Jeff Wheeler
Production Engineer at Bonavista Energy Corporation- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Professional Engineer (P.Eng)
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)Feb, 2019- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Bonavista Energy Corporation
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Canada
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Oil and Gas
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100 - 200 Employee
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Production Engineer
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Sep 2021 - Present
Responsible for ~18,000-20,000 boe/d of oil & gas assets in the North Central Alberta region, with afocus on optimizing base production and managing operating costs Communicate with field operations staff daily to troubleshoot facility and well issues, investigatecost savings, and coordinate facility maintenance Work with multiple teams including operations, development, exploration, accounting, facility,safety and data management to meet corporate objectives Identify, evaluate, plan, and execute workover, remediation, and reactivation opportunities Duties include well optimization, workovers, weekly reporting, production and operating costreviews, and setting and maintaining production targets Show less
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Area Engineer
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Nov 2019 - Sep 2021
Development and production engineering role responsible for ~5,000 boe/d of oil & gas assetsin the North Central Alberta region Evaluate and justify development projects for short- and long-term planning (new drills,acquisition & divestitures, workovers, etc) Optimize and maintain production levels, working closely with field staff to identify workovercandidates and troubleshoot well & facility issues Duties included production optimization, capital & production forecasting, reporting, yearlyreserves, and budgeting Show less
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Drilling Engineer
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Aug 2014 - Nov 2019
Responsible for the design, scheduling, and execution of a yearly horizontal drilling program inthe Central Alberta region Managed daily operations and planning of 1-3 drilling rigs a year, with ongoing communicationto the well site supervisor to execute well plans and trouble shoot issues Identify and evaluate new drilling technologies to increase drilling efficiencies and lower costswhile maintaining a safe work environment Duties included well design, cost estimates & analysis, offset review, reporting, well licensing,and surface lease acquisition Show less
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Facility Engineering Co-op Student
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Jan 2013 - Aug 2013
Shadowed facility and pipeline consultants and was responsible for daily reporting and cost tracking of various projects Gained valuable field experience and understanding of pipeline systems, wellsite setups, compressor stations and gas plants Worked with engineering consulting firms to update P&IDs as changes were made in the field Shadowed facility and pipeline consultants and was responsible for daily reporting and cost tracking of various projects Gained valuable field experience and understanding of pipeline systems, wellsite setups, compressor stations and gas plants Worked with engineering consulting firms to update P&IDs as changes were made in the field
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Education
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2009 - 2014
University of Alberta
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Petroleum Engineering
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