Gas Processing Commercial Pilot

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Eric M. Williams

504-***-**** *****************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-williams-8b493425 Introduction

Highly motivated and performance-driven Petroleum Engineering & Petrophysical Advisor with 15+ years of experience in oil and gas operations. Areas of concentration include reservoir and production engineering, specializing in reservoir management and field optimization, with strong interpersonal skills, and a positive, team-oriented attitude. Areas of Expertise

• Reservoir & production engineering

• Pressure transient analysis (PTA software)

• Artificial lift selection and evaluation

• Enhanced recovery studies and presentation

• Reservoir/asset planning (ECL, marketing strategy)

• Acceleration well design, RF optimization

• Reserve estimates, forecasting & economics

• Decline curve analysis/material balance

• Software skills including ARIES, Spotfire, PanSys, Eclipse, Petra, Prosper, PHDWin, Well View, OWL

Perform, MS Project, MBAL, GAP, P-Log, P-Tools

• Open hole & cased hole log analysis, PNL

• ESP conversions (wireline retrievable), Jet pump Installs

• Multi-stage stimulation design

• Efficient project & personnel management

• Business Development, A&D evaluations

• Annual production goals, capital/expense budgeting

• Water flood conformance and optimization

• Experience including Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken, Austin Chalk, Delaware, Big Horn, Powder River,

Marcellus, Spraberry, and San Andres

formations/basins, GOM (shelf & D.W.)

Professional Experience

Petroleum Engineering & Petrophysical Advisor, Houston, TX Williams Petroleum Consultants, 10/2020 to Present

• Transitioned from the Senior Reservoir Engineer/Operations Advisor role with Talos Energy to an independent reservoir, production, A&D and completions consultant

• Negotiating contracts to provide onsite/company man services beginning 1Q, 2021

• Provide A&D database construction and evaluation for several financial institutions, utilizing both Aries and PHDWin software

• Evaluate existing field studies for onshore and GOM assets to exploit bypassed oil and gas reserves and/or potential recompletions

Senior Reservoir Engineer and Operations Advisor, Houston, TX Talos Energy, 5/2018 to 10/2020

• Management of reserve databases for shelf and DW GOM assets, including MP, SMI, EW, and GB areas

• Executed seven successful sidetracks in the UM sands of Ewing Bank 305, averaging 4-10 MMBOE in proven reserves and IPs upward of 2.6 MBOE/d

• Recommended and performed $19 MM recompletion program at SMI 130, resulting in a net production gain of ~3.0 MBOE/d and achieving highest production rates for SMI 130 since 2002

• Create annual budget and production goals, PUD/RC scheduling, and $25 MM recompletion program for 2020 - 21

• Continue providing petro physical support, PTA, and nodal analysis for new completions and potential intervention operations

• Lead A&D team in evaluation of multiple packages, including GOM, inland waters, and W. Texas properties and assets

• Expanded mentor program for operations engineers on software modeling, reserves evaluation, artificial lift design/selection, and field optimization identification and implementation strategies

• Worked with production teams to reduce excessive spending, implement chemical program maintenance strategy, and develop a proactive paraffin treatment schedule to reduce unnecessary downtime associated with a historically reactive intervention model

• Responsible for multiple shelf assets, including legacy properties in MP, SMI, VR, EC, HI, EW, GI, SS areas, tasked with extending field life, lowering LOE, scheduling capital projects, expense projects and facility upgrades to maintain base production and positive cash flow

• Drilled and completed four successful sidetracks in MP area, both set up for future recompletions in secondary targets

• Recommend optimization techniques for producing wells, with remaining life and reserve estimates

• Provided petro physical analysis for potential completions and setting pipe decisions

• Mentored operations engineers on software modeling, reserves booking and evaluation, artificial lift project design/selection, and field optimization techniques and execution Engineering Manager, Houston, TX Plantation Petroleum Company, 6/2016 to 5/2018

• Managed multiple conventional assets and personnel throughout the Permian Basin, focusing on mature field optimization, capital drilling/workover program, and LOE reduction

• Generated detailed procedures for workover/recompletion jobs, including ESP conversions, rod pump, plug backs, commingle zones, squeezes, add pay, and waterflood conformance

• Mentored junior engineers to produce effective project economics and reserve calculations, provided detailed multi-stage completion and workover procedures, and encouraged a productive two-way communication mentality with field personnel

• Prepared and presented capital programs along with reserve and economic justification to senior management and lending institutions for approval and funding

• Coordinated multi-department evaluation and implementation of San Andres horizontal development program, including drilling/completion design, frac modeling, facility construction, and SWD permitting

• Compiled economic evaluations for acquisition and divestiture properties, including volumetric calculations, decline curve analysis, capital/LOE summaries, and recommended actions to maximize value and marketability

• Organized corporate/field office communication strategies to reduce project delays and streamlined workflows from design and implementation to completion

• Provided onsite support during project execution, including completion operations and well intervention activities Reservoir and Production Engineer, New Orleans, LA ANKOR Energy, LLC, 2012 to 2016

• Maintained a multi-discipline reservoir/production engineering role, performing reservoir, completion, and production operations for assets in three states and central GOM

• Evaluated, designed procedures, and coordinated logistics for slickline/E-line work, zonal isolation and selective sleeve projects, TT plug backs, and CT operations including cement squeezing, P&A work, and stimulation projects for nine offshore production platforms

• Optimized LOE and water disposal operations, including SWD conversions from uneconomic producers, design and implementation of a field-wide produced water gathering system to significantly lower trucking and disposal costs, and fresh water injection systems used to alleviate salt related problems.

• Designed, created procedures, and implemented multiple artificial lift projects, including down hole and surface equipment selection, fabrication, and facility construction required for jet pump and ESP systems for onshore oil and sour gas field

• Performed pre/post drill volumetric and economic scenarios for onshore operated assets as well as offshore capital projects, in addition performed individual project economics as required

• Utilized transient analysis, historical production data and modeling software to build complete field models used for predicting volumes, estimating future performance, and identifying system limitations

• Generated annual budget, estimated profits, performed decline curve analysis on existing assets, evaluated historical LOE to identify potential areas of improvement; administered budget to implement and schedule capital projects

• Maintained budget databases quarterly, including decline curve analysis, capital project implementation, LOE evaluation, and non-operated property performance to track asset ROI and ROR.

• Evaluated acquisition properties for conventional and unconventional drilling potential, prepared drilling and completion recommendations for both vertical and horizontal wells, with corresponding return expectations

• Managed Eagle Ford Shale asset team, including land/lease acquisition, multi-well drill and facility proposals, multi stage stimulation design and execution, and installation of artificial lift equipment where required Operations Engineer, Dallas, TX Merit Energy Company, 2007 to 2012

• Managed daily operations for Louisiana and south Texas field offices, consisting of twelve onshore oil and gas fields, inland waters and Western/Central Gulf of Mexico assets

• Designed, scheduled, and supervised workovers required for production optimization, recompletions, and water flood conformance

• Performed due diligence work on acquisition properties, including production and expense modeling, merged new drilling program with existing company project timeline, and evaluated upside potential

• Set annual asset production, LOE, EWO, and capital goals, evaluated scheduled capital project economics, and maintained accurate reserve database of year to date progress with projected expense and production outcome

• Designed, implemented, and completed several drilling programs for Minnelusa waterflood support wells.

• Managed fifteen oil and gas fields throughout Wyoming and North Dakota, including two gas processing facilities and seventy-five contract/staff employees

• Operated several conventional/unconventional Permian assets, involving multi-stage frac designs, waterflood conformance, and multiple recompletion economic evaluations and project implementation Additional Details

Education

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2007 Training/Certifications

Acquisition and Divestitures (A&D)/Business Development, Colorado School of Mines, 2008 Airline Transport Professionals

Multi-Engine Land Commercial Pilot

Single-Engine Land Commercial Pilot

• Completed over 120 hours in single engine and 130 hours on complex multi-engine aircraft

• Completed over 100 hours in flight simulators, knowledge of FAA industry certifications and standards

• Instrument Rated

Associations

Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

Member, American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) Member, Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)

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