Reservoir Engineer Engineering
Resume:
Daniel J Brown
************@*****.***
Background Summary
Reservoir Engineering Professional with over 40 years of experience in evaluating oil and gas reserves using industry-standard reservoir engineering principles and analytical techniques. Extensive knowledge and application of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE/PRMS) guidelines for reserve determination and reporting. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with executive management and a proven track record of leveraging technical expertise, analytical proficiency, and business acumen to achieve organizational goals. Experienced in managing engineering teams and developing talent within the discipline.
Core Competencies
Economic evaluation and reserve assessment for exploration programs, development drilling programs, workovers, open-hole log analysis and production optimization opportunities
Knowledge and practical application skills of volumetric calculations, decline curve reserve determinations, appropriate analogue techniques and material balance assessments
Reservoir simulation techniques and methods
Economic modeling using Aries, PHDWin and Value Navigator
Teamwork as well as supervision and mentoring
Stakeholder management
Professional Experience
Sep 2015 – Present
Triangle Petroleum Consultants, LLC.
President/Principle Petroleum Engineer
Feb 2014 – Sep 2015
Senex Energy Limited - Australia
Chief Reservoir Engineer
Mar 2013 – Feb 2014
Nadel and Gussman, LLC - USA
Reservoir Engineer
Dec 2011 – Dec 2012
Newfield Exploration - USA
Reservoir Engineer
May 2004 – Sep 2011
Chesapeake Energy Corporation – USA
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Oct 1992 – May 2004
Sullivan and Company LLC – USA
Reservoir Engineer
Jul 1985 – Oct 1992
Triangle Petroleum Consultants – USA
Reservoir Engineering Consultant
May 1983 – Jul 1985
Kaiser Francis Oil Company – USA
Acquisitions/Reservoir Engineer
Career History
Sep 2015 – Current
Triangle Petroleum Consultants,
President/Owner
Key Studies and Services Offered
Performed both annual and semi-annual reserve and economic updates to various independent producers who had resources in various producing basins in the continental United States.
Performed a detailed waterflood investigation into the feasibility of secondary recovery operations in the Misener sand in several sections of Grant and Alfalfa counties, Oklahoma.
Performed a highly detailed study into the performance characteristics of 67 Woodford oil and gas wells in Canadian County, Oklahoma that predicted optimum maximum recovery density for wells producing in an over-pressured solution gas drive reservoir.
Routinely consulted with potential clients concerning investing in the upstream oil and gas industry.
Regularly made recommendations on pipe-setting in the Lansing/Kansas City limestone throughout central and northwestern Kansas and southwestern Nebraska based on detailed petrophysical evaluations as a service to non-operating clientele.
Taught the basics of petroleum reservoir engineering as it applies to non-engineers as a guest instructor at the University of Tulsa
Feb 2014 – Sep 2015
Senex Energy Limited – Australia
Chief Reservoir Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Lead a team of Reservoir Engineers, Petrophysicists and technicians in developing and exploiting both green and brown fields in the Cooper and Surat Basins in SA
Manage the reservoir team, incl. HR, training, performance reviews, recommendations for promotions
Communicate with engineering consultants in the quantification of the corporate reserves Assume direct responsibility for all areas of exploration and completions support, including perforation intervals and shot density, methods of artificial lift, future reserves determinations and economic outcomes.
Maintain responsibility for the Reservoir/Production team
Act as member of the Operations Leadership Team
Major Accomplishments
Monitored and had significant input into the creation and development of reservoir simulation models for several fields in the Cooper Basin. This resulted in the recognition of an additional 16.2 MMBO of 2P and 22.7 MMBO of 3P secondary reserves.
Delivered annual reserves update on-target and on-time which resulted in:
oincreasing 1P net reserves for a replacement ratio of 154%
oincreasing 2P net reserves for a replacement ratio of 327%
Mar 2013 - Feb 2014
Nadel and Gussman, LLC – USA
Reservoir Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Provided year-end reserve updates to senior management and the family for the purposes of capital Budgeting, cash distributions and taxation
Mentored geologists and engineers in the fundamentals of reservoir engineering, basic and advanced decline curve analysis and economic evaluation techniques
Undertook studies to create new exploitation opportunities (specifically targeting underdeveloped reservoirs and secondary reserves
Major Accomplishments
Provided revised petrophysical analysis of the Osage County Mississippian reservoir which involved re-evaluating the Mississippian C zone that is deposited directly above the Kinderhook interval. This resulted in providing a better understanding of future drilling targets in this elusive carbonate environment.
Evaluated waterflood candidates in both Coal and Payne Counties, Oklahoma that on a combined basis potentially have over one million barrels of secondary reserves. These are ongoing but very promising studies.
Dec 2011 – Dec 2012
Newfield Exploration – USA
Reservoir Engineer
Key Responsibilities
Provided quarterly and year-end reserve updates to senior management for the purposes of SEC filings
Provided reserve and capital input for the annual budgetary process
Updated the weekly budget forecast for the Coalgate District
Mentored interns and new hires in the fundamentals of reservoir engineering, basic and advanced decline curve analysis and economic evaluation techniques
Acted as key member of the Base Production Management in both the Arkoma and Elk City Districts
Major Accomplishments
Made a major study of the Arkoma Oil Window in 2N-9E for the purpose of understanding well density and spacing effects and the impact of fracture stimulation interference. Although this study found only minimal future development potential in that area, its findings were utilized in the planning of the development of the Anadarko Woodford (liquids-rich) shale play.
Provided engineering support to implement a program to identify wells that were tubing restricted with the result that 15 wells received an uplift of over 250 MCFGPD on average or more than 4 MMCFGPD in total.
Played a major role in the study of historical performance trends in the Arkoma Woodford Shale play that determined the nature of the hyperbolic decline exponent over time which again was used going forward in the Anadarko Woodford Shale play.
Conducted a study of the impact of cross-sectional drilling in the Arkoma Woodford Shale Play and the economics of the resultant super-extended laterals at various economic scenarios.
Mentored an intern during the summer of 2012 whose project was the optimum future development plan for existing HBP acreage in two townships in the Coalgate District
May 2004 – Sep 2011
Chesapeake Energy Corporation – USA
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Major Accomplishments
Performed all aspects of the reservoir work for the exploitation of a major waterflood project in Howard County, Texas that resulted in the addition of two million barrels of proven secondary reserves to the books of Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
Made a major regional study of the Haley area of Loving County, Texas that provided the impetus for Chesapeake to enter into the area and make it into a major deep gas play for the corporation.
Performed a reserve analysis of the Third Bone Spring oil play in the southern Delaware basin, which provided the impetus for Chesapeake to enter that play with the result of the booking of more than 700 BCFE of proven and probable reserves.
Oct 1992 – May 2004
Sullivan and Company LLC – US
Reservoir Engineer
Served as a consultant to several exploration and production companies and gas pipelines, as well as other consulting firms, in the areas of property appraisals, acquisitions, deliverability studies, waterflood studies and general reservoir and geological engineering.
This work included studies that were performed on foreign and domestic properties both onshore and offshore.
Provided expert engineering in several large take-or-pay lawsuits for a major client.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, USA 1972
(Adjunct Professor at Oklahoma State University at this time, teaching math)
Technical Skills
RTA (FEKETE)
Surfer
Spotfire
Petra
WEM (Well Evaluation Model)
WellTest (FEKETE)
Microsoft Visual Basic
Aries
GeoGraphix
Power Tools
PHDWin
Microsoft Office (incl. Access)
Professional Development
PetroSkills Gas Well Deliquification
PE Moseley and Associates The Well Evaluation Model (WEM)
PetroSkills Gas Production Engineering
Nautilus Engineering Training Alliance Reservoir Engineering Aspects of Horizontal Wells
Nautilus Engineering Training Alliance Tight Gas Reservoirs, Modules 1 & 2
Nautilus Engineering Training Alliance Well Testing and Pressure Transient Analysis
Gemini Solutions including Basic Reservoir Simulation
and Characterization
Fekete Associates incl. Rate Transient Analysis
Professional Associations Community Involvement
Senior Member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
Member of the Society of Professional Well Log Analysts (SPWLA)
Tulsa Historical Society
Philbrook Museum of Art
References
Available on request
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