Engineer Engineering

Kuo-Shian Kao

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Petroleum Engineer

Completions Engineering Production Engineering

MBA-credentialed Petroleum Engineer with undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, and 15 years of experience with major E&P and international service companies. Skilled in completions, sand control, stimulation, intervention, and workovers designs and implementations. Expertise in wells production surveillance, optimization, sand management, regulatory compliance management, PTA, nodal analysis, partner relations, budgeting, economic analysis, AFE, project management and mentorship.

Known as dependable, hardworking and goal-oriented collaborator that produce results on budget and on time consistently. Explore opportunities, uncover challenges, instituting process improvements and improve efficiencies. Precise and strategic with proven talent for understanding complex technical matters and translating for practical application across functional areas, in high-stakes and dynamic organizations.

Areas of expertise:

Leadership Interpersonal Communication Critical Thinking Analytical Collaborative Problem Solving Process Improvement Project Management Financial Reporting and Forecasting Budget Planning.

Professional Experience:

Shell New Orleans, LA, USA

Senior Production Engineer - Asset Lead Sept-2014 – Aug-2015

Petroleum Engineering - Production/Operations/Optimization/Well Integrity/Project management

Provided leadership to multi-disciplinary engineers, operations, and organizational partners to monitor deepwater and subsea wells and reservoirs performance to ensure safe and optimized production.

Performed integrated production system modeling analysis to defined well operating envelopes and issued well operating guideline to operation personnel to ensured optimized production.

Managed Well Integrity activities to ensure equipment, controls, procedures, environmental, and safety devices are operational in accordance with applicable requirements, laws, and regulations.

Collaborated with engineers, operations, external partners, regulatory and allocation teams to ensure well tests are performed timely and accurately, and productions are allocated accurately.

Monitored well and reservoir performance to identified production optimization opportunities and conduct technical and economical justifications in recommending best optimization technique.

Managed all production optimization activities including designing, proposing, funding, planning, executing, monitoring, and adjusting to ensure proper implementation.

Lead and assisted with root-cause failure analyses and implement recommended improvements.

Participated in new subsea field exploration and development project by liaising with key stakeholders.

Assisted with the planning of Subsea Abandonments and generated the specification and cost estimates.

Mentored new engineers, assess performance, and recommend training and career development.

Accomplishments:

Improved production by implementing optimized artificial lift design for all artificially lifted wells.

Instituted process change and realized over $200K in operating expenditure savings.

Enhanced production by 460 BEQPD through leveraging new production optimization prospects including gas lift optimization and slickline intervention.

Collaborated with cross functional teams in providing financial statements, annual reserve estimate, and annual operating budget to management, on time, serving as designated multi-discipline lead.

Shell New Orleans, LA, USA

Senior Production Engineer - Deepwater Surveillance Nov-2011 – Aug-2014

Petroleum Engineer – Production/Surveillance/Well Integrity/Real-time Operations

Monitored all Gulf of Mexico deepwater wells real-time, performed trending and analysis of exception events impacting production, and recommended corrective actions and optimization opportunities.

Collaborated with Reservoir Engineer and Asset Production Engineers in performing Pressure Transient Analysis to identified underperforming wells and recommended interventions.

Provided engineering support with well troubleshooting, startup and flowback planning, unloading surveillance, recompletions and workover designs, and subsea well intervention planning and execution.

Served as focal point to ensure timely filing of key regulatory reports such as casing pressure management, well testing, and hurricane curtailment reports to ensure compliance per CFR 250

Demonstrated department value to key stakeholders and partners through key performance indicator reporting, financial value analysis, and informational sessions

Mentored production and reservoir engineers, supervised summer interns, and conducted presentations for public relationship and recruitment purposes.

Accomplishments:

Ensured proper production surveillance coverage for all deepwater assets by spearheading internal audit.

Managed multiple projects from issuing of Term of Reference to project implementation.

Revitalized surveillance tool used for well operating envelope guidance, sand management surveillances, and reservoir monitoring and evaluation.

Streamlined data gathering process for hurricane reporting ensuring regulatory compliance.

Superior Energy Services / BJ Services Houston, TX, USA

Senior Technical Advisor - Gulf of Mexico Operations Sept-2007 – Oct-2011

Petroleum Engineering - Drilling/Completions/Production/Business Development/Operations

Provided leadership to clients in engineering customized deepwater, HPHT, Horizontal, and Smart Multi-Laterals well completions, workovers and sand control designs to meet client’s dynamic business needs.

Collaborated with multiple disciplinary experts and performed engineering analysis to properly identify technical limit and ensure proper risk management during all stages of completions operation lifecycle.

Composed detailed completion programs to ensure proper equipment installation and safe job execution.

Monitored job execution real-time and provide technical support and engineering analysis to ensure proper well control, risk management, and resolve conflicts during real-time operation.

Performed post-job analyst to identify root causes and document best practice and lessons learned.

Mentored new engineers, evaluate technical competency, assess performance, and provide guidance on training and career development.

Accomplishments:

Designed over 230 specialized completions and sand control systems for Gulf of Mexico region.

Built customized spreadsheet for specialized tubing stress analysis involving dual-string completions for multi-zone completions.

Instituted completions design standardization to enhanced operational efficiency and productivity.

Halliburton Malongo, Cabinda, Angola

Technical Advisor - Chevron Malongo Operations Feb-2005 – Aug-2007

Petroleum Engineering - Drilling/Completions/Production/Operations/Project Manager

Collaborated with multi-disciplinary team in cultivating and maintaining profitable relationships with clients through technical competency, service reliability, and timely delivery of products and services.

Interfaced with client's drilling and production engineering team in designing customized completions, workover, intervention and sand control solutions to meet client’s challenging dynamic business needs.

Recommended supplementary completions system to enhance hydrocarbon recovery utilizing proven technologies in completions, workover, intervention, and sand control tool systems.

Collaborated with multiple disciplinary experts including cementing, fluids, TCP, and stimulation groups to identify technical limit and ensure proper planning and safe job execution of all completions activities.

Composed robust and detailed completions, workover, intervention and sand control proposals and field installation procedures to ensure safe and proper installation of equipment.

Managed and directed completion, workover, intervention and sand control activities for multiple rigs to ensure timely delivery and proper installation.

Performed post-job analyst to identify root causes and document best practice and lessons learned.

Prepared and presented operational excellence reports to management benchmarking performance.

Provided management team with monthly area sales forecast and assisted with annual financial reporting.

Provided leadership in mentoring the national technical staff to achieve business unit objective.

Accomplishments:

Saved $300M in capital expenditures by leading special project.

Penetrated new market and increased revenue from $1.8MM to $3.8MM for 2007.

Improved overall operation profitability through enhanced inventory management.

Awarded MVP (Maximizing Value-added Performance) for outstanding contribution to field operation.

Halliburton Carrollton, TX, USA

Technical Sales Analyst - Global Operations Sept-2001 – Feb-2005

Petroleum Engineer – Completions/Applications/ Analyst/ Business Development/Project Manager

Provided marketing, commercial, technical, and project management support to global operations including clients in Canada, South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, Australia and China.

Reviewed and analyze global client’s Request for Proposal package for legal, commercial, and technical requirements to ensure compliance with local, national and international laws.

Directed, coordinated and exercised functional authorities for planning, organizing, controlling and completing of tendering process.

Composed detailed proposals complete with marketing documents, technical specifications, quality plans, and delivery timeline for integrated project implementation of well completion and sand control systems.

Planned and directed all relevant technical and operational resources to ensure safe execution of the proposed solutions.

Provided technical specification to engineering and assisted with the designing of the customized completion equipment and attended peer review to ensure requirements are met.

Interacted with third party supplier, manufacturing, quality assurance, and logistic personnel to control cost and ensure profit margin are in line with management expectation.

Conducted the Factory Acceptance Tests and System Integration Tests per client’s specification.

Collaborated with third party suppliers, procurement, manufacturing, accounting, Quality Assurance Quality Control, and logistic to manage cost and ensure timely delivery to international locations.

Conducted commercial and technical training of international personnel to improve product knowledge, operational skills, technical competency, and service reliability.

Accomplishments:

Developed optimum pricing strategies utilizing comprehensive costing analysis, pricing models and vital local market conditions.

Project managed and delivered over 70 strategic high-valued must-win proposed projects to key customers worldwide on time and within budget.

Optimized proposal process by developing system to index sand control tool system available.

Furnished and delivered a week-long training program for personnel in China.

Halliburton New Iberia, LA, USA

Technical Professional - Gulf of Mexico Jan-2000 – Sept-2001

Petroleum Engineering – Completions/Sand Control/Slickline/Field Operations

Provided engineering support and operational expertise to internal and external customers including design, operations, functionality and application of well completion and sand control tools systems.

Operated slickline, conducted wireline interventions, and installed completions production tubing string.

Planned, assembled and installed completions tools and performed gravel packs and frac packs.

Supported machine shop with design modifications, product manufacturing, and QA/QC inspection.

Conducted field testing of developmental tool systems and composed detailed test report, installation procedures, costing, and comprehensive engineering specifications.

Presented technical presentations to peers and management on completion equipment and sand control tool systems functionality, operation, and application to demonstrate competency.

Accomplishments:

Instituted new pre-job planning, job execution, and post job analysis documentation method and tracking system to ensure product quality and services reliability.

Conducted analysis to identify and document root cause for failure and implement improvements.

Composed technical manual for downhole completion tools and sand control service tool to assist in company-wide product standardization efforts.

Education:

Regis University Denver, CO, USA

Masters of Business Administration Apr-2006

Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering Dec-1999

Professional Development:

Petroleum Engineering:

HSSE Risk Management, Well Completions, Slickline Operations, Surface and Subsurface Safety System, Sand Control Technique, Multi-Lateral Completion Systems, Hydraulic Fracturing, Horizontal Well Performance, Well Integrity Management, Reservoir Engineering, Well Test Evaluation and Design, Production Technology, Production System Modeling, Process Safety, Subsea Control System, and Production Safety System (T-2).

Business and Leadership Development:

Team Member Effectiveness, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Essentials of Persuasion, Effective Presentations, Managerial Accounting, Commercialization and Value Selling, Conceptual Selling, Strategic Selling, Effective Negotiating Skills, Business Acquisition, Commercial Mindset, Contracting and Procurement, and Strategic Business Development.

Technical Skills:

Production System:

Artificial Lift Design, Integrated Production System Modeling, Define Well-Operating Envelope, Well-Testing Evaluation, Acid Stimulation, and Pressure Transient Analysis.

Completions System Design:

Natural, Tubingless, Gas Lift, ESP, Monobore, Expandable, Swellables, Single-Selective, Dual, Multi-Lateral/Smart, Single Zone Gravel/Frac Pack, Stack (Multi-Zone) Pack, Single-Trip Perforate and Pack, Single-Trip Multi-Zone Gravel/Frac Pack, Pin-Point/Direct-Stimulation, Stand Alone Screen, Vent Screen, Thru-Tubing Gravel Pack, Open Hole Horizontals, and One-Trip Horizontals with Acid Stim.

Software Competency:

Microsoft Office, MS Project, Visio, Spotfire, ThinkCell, Palantir, SAP, Palisade Precision Tree, AutoCAD, Solid Works, Cyber String/T-Map/Graphics String Editor (tubing stress analysis), Landmark Drilling Production & Economic Software Suite (DIMS, WellCat, WellPlan, Aries), WinGLUE (gas lift), OFM, PI Processbook, PetEx IFM/IPM/Prosper/GAP, Stim2001, and Kappa Ecrin (Saphir/Diamant).

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