Experience

Stephens Production Company, LLC

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Geologist

  • Dec 2021 - Present

• Consulting Geologist

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Constructing regional play assessments of multiple basins to evaluate and risk PDP acquisition opportunities. Characterizing depositional setting and reservoir property trends by correlating well logs and leveraging core data to code and develop petrophysical User-Defined Equation models using LMKR GVerse Petrophysics.



Outcrop Geologic Consulting LLC

• Owner and Lead Geologist

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  Leveraging my diverse experience in exploration, operations, and reservoir characterization to provide detailed and accurate geologic analyses across multiple onshore U.S. basins for clients. Leveraging my diverse experience in exploration, operations, and reservoir characterization to provide detailed and accurate geologic analyses across multiple onshore U.S. basins for clients.



Ovintiv

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Geologist, Rockies Reservoir Characterization

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2020

  Generated detailed well log correlations and petrophysical property maps for advanced reservoir characterization and multi-variate regression analysis. Facilitated reserves estimation and long-term development planning by evaluating prospective targets and providing geologic insights and depositional context.  Proposed well placement recommendations within the context of a Wasatch HBP program, maximizing tested intervals and acreage held.  Recommended stacking and spacing patterns by analyzing high-resolution gas chromatography (HRGC) data with workflows designed for oil fingerprinting and allocation methodologies.  Coordinated with field staff, implementing whole oil sampling protocols and executing sampling schedules, securing pricing and services from vendors, and presenting results to leadership. Show less



Newfield Exploration

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Sr. Geologist, Exploration New Ventures

  • Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

  Performed play fairway analysis through composite risk segment (CRS) mapping over multiple formations in the Uinta and Anadarko Basins. Collaborated with reservoir engineers and asset geologists to generate development plans and cube drilling procedures.  Assembled 18-well appraisal drilling program, enabling testing of horizontal viability of multiple formations in the Uinta Basin.  Added upside inventory locations by assessing deep gas potential and total gas-in-place for a mixed lithology coal / sand reservoir.  Recommended well-spacing tests in the Anadarko Basin by conducting detailed look backs to determine parent-child well relationships. Show less



Murphy Oil

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Sr. Geologist, US Onshore New Ventures

  • Mar 2013 - Oct 2016

  Integrated multiple subsurface datasets to quickly develop an understanding of basin properties, play fairways, and resource potential of unconventional asset opportunities across numerous formations in the Permian, Anadarko, and Gulf Coast basins.  Supported Eagle Ford asset teams through analysis of bolt on acreage opportunities in the Eagle Ford formation.  Proposed and executed 2 exploration wells in a fractured limestone reservoir.  Collaborated with petrophysicist to define optimal formation evaluation programs and solicit bids from vendors to acquire wireline logs, core, and cuttings samples.  Increased economics of a low-margin asset by proposing enhanced completion method and executing 2 horizontal well tests.  Developed a Pearsall formation appraisal program; planned and steered horizontal wells within program. Show less



Devon Energy

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Geologist II, East Texas Asset Team

  • Apr 2010 - Feb 2013

  Constructed long-range development plans and managed 2 vertical rigs in a Cotton Valley infill program and 1 horizontal rig in a liquids-rich tight sand development program and collaborated with engineers to construct enhanced completion techniques for wells drilled in tight sand reservoirs. High-graded exploration prospects by analyzing core, mud log, and petrophysical data in a regional tight-liquids play. Conducted a look-back on a mature Travis Peak gas field and made recommendations on future development. Derived a workflow for generating detailed drainage ellipses of vertical wells for development planning. Show less

• Geologist I, International Basin Studies (Brazil)

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2010

  Interpreted 2D and 3D seismic volumes in the Campos, Santos, and Espiritu Santo basins, offshore Brazil, and generated synthetic seismograms and 2D velocity profiles by combining well logs, VSPs, and check shot surveys. Mapped extent and geometries of Albian carbonate rafts and Cenomanian-Turonian aged mini-basins. Combined well data and seismic amplitude mapping, allowing for identification of oil-window play fairways.