Shirley Somerville
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Krisanne Edwards
Shirley is a knowledgeable and dedicated reservoir engineer who works problems thoroughly while managing deadlines. It is a pleasure to work with her.
Daniel Gosch
Working with Shirley is a real pleasure. She has impressed me with her software skills in Spotfire and helped me improve on my own. Her upbeat personality and positive attitude is always a joy around the office.
Krisanne Edwards
Shirley is a knowledgeable and dedicated reservoir engineer who works problems thoroughly while managing deadlines. It is a pleasure to work with her.
Daniel Gosch
Working with Shirley is a real pleasure. She has impressed me with her software skills in Spotfire and helped me improve on my own. Her upbeat personality and positive attitude is always a joy around the office.
Krisanne Edwards
Shirley is a knowledgeable and dedicated reservoir engineer who works problems thoroughly while managing deadlines. It is a pleasure to work with her.
Daniel Gosch
Working with Shirley is a real pleasure. She has impressed me with her software skills in Spotfire and helped me improve on my own. Her upbeat personality and positive attitude is always a joy around the office.
Krisanne Edwards
Shirley is a knowledgeable and dedicated reservoir engineer who works problems thoroughly while managing deadlines. It is a pleasure to work with her.
Daniel Gosch
Working with Shirley is a real pleasure. She has impressed me with her software skills in Spotfire and helped me improve on my own. Her upbeat personality and positive attitude is always a joy around the office.
Experience
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Seeking New Opportunities
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Currently seeking opportunity as Reservoir Engineer | A&D evaluator | Project Manager
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May 2022 - Present
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White River Energy Corp
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Reservoir Engineer- Contract
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Sep 2021 - Apr 2022
• Provided reservoir engineering development recommendations and support for LA/MS assets. Support included integration of subsurface data with production data, evaluating risks and opportunities in each area of responsibility (e.g., geological risks/opportunities, depletion risks, interference risks, design risks/upside, etc.) and estimating well performance at a given development scenario. • Prepared evaluations to the development and production of oil and gas reservoirs to obtain a high economic recovery. Responsible for reservoir modeling, production forecasting, well testing, well drilling and workover planning. • Collaborated with upper management to help shape the Company’s development and Acquisitions and Divestitures (A&D) strategies. Evaluated oil and gas deals from $1M to $180MM. Also evaluated various potential deals such as optimization technology for solar panels applications and tertiary recovery opportunities. Show less
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Tanos Exploration II, LLC
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Asset Development Reservoir Engineer
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Apr 2019 - Jan 2021
• Worked closely with geologists and production engineers to identify workover/ behind pipe potential in mature fields. Prepared documentation with volumetrics and economic estimates to book reserves and maintain inventory. • Conducted focused field-study across the Ark-LA-Tex to delineate effects of proppant loading, lateral length, cluster spacing, and depletion effects from offset vertical and horizontal producers. • Generated production forecasts and performance type curves. Monitor well performance of completion, and production of recent rig activity. Develop surveillance techniques to evaluate well performance. • Assisted in the preparation of reserve engineering documentation in support of the year-end reserves report. Designed a Spotfire dashboard to calculate commercial parameters from lease operating statements. • Created a profitability dashboard in Spotfire to assist in the review and analysis of financial data including but not limited to revenue, capital, operating costs, and taxes in support of the company’s economic evaluations. • Identify, evaluate, and present to management acquisition and JV opportunities. Developed a screening tool in Spotfire to identify quickly acquisition targets. Show less
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Eclipse Resources
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development - Sr. Reservoir Engineer
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Jun 2017 - Mar 2019
• Evaluated growth opportunities across North America in support of the company's strategic plan. • Responsible for evaluation and recommendation of oil and gas investments. • Provided reservoir engineering and economic analysis for major capital projects, such as the merger between Eclipse Resources and Blue Ridge Mountain Resources. This merger added about 100,000 net effective undeveloped acres. • Assisted in the review and analysis of financial data including but not limited to capital, operating costs, taxes, working interests and production data in support of the company’s economic evaluations. Show less
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WillSource Enterprise LLC
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Greater Denver Area
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Acquisition & Divestiture Engineer
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Nov 2015 - Jun 2017
• Conducted economic evaluations, reserves estimation and field studies. • Developed acquisition economic models. • Assisted with identifying potential acquisition candidates. • Assisted management with formal presentations, as necessary. • Conducted economic evaluations, reserves estimation and field studies. • Developed acquisition economic models. • Assisted with identifying potential acquisition candidates. • Assisted management with formal presentations, as necessary.
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Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Corporate Reservoir Engineer/ Development Engineer
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Aug 2013 - Oct 2015
• Ensured consistency and completeness of reserves assessments in compliance with SEC rules and regulations. Directed the SOX documentation process for year-end reserves. • Generated EUR statistical analysis and created PUD type curves for Niobrara horizontal drilling program and assembled engineering data packages for third part auditors. • Determined economic sensitivities based on variety of well costs and pricing scenarios. • Revised variances reports, monitored and analyzed reserve changes, based on production performance, drilling and workover activities. • Interacted with and provided supporting documentation to both internal and external financial auditors. • Prepared a look-back/performance analysis for the Wattenberg field identifying significant drilling, completion, geological and operational issues that affected performance. Show less
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Fidelity Exploration and Production Company
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Reservoir Engineer II/I
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Sep 2010 - Jul 2013
• Provided reservoir-engineering support to multiple fields simultaneously. Fields such as: Baker/Bowdoin in North Central Montana, Big Horn Basin, Shiloh Field in East Texas and Offshore Gulf of Mexico. • Preparation of reserve estimates and production forecasts. • Evaluated secondary recovery potential and analyzed drive mechanisms and fluid displacement. • Responsibilities included monitoring production performance, revision and recommendations of AFE’s. • Analyzed pressure transient analysis, material balance, decline curve and volumetric analyses to determine volumetric potential. • Recommended maintenance/production-enhancing workovers • Conducted a detail reservoir engineering study of the Ark-La-Tex area including the Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley and the Haynesville formations. • Responsible for asset team’s quarterly reserve preparation in compliance with SEC guidelines. Show less
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Forest Oil Corporation
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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1 - 100 Employee
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Reservoir Engineer
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Sep 2004 - Aug 2010
• Member of the Offshore team operating in Louisiana shallow waters fields such as; High Island, W/E Cameron, Vermilion, Eugene Island, Ship Shoal, S. Timbalier, Main Pass and Chandeleur. • Experienced in log analysis and volumetric calculations, decline curve analysis, pressure transient analysis, production forecasting, reservoir surveillance, implementing recompletions and workovers, production optimization, reserve estimation and reservoir analysis performance. • Arkoma and East Texas/ N. Louisiana teams. Coordinated with team in selecting, recommending and drilling horizontal locations to optimally develop Haynesville shale acreage in Red River Parish, Louisiana. • Investigated optimal spacing of laterals, fracture stimulation and reservoir evaluations. • Key contributor in a field study to identify significant recompletion potential. Established phi-h to initial rate correlation model to predict IP for the Arkoma region. • Performed quarterly reserve preparation and worked with corporate engineering. Show less
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Education
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Colorado School of Mines
B.S., Petroleum Engineering -
Colorado School of Mines
Minor in Economics and Business