPX, Anchorage 1995 - 2000

Upstream Technology Group: Reservoir Management

Injection Well Management & Surveillance: Production performance and Injection well management using Streamline front tracking simulation: Analyses of performance using Hall Plots and Production decline. Injection volumes using temperature warm back logging. SPE 63152

Management and Oversight: Oversight of the Flow Station Two water-flood area operated by Arco.

Arco Alaska, Anchorage 1983 - 1994

Production/Reservoir Engineer

Operation of North Slope Facilities: Including start-up of water-flood and EOR injection. In charge of Drill Site test facilities and remedial well work. Reservoir engineering for Flow Station Two MWAG; Static 3D modeling; Unit Surveillance Analysis for an $8.5 mm Geoscience project.

EDUCATION

B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, May 1983

PUBLICATIONS

SPE 63152, SPE 54616, SPE 75198, SPE 78298, SPE 89338

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