Development Technical

Summary Profile

Resourceful and goal-driven professional with more than 27 years of dynamic technical experience in data integration, modeling, environmental geology and oil & gas field subject matter expert. Broad-based background with particular expertise in field development for unconventional reservoirs, CBM, shale and development of tight reservoir that require stimulation. Direct experience in water flood planning, directional/horizontal drilling, including planning, work-over/completion design and experience in lift selection. Expert in production optimization, proficient in E-log interpretation.

Most recent project in Oman, completed economic basement study including oil fingerprinting, identify probable source. This study allowed for the creation of a new Maturity Model. Technical lead in creation of a Regional Stratigraphic Framework that was integrated into an updated economic basin model. The Stratigraphic Framework results gave us an improved understanding of regional inversion over the early work conducted by Visser 1991 in Oman. Final maturity model was an excellent match assuming the hypothesis that up to 2500m of inversion had taken place over five major cycles which included (1) Pre-Cambrian Rift, (2) Cambrian Rifting and Transpressional Tectonics, (3) Late Ordovician down building, (4) Jurassic Extension, (5) Cretaceous Separation of Masirah Ocean Crust and continued tectonic emplacement of major nappes in Oman Mountains, and later the emplacement of the Masirah Ophiolites which is supported by Semail and Masirah Ophiolites having different sedimentary cover.

I have a firm understanding of useful technologies to unlock low value oil and the use of new technologies to successfully squeeze more for less. I understand how to maximize efficiencies and productivity to add value to an asset distressed by low margins.

International work experience in various Countries; including USA, Azerbaijan, Trinidad, Ukraine, Indonesia, Canada, Mongolia, Romania and Oman.

Key Strengths

Identify and define data collection parameters in conjunction of other disciplines to provide cost effective basis of analysis to allow construction of an accurate model

Optimize cost effective integration of complex studies to identify new prospects and their hydrocarbon systems, develop new play concepts, and develop qualified models of the subsurface. Studies include stratigraphic and lithofacies analysis, diagenesis created porosity and permeability distribution and hydrocarbon saturation studies to properly characterize reservoir.

Appraise subsurface models to ensure accuracy and technical integrity

Senior Petrophysical Log Analyst

Understanding of cost effective methodology to construct models using geological and other well data, structural and sedimentary patterns and features. Recommends drilling locations and able to develop FDP’s

Geologic Prognosis Design and Hazard Awareness MWD/LWD Tools and Geosteering Techniques and Planning

Experience in carbonates and clastic, also unconventional reservoirs - Barnett, Eagleford and CBM

Completion Program Design; including creating Perforating, OH and CH Logging Programs

Tool identification for fishing and fracture design

Log Interpretation and Analysis - HDS/Schlumberger

Reservoir Modeling and Field Development Planning using Seismic and Conventional Rock Property Analysis

Fluvial-Deltaic Sandstone, Carbonate and Turbidities Depositional Modeling / Volumetric Estimation

Water flood design, Development and Surveillance

Prospect Generation and Risk Assessment

Process Improvement and Optimization

Contract Negotiation

Leadership and Team Building

Budget Development and Subject Matter Expert for completing a successful tender process

Geochemical Studies and Satellite Recognition

Career Overview

Well Delivery Engineer (Short Term Contract Role) PetroMatad, Mongolia June 2015-Present

Short term assignment to design and review both technical and commercial merit of service providers to perform two 2000m continuous coring operations in Central Mongolia. Responsibilities included; developing well engineering solutions while assessing and managing risk involved with projects from a technical, commercial and HSE standpoint. Lead the HSE review and prepared a gap analysis for coring contractors and all well operations. Constructed planning, design documents for all well operations. Lead support to insure delivering project on time and in budget. Worked closely with our new partner BG and government bodies to meet operational, HSSE and commercial objectives. In June 2015 attended classes from Equilibria located in Singapore where I acquired Supervisor Well Control and a follow up study of API 53 new standards. This was done as my responsibilities will move to field level to act a subject matter expert for crews on the rig to insure delivering project safely and on budget. Also started initial plans for two exploration wells to be drilled in 2017 which will also require preparing all ITT documents for drilling contractor and all support services.

Exploration Technical Lead CCED OMAN, Muscat. May 2013-June 2015

As Exploration Technical Lead- responsible for the formulation, recommendation and implementation of CCED's exploration program in Oman. Created recommendations based on regional geological and geophysical studies, to enhanced the understanding of the speculative and possible reserve potential of Block 3 and Block 4 Oman. As Exploration Technical Lead, responsibilities included development and technical evaluation of CCED's exploration leads and prospects inventory. Responsible for writing all exploration well proposals and addressing all technical questions from partners and the Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG). Work closely with the Geological Operations and Drilling to ensure that all exploration wells were safely and effectively planned, drilled and tested. Responsible for technical evaluation of all exploration asset purchase and sale opportunities.

Designed guidance for incremental production increases for three and five year to aid in budget requirements for infrastructure and surface facility upgrades (real daily production (May 2013-2000BOPD) to over June 2015- 20,000BOPD increase of 18,000BOPD in two years with two rigs).

Technical lead to integrate a static model for Carbonate Reservoirs Cambrian age.

Reviewed all log data and created a layer by layer fracture model

Developed and maintain a quality inventory of exploration leads and prospects for CCED operated blocks. The inventory was ranked on the Geological Risk (Pg), Unrisked Mean Reserve Potential and Risked Mean Reserve Potential.

Wrote all exploration reports, including well proposals, post drill reports and exploration assessments for the Field Development Plan.

Mentor, trained and helped development of junior exploration staff.

Expertise in regional basin studies, including play fairway mapping, play evaluation and exploration prospect assessment, fracture modeling.

Knowledge and experience in routine formation evaluation and log analysis.

Proficiency in exploration probabilistic risk (Pg) and speculative reserve assessment techniques.

Expertise in the use, development and maintenance of G&G databases. Proficient using Petrel geological interpretation software. .

Coordinated geological operations experience including wellsite and/or mudlogging operations.

Coordinated the acquisition of 800 km of 2D and 860 km2 3D seismic data.

Supervised a Geo-Chem study, focusing on source, identifying charge timing and oil typing while interpreting very old complex geology found in OMAN which includes modeling the inversion that had taken place which changed the accepted maturation model.

Three commercial Exploration discoveries adding 26mmbo, 58mmbo, 2.6mmbo Stoiip

Lead role in completing a regional stratigraphic model for current concession

Contributed in collecting and evaluating fracture model data with subsurface department.

Team Maintained an 87 percent commercial success rate during my tenure at CCED

Experience in rock mechanics and fracture design

Subsurface and Production Engineering Technical Lead Petrofac Solutions & Facilities Support SRL, Romania. Jan 2012-May 2013

Identified and provided recommendations to increase productivity levels from a group of fields which include an inventory of over 1000 wells located in northern Romania, including workover, failure intervention and new well development and completions. Assumed full responsibility for operational functions, including investigating feasibility and subsurface authentication of all drilling targets, work-over and intervention. Responsible for accurately reviewing log quality control and interpretation, as well as construction of cost-effective logging, testing and completion programs. Contributed to the creation of long term programs and budgets to meet objectives of the three-year development program. Oversaw the subsurface and operational geology and engineering team and was responsible for gathering information, drafting daily reports and completing all operational tasks. Spearhead drilling 7 wells successfully on-time and under budget test wells. Budget, 80MM-Capex,57MM Opex

Spearheaded new geological interpretation and model to support the development program

Conducted all Petrophysical QC and analysis

Established drilling target locations to augment production and monitored efficiencies while minimizing operational cost

Spearheaded geologic operations for development program, 7 wells drilled successfully in 2012.

Supervised coring, logging and completion programs for workover, intervention and new completions.

Subject Matter Expert onshore oil and gas workover including well replacement, intervention and remediation programs in Romania.

Operations Geology Technical Lead Petro Matad LLC, Mongolia 2010-2012

Provide operational subject matter expertise and technical guidance for startup exploration program as it relates to operational geology, drilling, completion and testing operations. coordinated all aspects of geologic operations including completion, testing and strategies for exploration program in Block 20 located in the northeastern part of Mongolia. Identify ways to maximize data gathered from logging and testing, conduct onsite petrophysics analysis and QC. Coordinated the wellsite geology team implementing all control and program document templates. Gather information, outlining daily reports and coordinating workflows. Contributed in creating budgets for drilling, completions and testing programs in support of the current exploration program. Contributed in the tender process for all operational services and equipment for the 2011 integrated exploration plan. Successfully drilled 11 exploration wells and tested nine of eleven wells in 2011. Worked with local government agency to acquire licenses to support the current exploration program.

Assembled a multidiscipline team to provide support for a cost sensitive exploration project. This included G&G, Drilling Reservoir Engineering and Completion disciplines. Conducted all Petrophysical Log Analysis

Spearheaded the tendered process and award to mobilize Drilling and service related vendors and successfully drilled and completed 11 exploration wells

Successfully prepared and coordinated testing 8 of the 11 exploration wells that were deemed to have potential

Completed a Government source license and perforating license on schedule.

Coordinating all aspects of operations including short and long term lead items and mobilization of service providers including logging services.

Fishing tool selection prepared technical workscope to insure proper tools were available to prevent downtime.

Consulting Geologist Slate Exploration Inc., Mineral Wells, TX 2009-2010

Provided geologic consultation services in Texas for conventional and unconventional prospects. Organized production data to accurately forecast cash flows from existing decline rates. Handled geologic operations for the drilling program to optimize data acquisition while maintaining compliance with budget requirements. Mapped Eagleford shale play to assist in generating a 10,000 acre position that was successfully placed

Performed comprehensive research on current fracture metrics effectiveness and associated costs

Technical lead for projecting production forecast for a three year period based on the new G&G budget

Created a static geologic model for Hardeman, Wilbarger and Montague Counties, Texas

Developed prospect models for unconventional shale plays for the Eagleford, Barnett and Woodford

Identified six prospects using conventional geologic information in addition to integrating Telluric’s and Satellite imagery tools to enhance exploration targets

Field Development Subsurface Technical Lead Regal Petroleum PLC, Poltava, Ukraine 2008-2009

Identified and provided recommendations to maximize production levels through workover and new appraisal/ development well drilling. Assumed full responsibility for operational functions, including investigating feasibility of multi-well pad, drilling hazards, and prognosis and authentication of all drilling targets, work-over and completions. Accurately handled log quality control and interpretation, as well as construction of cost-effective logging, testing and completion programs. Contributed to the creation of long term programs and budgets to meet all established goals for the seven-year development program. Oversaw the Operational Geology Team and was responsible for gathering information, drafting daily reports and completing all operational tasks. Assisted in the design of the Corporate HSE program used in the Ukraine.

Spearheaded new geological interpretation and model to support the development drilling program which included the acquisition and interpretation of 24 square km of 3D seismic. Constructed a full set of rock property maps that were integrated into the static field model

Established drilling target locations to augment production and monitored efficiencies while minimizing operational outlays

Recruited critical personnel to work in the implementation of the pilot program for the first three wells

Spearheaded geologic operations for an exploration well drilled to 5245 m, managing coring, logging and completion programs (Mex 103 Ukraine)

Petrophysical log analysis

Technical lead onshore gas field - drilled the first three wells to 5400+m in Ukraine with $160M budget

Outlined a seven-year field development plan to support the Ukraine asset through 2015

Subject matter expert for tender process for all service and equipment providers to support a two rig drilling program

Acquired 100m of core from 5200m TVD with 98% recovery

Development Geology Technical Lead Nations Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Baku, Azerbaijan 2003-2008

Coordinated all operational geologic functions, including design of a full field development plan, as well as drilling hazards and prognosis design, facilitated all drilling parameters while drilling MWD/LWD, to maximize productivity and final approval for all drilling targets. Senior Petrophysical log QC and interpretation, including the development of cost-effective logging, testing, work-over and completion initiatives. Provided strong technical leadership to a group of 12 personnel, as well as coordinated relations between the exploration group, the development geology staff and the drilling department.

Successfully promoted from operations geology subject matter expert to development geology technical lead in 2006

Devised new geological interpretation and model for development initiatives

Created drilling locations to increase production, accurately tracked efficiencies and minimized man-hour cost

Led the design of surveillance tracking software to support 70,000 BWPD injection flood

Assumed full responsibility for operations, creating geologic prognosis and building hazard awareness for development and exploration drilling program, which included the successful completion of 11 exploration wells and 104 directional development wells, including design, implementation of completion, operational programs and drilling multidirectional wells utilizing three to six well per pad surface locations in Azerbaijan

Oversaw the 70,000-BWPD injection flood project from pilot implementation to active development status, including development of surveillance and monitoring guidelines which led to production growth from 700 BOPD to 7500 BOPD

Partnered with Heidelberg Institute to compile information utilized for modeling the World Stress Map for the Azerbaijan region

Acted as subject matter expert for G&G budget development

Technical lead for 18 national G&G staff, 3 engineers, along with all contract personnel assigned to three drilling rigs DD, Geologic, Rig Parameter Monitoring Engineer

Subject matter expert coring operations of three wells each taking 100-m continuous cores with 100% recovery

Assisted in the acquisition of over 70 square kilometers of 2D seismic - Azerbaijan

Contributed onshore / offshore - Yapen Island, Indonesia

Geologist / Technical Sales Tucker Wireline USA, Oklahoma City, OK 2001-2003

Subject matter expert for open hole and cased hole recommendations, subject matter expert for log QC and provided recommendations to boost productivity and to minimize costs. Created cost-effective logging programs, as well as performed comprehensive test programs. Worked closely with customer to determine production capabilities and design reserve estimates, and design of well test procedures.

Consulting Geologist Oklahoma City, OK 1996-2001

Administered prospect generation well-site and operational geology, mineral acquisition, as well as contract negotiations across the borders of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and South Dakota. Consulted for a number of companies which included working on a CBM project located Nowata, Oklahoma. Oversaw operations of rigs and completion operations on a daily basis and reported progress to operators and partners. While in this role participated in in work in the Barnett Shale in Texas, USA. Acquired 300 ft. horizontal core and completed subsequent core analysis. Completed 6 highly deviated wells without MWD (Successfully), completed rock mechanic study to optimize fracture design. Operatated 2 wellsite mudlogging units, designed and built them from scratch, including gas monitoring and recording equipment. Own personal legal copy of wellsite systems lith-log software.

Earlier Career

Special Program Manager ZEOS International St. Paul, MN 1989-1996

National Sales Executive / Program Specialist Dell Computer Corporation Austin, TX 1986-1989

Geologist Beren Corporation Wichita, KS 1981-1986

Education

Bachelor Degree in Geology Fort Hays State University Fort Hays, KS

Professional Development

2015: Aug: IADC Well Control Supervisor Level, Equilibria Singapore (A325264)

2015: API Standard 53 Well Control Course Study

2014: SEG- Stimulation Training, including Micro-Seismic Planning

2014: Frac Design, Rock Mechanics

2014: Hay Group: HR Job Analysis

2014: Advanced H2S and HSSE Training

2013, Aug: Petrel Structural Modeling

2013, Aug: Petrel Property Modeling

2009: Oilfield Explosives Safety Training

2006: Advance Log Interpretation, PNN Schlumberger Peep

2005-2006: GeoGraphix Training-Advanced Map, Basic Introduction IHRDC - IPIMS Technical Training Program

2005: Advanced User HDS Petrophysical Schlumberger PETREL Schlumberger Log Analysis (Advanced)

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