Claudia Zettner, Ph.D., PMP
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Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute
Experience
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Rice University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Professor in the Practice
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2021 - Present
Teach Engineering Project Management, part of the new Master's of Engineering Management and Leadership professional master's program at Rice University. The class is accessible to engineers and scientists and is supported by a foundation of 2 decades of industry experience in and around projects. Teach Engineering Project Management, part of the new Master's of Engineering Management and Leadership professional master's program at Rice University. The class is accessible to engineers and scientists and is supported by a foundation of 2 decades of industry experience in and around projects.
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ExxonMobil
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Oil and Gas
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700 & Above Employee
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Wells Advisor - US Conventional
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2021 - 2021
Selected to the US Business organization after reorganization and reduction in staff. Updated and automated old processes, increased efficiencies and effectiveness for the business unit. Collaborated with production engineers that handled daily integrity and transitioned workload to the teams in India. Worked to improve relationship with Wells.
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Development Planner - XTO Bakken
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2019 - 2021
Led strategic analysis to evaluate the asset and recommend a development strategy in challenging economic conditions. Implemented revised strategies that were different than the historic operating range and were expected to double expected investment profit.
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Global Well Integrity Advisor - Wells
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2015 - 2019
Provided expert support in well integrity to all Upstream business units to ensure wells were healthy and do not harm the environment or become a safety concern. Supervised and trained well integrity engineers in Houston and India with 0 to 10 years of industry experience. Extensive international travel.
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Wells Engineer - Production
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2010 - 2015
Analyzed and interpreted data to identify and solve production and integrity problems to improve and restore production at global business units. Worked with local teams and Management to implement solutions.Responsibilities included: Workover and completion planning, opportunity generation, production surveillance and optimization, and well performance modelling.Worked land, subsea and offshore assets across ExxonMobil’s global portfolio: West Africa, the Middle East, North America, Asia, and Europe. Show less
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Global Wellwork Planner - Production
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2009 - 2010
Analyzed profitability of wells and wellwork for each business unit. Stewarded global budget for wellwork operations and expanded benchmarking for wells across global business units.
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Engineering Specialist - Upstream Research
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2006 - 2009
Worked with software engineers to improve workflow and business use cases for proprietary drilling and completions software. Trained Drilling engineers in use of proprietary software in Houston and in international locations.
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Senior Research Engineer - Upstream Research
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2004 - 2006
Planned and conducted “Drillability” studies and operation-specific analysis to support world-wide Drilling and Completion operations using Computational Fluid Dynamics and other simplified hydraulics models.
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Research Engineer - Upstream Research
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2001 - 2004
Performed research and developed models for drilling, completions and production.
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Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS -
Rice University
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