Mike's Guiding Principles

Cost effective engineering and leadership solutions for onshore Oil and Gas operators

Focused on the following four principles:

1. Minimize restrictions between the reservoir and sales
2. Maximize production of Oil and Gas
3. Follow safety, industry, and regulatory standards
4. Eliminate waste

Consulting Projects

Deleware Basin Production Engineering:
1. ESP surveillance and remediation
2. Lease holding wellbore integrity review

Work History

BP Jan 2010 to Current
Senior Production Engineer (Wamsutter WY)

• Added $900,000 in potential NPV through wellwork and plunger optimization in Q1 2017
• Developed slickline and swabbing process reducing cycle time by 50% by eliminating inefficient processes Created novel artificial lift approach to highly deviated small casing using special coated tubing to reduce friction
• Reduced cycle time from 8 hours to 3 hours through standardization of wellwork procedures
• Designed 15 gas lift installs for early life horizontal wells and highly deviated S-shaped wells
• Directing produciton six engineers on priority and coaching

New Well Delivery (NWD) & Salt Water Disposal (SWD) Team Leader (Wamsutter WY)
Jan 2014 to December 2016

• Led NWD & SWD Engineering and Operations Staff
• Delivered safely over 200 newly drilled wells in regulatory compliance
• Reduced tubing install start from three months to one day (introduced snubbing)
• Reduced artificial lift install time from one year to three months through early liquid loading identification
• Introduced three new types of artificial lift to Wamsutter field (Beam Pump, Piston Pump, ESP)
• Increased Ops efficiency from 70% to 90%+ on-time through rigorous weekly accountability meetings
• Brought forward value in SWD by increasing skim oil sales frequency and decreasing evap pond cleaning frequency through evaluation of what is needed vs. what is wanted
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Production Engineer (Durango CO)
Jan 2010 to Jan 2014

• Set artificial lift and compression strategy – decreased cost by 20%, reduced install time by 80% through mapping process and eliminating inefficiency, rebidding contracts, and installed 30+ beam pumps
• Designed and optimized artificial lift – increased run life by 30% through standardization and RCFA
• Wrote well intervention procedures – flattened decline curve for ~350 wells, overcame 10% avg. decline through monthly well-by-well reviews and accountability follow-up
• Forecasted production – standardized short term forecasting for ~1300 wells to identify wells deviating from predicted production, set capacity metrics for the field
• Optimized surface pipeline – increased rate by 20% for lateral through a previously unidentified gathering point.
• Other supporting activities: well inflow performance analysis, pressure transient analysis, Coal Bed Methane (CBM), and refrac design

CONOCOPHILLIPS
Drillsite Petroleum Engineering Intern (Anchorage, AK)
Summer 2009

• Analyzed fracture stimulations for factors leading to successful treatment and proposed new candidates

Reservoir Intern (Farmington, NM)
Summer 2008

• Found fracture half-length and permeability using rate transient analysis for tight gas wells in the SJ Basin
• Determined best match for fracture treatment to formation type

AERA ENERGY LLC
Heavy Oil Engineering Intern (Bakersfield, CA)
Summer 2007

• Monitored and Evaluated Solvent Assisted Steam Injection
• Monitored and Evaluated Mitigation of Microbiologically-Induced H2S through Nitrate treatment

ENSIGN Drilling
Floorhand (Vernal, UT)
Summer 2006

• Pulled slips, threw tongs, and greased swivel
• Maintained and cleaned rig

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering
Minor in Mathematics (Emphasis in Statistics)
Grad. Date: December 2009
Montana Tech, Butte, MT GPA 3.44

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Well Control Certified
BSA Eagle Scout
Passed FE Exam (EIT)
Preparing for Professional Accreditation
FEMA ICS 100, 200 certified

SOFTWARE

Financial – PEEP, Aries, PIDwights, Excel, Crystal Ball
Engineering – IAM, RTA, IHS Harmony, Fekete Suite, OFM, DSS, EDM, Echometer, ProdOP, Rodstar, XSPOC
Data management – Spotfire, SQL Server, MS Access
Office Suite - Excel Expert Level

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