Chris Walsh, P. Eng.

Field Supervisor at Advanced Upstream Ltd.
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Field Supervisor
      • Nov 2021 - Present

      Field supervisor supporting our Limitless Frac Operations for several major Oil & Gas companies with operations in Canada and the US. Field supervisor supporting our Limitless Frac Operations for several major Oil & Gas companies with operations in Canada and the US.

    • Ireland
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Service Delivery Engineer
      • Jan 2018 - Apr 2020

      Improving the wireline operational excellence, safety, and quality culture to deliver strong results and customer satisfaction.• Improving KPIs related to Operations Excellence & Safety.• Log Quality Control.• Job planning & execution.• WEST Modeling of complex well trajectories.• Customer service & satisfaction.• Writing documentation.• Troubleshooting.• TAPROOT Incident Investigations.• Training and evaluating field engineers.• On-call 24/7 to provide technical support to field engineers.• Specialize in ultrasonic imaging, micro-frac, and pressure testing/sampling. • Partake in service quality meetings & audits. Show less

    • Engineer / Petrophysicist
      • May 2013 - Jan 2018

      Working in the Labs, Reservoir Solutions and Petroleum Consulting product lines, as an engineer and petrophysicist:• Petrophysical Reservoir Interpretation with a Specialization in Hydraulic Frac Optimization & Geomechanics. • FracAdvisor™ Service Champion, Canada.• Canadian specialist in Engineered Completion Designs.• In April of 2015, transferred into our Consulting Services group with more of a focus on large scale, multi-product line, multi-well Petrophysical and Geomechanical projects internationally and domestically.• In 2013-2014, I was working independently on the creation of a Hydraulic Frac Optimization product for the Canadian Market. The official Global Market product has been completed by R & D and was launched and commercialized Feb 2015. The name of the service is FracAdvisor™. • Petrophysics Competency Assessor responsible for the training, development, and assessment of a large group of Petrophysicists.• Creating detailed Hydraulic Fracture Models with a sound understanding of the Engineering, Petrophysical, Geomechanical, and Geological Inputs. • Providing advice, support, & solutions for reservoir evaluation and logging programs.• Scientific research and experimental development.• Client meetings and presentations on service quality, log interpretation reviews, and discussing the best options available to the client from our catalog of Petroleum Consulting's value- added products.• Preparing & presenting technical papers & presentations.• Volunteer in the local technical community through CSUR and SPE.• Open Hole Log Interpretation School Instructor.• Proposal writing.• Business development and sales duties as required. Show less

    • Formation Evaluation Engineer (Borehole Imaging)
      • Oct 2012 - May 2013

      Working as a Petroleum Consultant in the Borehole Imaging Department• Processing, creating, interpreting, & presenting image logs to clients.• Fracture Evaluation.• Providing advice & solutions for reservoir evaluation.• Preparing & giving technical papers & presentations.• Teaching Client Schools for Open Hole Log Interpretation.

    • Technical Sales Engineer
      • Oct 2011 - Oct 2012

      • Customer Service & Satisfaction.• Account Manager for Open Hole & Plug Logging.• Selling Wireline Logging Services.• Preparing bids, proposals, & quotes.• Designing Logging Programs.• Manage the planning & execution of each job.• Communicate & resolve problems efficiently.• Interpreting Log Data.• Providing advice & solutions for reservoir evaluation.• Evaluating, mentoring, & promoting Field Engineers.• Teaching Client Schools for Open Hole Log Interpretation. Show less

    • Senior Specialty Engineer
      • Dec 2005 - Oct 2011

      Running & teaching schools on advanced services: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Formation Testers (MFT, FRT), Rotary Coring (RSCT), Micro-Imager (CMI, HMI, UMI, OMI), Cross-Dipole Sonic (CXD), Ultrasonic Radial Scanner (URS), & Casing Inspection (CIT).

    • Wireline Logging Engineer
      • Jun 1997 - Dec 2005

      Running a truck in Canada (5 years) and Mexico (3 years).

    • Norway
    • Architecture and Planning
    • Engineering Co-op
      • 1993 - 1996

      DORIS Engineering designed Hibernia - the World’s Largest Concrete Gravity Base Structure (GBS). I worked under the tutelage of Nicolas Parsloe, engineer who designed Hibernia. Conducted research on the effect of waves on various shapes of Concrete GBS’s. Implemented modifications to stabilize a Monotower Offshore Oil Rig. DORIS Engineering designed Hibernia - the World’s Largest Concrete Gravity Base Structure (GBS). I worked under the tutelage of Nicolas Parsloe, engineer who designed Hibernia. Conducted research on the effect of waves on various shapes of Concrete GBS’s. Implemented modifications to stabilize a Monotower Offshore Oil Rig.

Education

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland
    Bachelor, Civil Engineering
    1993 - 1997
  • Stanford University
    Online Grad Course in Reservoir Geomechanics (GP202), Reservoir Geomechanics
    2014 - 2014
  • Petroskills
    Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing
    2014 - 2014

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