Melissa Folz, P.E.

Managing Director of Production Engineering and Optimization at Chord Energy
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(386) 825-5501
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Houston, Texas, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Managing Director of Production Engineering and Optimization
      • Mar 2023 - Present

    • Production Engineering and Optimization Director
      • Jul 2022 - Mar 2023

      Houston, Texas, United States

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Board Member
      • Oct 2022 - Present

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Womens Energy Network Mentor
      • Aug 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Production Manager
      • Feb 2022 - Jul 2022

    • Williston Basin Production Engineering Manager
      • May 2020 - Feb 2022

    • Williston Project Assessment Manager
      • Oct 2019 - May 2020

    • Reservoir Engineering Manager
      • May 2018 - Oct 2019

    • Production Engineering Manager
      • Jan 2017 - May 2018

      Houston, Texas

    • Production Engineering Supervisor
      • Nov 2014 - Jan 2017

    • Senior Production Engineer
      • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

      Houston, Texas Area

    • Advisory Board Member for Women in Leadership Program
      • Jan 2021 - Jan 2022

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior Production Engineer
      • Oct 2010 - Apr 2014

      Houston, Texas Area East Texas, Eagle Ford, and Granite Wash •Prepared AFE’s for facilities, pipeline, and gas sales points on new horizontals •Supervised flowback operations and installed tubing for Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Cotton Valley horizontals •Created best practices procedure for new well flowbacks and schematic of equipment setup to streamline the process and cut unnecessary costs •Performed recompletions in the Cotton Valley, Travis Peak, and Pettit formations •Constructed an acid… Show more East Texas, Eagle Ford, and Granite Wash •Prepared AFE’s for facilities, pipeline, and gas sales points on new horizontals •Supervised flowback operations and installed tubing for Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and Cotton Valley horizontals •Created best practices procedure for new well flowbacks and schematic of equipment setup to streamline the process and cut unnecessary costs •Performed recompletions in the Cotton Valley, Travis Peak, and Pettit formations •Constructed an acid job for SWD injection well to alleviate high injection pressures •Planned well workovers to improve base line production •Optimized chemical usage •Devised Haynesville batch treatment program and BHA adjustments for optimization •Installed various types of artificial lift: pumping units, POCs, plungers, velocity string, jet pump, gas lift, and continuous foamer •Alleviated surface casing pressure utilizing borate pills with approval of RRC •Installed facilities utilizing VRU’s, JT skids, coolers, flares, amine units, refrigeration units, compressors, dehys, heater treaters, line heaters, and gun barrel tanks •Designed central gathering facility for Eagle Ford; evaluated use of stabilization vs VRU •Collaborated with gas pipeline companies to optimize sales outlets for our production •Configured routes, sizing, capacity, header locations, and negotiating ROW for pipeline to obtain economic outlets for our production •Calculated monthly nominations for gas sales to pipeline companies •Assumed role of asset engineer May 2012-July 2013, in addition to normal work: Forecasted and evaluated economics of potential drilling projects using Aries Presented well plans to CEO on potential projects for approval Performed decline curve analysis, reserves booking, and a budget cycle Coordinated rig schedule to ensure wells ready in time for drilling operations Developed plan for optimizing locations for three EF acquisitions with geologist Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Completions Engineer
      • Jul 2008 - Oct 2010

      Fayetteville Shale Completions (September 2009 - October 2010): •Researched possible frac pump schedule changes and implemented well tests to verify •Analysed frac water situation to determine best way to track and estimate related costs •Participated in development team for perf planning tool •Composed section in completions best practices document on data collection and reference •Monitored testing on composite frac plugs under field conditions to determine… Show more Fayetteville Shale Completions (September 2009 - October 2010): •Researched possible frac pump schedule changes and implemented well tests to verify •Analysed frac water situation to determine best way to track and estimate related costs •Participated in development team for perf planning tool •Composed section in completions best practices document on data collection and reference •Monitored testing on composite frac plugs under field conditions to determine longevity East Texas Completions, Drilling, and Reservoir Rotations (July 2008 - September 2009): •Spent initial 9 months in field: completions, production, and drilling operations •Calculated volumetrics for drainage areas for a field in East Texas •Determined abandonment pressure for a field in East Texas •Using pattern analysis, identified possible infill locations for booking reserves •Performed liner failure study on wells with collapses and/or restrictions •Constructed post mortems for completion operations on wells in new field in East Texas Recruiting and Networking: •Interviewed intern candidates and participated in recruiting during site visits •Presented at LSU SPE meeting on evolution of Fayetteville Shale completions •Captain of Young Professionals in Energy summer volleyball team (2009 & 2010) •Mentored intern (2009) and new hire (2010) Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Production/Reservior Intern
      • May 2007 - Aug 2007

      Houston, Texas Area •Implementing artificial lift systems on older wells in East Texas •Determined production potential of zone using production logs and geologic logs •Performed horizontal well simulations on Aries •Designed wellbore schematics and completion procedures

    • Operations Assistant
      • Aug 2005 - Mar 2007

      Lafayette, Louisiana Area •Entered daily drilling and completion reports into computer software •Prepared cost spreasheets categorizing well costs and vendor expenses •Processed vendor invoices and assisted the accountant with financial paperwork

Education

  • Louisiana State University
    Bachelors, Petroleum Engineering
  • CCL
  • CCL

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