Reservoir Engineer

Reservoir engineer seeking placement with an exploration and production company which would provide increasing responsibilities, learning opportunities, advancement, and a great working environment. Willing to travel or relocate internationally.

02/2007 – Current
Reservoir Engineer, Plains Exploration & Production Company
Reservoir Engineering (Onshore California) - Reserve estimation/calculation, forecast future production and economics, AFE economics, field surveillance, and field review presentations. Work in a team environment with geologists, production engineers, operations engineers, and other team members involved in the assigned fields or areas to maintain, improve, and troubleshoot field production.

PEEP/OFM - Used daily to forecast future production, perform economic runs, field surveillance, and reserves estimation.

12/2004 – 12/2006
Engineer, The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse
Reservoir Engineering - Evaluate and calculate the value of oil and gas properties. Review revenue and LOE statements; perform trend, decline curve analysis, and volumetric calculations for the auction process. Utilize Microsoft Office and Landmark products to perform commercial analysis and property evaluation/memos.

ARIES - Used daily, make databases (MS Access Database), import wells, input/modify economic lines, input/modify decline curves, run cases, print reports

Geographix - Import wells from IHS well data, import well logs, import seismic 2D/3D data, create base maps

IT assistance - Troubleshoot computer and some networking problems, setup hardware and software, update and maintain license servers for ARIES and Geographix

Bachelor of Science, Petroleum Engineering, May 2004
The University of Texas at Austin

EIT (Engineer in Training) certification

Employability Status: US Citizen