Experience

Black Mountain Oil & Gas

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Geoscience

  • Oct 2019 - Present



Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

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

• Petrophysical Advisor

  • Sep 2011 - Oct 2019

  Currently DJ Basin petrophysicist and advisor for Reservoir Characterization, Exploration, and Business Development groups. Evaluate geologic perspective on non-op decisions, farmouts, post-appraisal. Served as Team Lead Exploration and Development petrophysics Niobrara/Cretaceous system focus, Tight gas, EOR/CO2, shale Well performance optimization Completion optimization Formation evaluation; core acquisition and analyses, standard logs, exotic log suites Regional reservoir characterization, mapping, normalization Resource assessment Mentoring Show less



Encana Corporation

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Petrophysicist

  • Mar 2008 - Sep 2011

  •Specialize in unconventional resources including tight gas and shale gas plays.•Development of petrophysical model for numerous fields for both reservoir modeling/characterization and completion selection•Development and implementation of neural network for developing synthetic openhole logs fieldwide•Teaching petrophysical principles and interpretation to younger geologists•Contract negotiations and establishment of contractor expectations yielding significant decrease in cost and increase in operational success•Coordination of microseismic data collection and interpretation•Projects involve development and exploration of varied lithologies•Petrophysical advisor for Shale Gas consortium within the company •Petrophysics Development Advisor and planning for geoscientist competencies.•Play an integral role in a completions optimization program to achieve a step change in well performace Show less

• Petrophysicist

  • 2008 - Sep 2011



Oxy

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

• Senior Petrophysicist

  • Dec 2003 - Mar 2008



Occidental Petroleum

• Senior Petrophysicist

  • 2003 - 2008

  • Development of core-calibrated petrophysical model to identify lithologies and pay intervals • Provide petrophysical parameters for modeling and volumetrics • Coordinate and manage evaluation of completion/workover decisions with production operations, reservoir engineering, and geoscience • Implementation of new technologies • Neural network and resistivity modeling • Risk Assessment reviews • Evaluation of CO2 pilot study • Instruction of logging operations QC to operations geologists / regular QC meetings with service providers • Preparation of large contract bids • Developed cost tracking and analysis of logging operations • Worked on several teams gaining experience in both oil and gas reservoirs in highly varied lithologies including turbidite sands, fluvial sands, tight sands/silts, porcelanite/siliceous shale, and regional resource plays • Development of petrophysical model / identification of pay and geologic characterization of unconventional reservoir • Peer review of Argentina assets • Developed standard petrophysics workflow for new drills to streamline Time To Market • Lead petrophysicist for regional studies / business development • Lead petrophysicist for several evaluations of acquisitions and farmouts, reporting to head of geosciences/exploration and General Manager/President of asset. • Development of large regional resource play and implementation of evaluation, reporting to head of geosciences/exploration, General Manager/President of asset, and corporate VP of Exploration. • Strategic planning of exploration opportunities • Experience in California oil fields: Asphalto, Buena Vista, Devil’s Den, Elk Hills, Kern Front, Los Lobos, Midway Sunset, Monument Junction, North Coles Levee, Railroad Gap, Rio Bravo, South Belridge, and exploration acreage. Show less



Halliburton

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

• Field Engineer

  • Jan 2001 - Nov 2003

  • Open and Cased Hole logging engineer • Management of crew and equipment • Highly efficient time management • Training of new engineers • Developed QC program to review colleagues work • Experience in California and Nevada • Oil, gas, and geothermal reservoirs • QC meetings with clients • Diverse formation evaluation technologies • UNIX experience • Open and Cased Hole logging engineer • Management of crew and equipment • Highly efficient time management • Training of new engineers • Developed QC program to review colleagues work • Experience in California and Nevada • Oil, gas, and geothermal reservoirs • QC meetings with clients • Diverse formation evaluation technologies • UNIX experience