COURTNEY BUSSE-JONES
Tulsa, OK 74120
Tel: 918-***-****
Email: ********.*****@*****.***
Summary
Experienced geologist looking to leverage extensive background in data analysis into a new industry. Strong communication and people skills in a team environment. Enthusiastic, results-oriented, performs well under pressure. Recognized team player with proven abilities to work effectively with individuals at all levels. Excellent verbal and written skills coupled with proven speaking and presentation abilities to groups of all sizes.
Career History
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES, Tulsa, OK
4/2016 – 1/2022
Project ECHO Coordinator (1/2017-current)
Coordinates and facilitates information flow between the ECHO hub and ECHO spoke participants in rural and urban areas. Primary duties and responsibilities include: providing administrative and operational support for Hub team and Spoke participants; assisting in the production and distribution of teleECHO clinic course materials and schedules; facilitating delivery of clinical/training content using a designated communication vehicle; executing surveys and feasibility studies for policy formation and improvement of services; conducting training for other spoke participants in relation to the duties of a distance education coordinator; assisting with the development of clinical and curriculum brochures; coordinating the development and preparation of marketing and promotional plans and/or materials; serving as liaison between hub facilitators and spoke participants; coordinating instructional course activities, including the logistics for distance delivery technologies; facilitating and enhancing day-to-day operating relations with site coordinators and other stakeholders
Academic Assistant (4/2016-7/2017)
Academic and research assistant for Chair of Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Duties include managing calendar, managing faculty licensing, proofreading forensic psychiatry reports, and grant writing.
THE FRONTIER, Tulsa, OK
10/2015 – 04/2016
Administrative/research assistant
Office, staff and research assistant for digital media start-up. Duties include clerical tasks, databases, story research, marketing and communications functions.
FLEET FEET SPORTS, Tulsa, OK
1/2016 – 4/2016
PR administrative assistant/Fit professional
PR and administrative assistant for Fleet Feet Sports Tulsa. Duties include sending weekly store emails, managing customer database, managing race registration, graphic design for in-store posters, and sales associate.
NEWFIELD EXPLORATION, Tulsa, OK
4/2011 – 4/2014
Geosteering Lead (6/2012 – 4/2014)
Geosteering Geologist (4/2011 – 6/2012)
Responsible for geosteering approximately 60 wells in the Granite Wash (Marmaton), Cottage Grove, Arkoma Woodford, Anadarko Woodford, and Mississppian. Duties include correlating logs while drilling to ensure correct landing point, correlating gamma throughout lateral to determine placement in zone and set targets going forward, liaising with drilling engineer, asset geologist and mudlogger. Other duties include managing rig assignments and weekend duty for other geosteerers, assisting regulatory with data needed for the state, generating maps for drilling lead, generating structure maps for use in steering, helping to define wellbore placement process.
PENN VIRGINIA ENERGY, Tulsa, OK
8/2010 – 2/2011
Geologist
Operations Geologist responsible for geosteering approximately 15 horizontal wells in the Granite Wash, correlating logs while drilling to ensure correct landing point, and liaising with mudlogger, drilling engineer and directional driller. Other duties included assisting senior geologists with projects and generating prospects by identifying net pay zones, picking tops and mapping water saturation.
PETROHAWK ENERGY CORPORATION, Tulsa, OK
5/2008 – 11/2009
Geologist
Operations Geologist responsible for generating staking requests, geologic prognoses, AFE requests, updating Petra with tops from operated and non-operated wells, maintaining an OBO database, updating maps, perforation reviews with completions engineer, liaising with geophysicist to determine faulting and formation dip in upcoming wells, provide geologic support to chemical and reservoir engineers, manage geosteerer and geotech.
Geosteering Geologist
Geosteered 80+ horizontal wells in unconventional Fayetteville and Haynesville Shale plays. Responsibilities included working with geologist and drilling engineer to make target changes based on as drilled tops and formation dip changes, providing post-drill analysis of non-operated wells.
ENCANA OIL & GAS (USA) INC., Denver, CO
6/2006 – 2/2007
Geologist
Operations geologist responsible for generating well prognoses, determining well placement, creating structure maps, picking tops on logs for reporting to the state.
●Worked on a special project involving grain density which had a significant effect on OGIP calculations.
●Worked on a special project using geochemical fingerprints to determine compartmentalization of the reservoir.
EDUCATION
University of Missouri Rolla (BS Geology-2002).
University of Tulsa. (2003-2006)
THESIS WORK
Research on the cause of long-lived brine scars in the Tall Grass Prairie area near Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and a hypothesis of one or more natural brine pump as the source of brine coming to the surface using electromagnetic data and fracture patterns.
PRESENTATIONS
Poster: "Hypothesis of a Natural Brine Pump Causing Persistent Brine Scars in the TallGrass Prairie, Oklahoma" at Tulsa Geological Society student night and at the 12th International Petroleum Environmental Conference.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Harriers Running Club – Tulsa chapter
Member of the executive committee in the local chapter of an international nonprofit fraternity. Acts as one of the weekly event coordinators and moderators. Responsible for assisting in keeping a time table, instructing new members, obtaining dues and distributing funds, and ensuring members of the chapter adhere to the code of ethics and conduct that has been established for almost 30 years. Excels at giving precise and clear instructions, even when in large group settings. Leader of the planning committee for an annual charity run.
References available upon request