Education: B.S., Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh

Experience: Reservoir engineer with 22 years of experience in the oil and gas industry working for several independents both onshore and offshore. Experienced in evaluating properties and prospects. Worked on many multi-disciplined project teams for integrated field studies including enhanced recovery, field development, and exploration prospects. Familiar with many facets of reserve evaluation and reservoir drive mechanisms for exploration, development, workovers, acquisitions, and enhanced oil recovery projects. Skilled at enhancing the value of oil and gas properties by evaluating reserve potential and optimizing hydrocarbon recoveries through analysis and recommending well or field development plans. Geographic areas worked include the Gulf of Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, the Rocky Mountains, California, Canada, and Argentina. Computer skills include OGRE, Prophet, SAPHIR, Boss, WordPerfect, ARIES, Dwight’s, and Petroleum Information.

Evaluated a producing field that yielded new drilling locations, recompletion potential, and additional booked reserves. Determined economic viability of exploration and development prospects. Added new booked reserves by performing reservoir studies. Screened and evaluated potential acquisition candidates. Managed technical personnel achieving optimum performance. Initiated major polymer-augmented waterflood as a result of a reservoir engineering report. Enhanced project’s design by applying laboratory and field performance data. Co-authored an SPE paper on miscible flooding of a north Louisiana Field Unit.

Estimated reserves of a gas-cap oil reservoir, created by an igneous intrusion into fractured limestone source rock. Evaluated reservoir properties, limits, size, and reserve potential using PVT analyses, well performance, and analysis of bottomhole pressure surveys using SAPHIR software. Increased proved behind-pipe reserves of a major field by 42% as a result of first in-house engineering and geological field study. Analyzed reserves of three over-pressured reservoirs which yielded a high degree of reserve confidence and successful sale of properties. Added additional gross booked reserves of 11.4 BCF to a field using an improved "Hammerlindl" evaluation technique. Analyzed fields for acceleration effects of recent infill drilling programs.

Managed work of two production engineers, two technicians, and one secretary responsible for performing annual capital budget and field studies on 15 major fields to support drilling, E.O.R. projects, recompletions, or purchasing additional interests. Designed and implemented well testing procedures on all new wells and engineered highly commercial Twofred’s CO₂ project. Designed procedures to obtain necessary pressure data for better reservoir delineation and managing prospect development. Formulated a 36-well sales package that attracted a high level of interest and yielded an exceptional bid.

Affiliations: Society of Petroleum Engineers