Experience

The FerVID Group
• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vice President - Geoscience Consulting

  • Jul 2021 - Present


BHP

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Practice Lead - Petrophysics / Subsurface Assurance

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2021

  Houston, Texas, United States Integrated technical Assurance for: worldwide Exploration, Appraisal, and P&D activities Practice lead for petrophysics working with managers in deployment of this scarce skill I remain active as a petrophysics individual contributor by supporting teams as needed. Active in well-bore data management initiatives.

• Petrophysics Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2016

  Petrophysics Manager - Led a team of 10 petrophysicists Remained active as a petrophysics individual contributor Worked with BHP mining applying petrophysics workflows in support potash project Supervised a major well bore data management project

• Petrophysics Advisor

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2014

  Eagleford Unconventional Shale Petrophysics BHP Strategy and Development team petrophysics support Initiated BHP borehole database initiative



BP

• France
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Petrophysics / Reservoir Eng. Advisor

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2013

  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Seconded by bp into Reliance Oil and Gas Independent evaluation of newly acquired BHP assets and development opportunities Expat assignment in Mumbai India - advising & coaching in cross-cultural environment

• Alaska Petrophysics Discipline Lead & Global Petrophysics Advisor

  • Jan 2010 - Oct 2011

  Anchorage, Alaska Area Grew Alaska petrophysics team from 1 to 8 petrophysicist in 2 years Supported global bp LoSal projects, presentations to WIO partners in other countries Pore pressure / fracture gradient prediction and detection Led University Recruiting & New-Hire Development Programs for bp Alaska

• Sub-Surface Team Lead - Endicott, Northstar & Badami

  • Jan 2004 - Dec 2010

  Led multi-disciplinary subsurface studies team - Endicott, Northstar & Badami Led bp LoSal field trial. Won BHP Helios award - Innovation of the year. Led Northstar final equity determination Certified bp reserves assessor - Mastery Level

• Prudhoe Bay Unit Drilling Coordinator

  • Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

  Coordinated drilling activities - rig schedule, AFE approvals, post-mortem drilling benefits Progressed NMR evaluation of heavy oil reservoirs - published papers & presentations

• Alaska Exploration Petrophysicist & Reservoir Engineer

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 2001

  Alaska bp exploration team petrophysics and reservoir engineering support. For seven years, provided on-sight petrophysics Ops. supervision during winter exploration drilling, Petrophysics QI (seismic attribute) studies. On site pore pressure detection while drilling. Constructed dynamic reservoir simulation models.

• PBU Control & Assurance Manager and other business roles

  • Jan 1992 - Dec 1995

  1995 PBU Control & Assurance - overhead fee negotiations, audits, AFEs, unit budgets 1994 Commercial Planning & Reporting Mgr. - annual bp business plan, partner negotiations 1993 Commercial Analyst - interface with downstream, PBU equity re-determination 1992 PBU Development Planning Manager - production forecasting, reserves reporting, 5 YP

• Team Leader - Reservoir Simulation Studies - Prudhoe Bay Unit (PBU)

  • Jan 1989 - Dec 1991

  Led team of reservoir engineers - equity support and PBU depletion management. Constructed first PBU full field compositional model. Identified need to re-pressure PBU. Performed first super-fine grid mechanistic dynamic models that explained gravity stable depletion.

• Engineering Lead - Endicott Reservoir

  • Apr 1986 - Dec 1988

  Numeric simulation studies. Significantly reduced number of water injectors by changing from line drive to edge drive. Established bottom hole well locations for all producing and injection wells. Responsible for special core analysis.



Resource Enterprises Inc.

• United States
• Software Development

• Reservoir Engineering Manager

  • Apr 1984 - Apr 1986

  I was the principal investigator for an REI coalbed methane research project funded by the Gas Research Institute. Developed fracture stimulation, core testing and pressure transient analysis procedures for coalbed methane. Involved with several papers, publications and presentations.



Amoco

• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reservoir Engineer

  • May 1979 - Apr 1984

  Denver, Colorado 1984 Reservoir Engineer - Denver, Colo: Built dynamic reservoir model for Whitney Canyon Overthrust gas field development. Evaluated pressure transient test showing initial high rates due to fractured carbonate which led to significant reduction in plant size late in the design phase. 1983 Petrophysics Development Program - Tulsa, OK: Amoco 1 year petrophysics program. 1981 - 1982 Operations Engineer - Denver, Colo: Optimized fracture length and proppant selection. … Show more 1984 Reservoir Engineer - Denver, Colo: Built dynamic reservoir model for Whitney Canyon Overthrust gas field development. Evaluated pressure transient test showing initial high rates due to fractured carbonate which led to significant reduction in plant size late in the design phase. 1983 Petrophysics Development Program - Tulsa, OK: Amoco 1 year petrophysics program. 1981 - 1982 Operations Engineer - Denver, Colo: Optimized fracture length and proppant selection. 1979-1980 Field Engineer - Farmington, NM: design & witness logging jobs and fracture stimulations. Associated with very first coalbed methane well. Worked with Tulsa research on first "mini fracs". Show less