Denver Employees

Denver Staff Resumes

Petroleum Engineering

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Stephen E. Gardner, P.E. , Managing Senior Vice President – Manager Denver Office

Key Attributes and Proficiencies
  • Reserves Evaluations and Audits
  • Application of SEC and SPE-PRMS Guidelines
  • Analysis of Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays
  • Speaks English and Spanish
Education
BS degree, mechanical engineering, Brigham Young University (summa cum laude), 2001 Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Technical training and seminars including classical reservoir engineering techniques, reserves evaluation and auditing, SEC and SPE-PRMS reserves definitions and guidelines, statistical methods and unconventional resource evaluation, SEC comment letter trends, and various software applications.…Read More

Key Attributes and Proficiencies

  • Reserves Evaluations and Audits
  • Application of SEC and SPE-PRMS Guidelines
  • Analysis of Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays
  • Speaks English and Spanish

Education

BS degree, mechanical engineering, Brigham Young University (summa cum laude), 2001
Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi
Technical training and seminars including classical reservoir engineering techniques, reserves evaluation and auditing, SEC and SPE-PRMS reserves definitions and guidelines, statistical methods and unconventional resource evaluation, SEC comment letter trends, and various software applications.

Summary of Areas of Expertise

Approximately 20 years of experience in onshore and offshore oil and gas reservoir and production engineering and operations, with emphasis in unconventional reservoirs and resource plays since 2011.

Reservoir Engineering – Skilled in the use of traditional reservoir engineering principles, including decline curve analysis, volumetric and material-balance calculations and analogy methods. Also, experienced with statistical methods, diagnostic plots and RTA, integrated reservoir studies, PVT analysis, reservoir surveillance and evaluation of enhanced oil recovery techniques.

Reserves Certifications and Economic Evaluations – Proficient in assessing reserves and resources using U.S. SEC and SPE-PRMS definitions and guidelines to ensure compliance with governmental regulations and industry standards. Frequently perform economic evaluations for use in annual SEC filings, bank and/or investor reports, IPO filings and acquisition-and-divestiture transactions. Experienced in evaluating both upstream and midstream assets. Also, experienced in conducting reserves audits and process reviews. Working knowledge of ASIC reporting guidelines. Skilled in using the industry’s major decline curve/economics software packages as well as data analytics software.

Other Areas of Proficiency

Unconventional Resource Plays: Skilled in the application of reliable methodologies, including techniques presented in SPEE Monograph 4, for estimating the ultimate recovery of developed wells. Also, skilled in the application of SPEE Monograph 3 methodologies for estimating undeveloped reserves. Proficient in efficiently reviewing large amounts of production and completion data in order to appropriately select analogies, generate type wells, and classify reserves.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP, Denver Office    2011 to Present
Managing Senior Vice President – Manager Denver Office
Continue to lead numerous reserves and resource evaluations as the primary technical contributor as well as provide supervisory and technical guidance on various other client projects. Also, manage the staff and operations of Ryder Scott’s Denver office.

Senior Vice President – Project Coordinator
Lead engineer responsible for reserves and resources evaluations and audits in accordance with SEC and SPE-PRMS reserves estimation guidelines, with emphasis in unconventional resource plays across the United States. Perform economic evaluations and prepare reports for use in annual SEC filings, bank and/or investor reports, IPO filings and A&D transactions. Frequently use statistical and analogy methods in combination with performance analysis to determine undeveloped potential.

Ryder Scott Co. LP, Houston Office    2006 to 2011
Vice President – Project Coordinator
Frequently worked with and led teams of engineers and geologists in conducting reserves evaluations and certifications similar to above but for properties in the Gulf of Mexico (shelf and deepwater) and various other domestic and international areas. Also participated in reserves process reviews.

ExxonMobil Corp.    2001 to 2006
Reservoir Engineer – Permian Basin
Evaluated the Canyon and Strawn formations, multi-layer carbonate oil reservoirs undergoing secondary and tertiary recovery. Evaluated field surveillance, pattern analysis and enhanced oil-recovery mechanisms, production declines and volumetrics, WAG cycles, developmental drilling, EOR tax credits and economics of remedial workovers. Analyzed a workover program with complex multi-layer conformance in producers and injectors. Helped develop best practices for profile control.

Completions and Workover Engineer – Wyoming, west Texas and Utah
Designed and implemented completions and workovers in tight-gas sandstones in western Wyoming, including multi-stage fracture stimulations in vertical and horizontal wells, underbalanced cleanouts, coiled-tubing and wireline work, fishing and snubbing operations. Designed and implemented highly specialized HT/HP workovers in a portion of the deep, sour Madison formation in western Wyoming. Also, analyzed, designed and wrote work procedures for workovers in several carbonate and sandstone reservoirs undergoing primary, secondary and tertiary recovery in west Texas and Utah.

Geographical Areas of Expertis

North America
California
Colorado
Gulf of Mexico (shelf and deepwater)
Louisiana
Mexico
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming

Central and South America
Bolivia

Central and Southeast Asia
China (offshore)

Europe
North Sea

Unconventional and/or Horizontal Plays
DJ Basin
Eagle Ford
Marcellus/Utica
Permian Basin (Midland and Delaware)
Piceance Basin
Powder River Basin
San Juan Basin
SCOOP/STACK/Merge
Uintah Basin
Williston Basin

Professional Associations

Licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Texas and Colorado
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers, Denver Chapter Chairman (2018), Internet Committee Chair (2020-Present)

Publications

Co-author of SPE paper No. 88720, “Vertical Conformance in a Mature Carbonate CO2 Flood: Salt Creek Field Unit, Texas.”

Teaching and Presentations

Speaker at SPEE Chapter Meeting (October 2014) in Denver, Colorado, “SEC Comments Summary 2013.”
Speaker at 13th Annual Ryder Scott Reserves Conference (2017) in Houston, Texas, “Analysis of the SCOOP and STACK Plays in Oklahoma.”

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Bruce A. Palmer, P.E. , Vice President – Technical Specialist

Key Attributes and Proficiencies
  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Reservoir Engineering
Education
BS degree, chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 1993 MS degree, chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 2000

Summary of Areas of Expertise
More than 20 years of experience in oil gas and reserves evaluations, reservoir simulation and reservoir engineering.…Read More

Key Attributes and Proficiencies

  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Reservoir Simulation
  • Reservoir Engineering

Education

BS degree, chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 1993
MS degree, chemical engineering, Brigham Young University, 2000

Summary of Areas of Expertise

More than 20 years of experience in oil gas and reserves evaluations, reservoir simulation and reservoir engineering.

Reserves Evaluations: Experience in reserves estimation in accordance with SEC and SPE reserves estimation guidelines.

Reservoir Simulation: Conducted numerous reservoir simulation studies of oil and gas fields worldwide. Experience with all phases of simulation studies including initial design, model construction, history matching, calibration, and final documentation. Examples include construction of primary recovery models for field evaluation and development, and gas field and gas storage models for deliverability estimation.

Reservoir Engineering: Experience in application of traditional engineering techniques such as decline curve analysis, volumetric analysis, PVT and rock properties analysis, nodal analysis, and material balance analysis.

Other Areas of Proficiency

Fluid Characterization: Performed several reservoir fluids characterization studies using fluid analysis data and reservoir characterization software. Study results were used to generate black oil tables or equation of state settings for compositional models in reservoir simulation.

Field Operations: Two years’ experience in East Texas oil and gas fields.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP- Denver     2006 to Present
Responsible for reserves evaluations, reservoir engineering and modeling studies including integrated geoscience/ engineering studies throughout the world. Examples for recent studies are pre-production development study for a multi-zone deepwater Gulf of Mexico field, gas deliverability studies for several prospective gas storage fields and reserves estimation for several gas condensate fields in Japan.

ExxonMobil Production Co.     2004 to 2006
Senior Engineer
Member of a team of engineers responsible for simulation studies and development planning for Qatar North Field. Presented technical work to partner companies RasGas and QatarGas. Interacted with various engineering and geoscience professionals and management. Improved the run time and general usability of several existing simulation models.

ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc.     2002 to 2004
Senior Project Engineer
Technical point of contact for simulation support in the Asia Pacific region. Implemented new reservoir simulation network and trained a total of 50 engineers in Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Melbourne. Worked together with engineers building models for the following fields: Tapis, Irong Barat, Tabu, Tuna, Flounder, Turrum, Kipper, East Pilchard, Northern Sumatra Offshore, and Cepu. Worked with geologic modelers on scale-up of Petrel models for simulation.

ExxonMobil Exploration Co.     2000 to 2002
Project Engineer
Member of a support team for simulation engineers world wide. Aided engineers from all ExxonMobil Production Company affiliates, ExxonMobil Development Company, and Upstream Research Center Reservoir Division. Implemented new reservoir simulation network and trained engineers in London. Interacted extensively with simulation software developers.

ExxonMobil Production Co.     1998 to 2000
Project Engineer
Lead engineer for East Texas oil field and Gladewater, Delrose, and Overton gas fields. Evaluated, designed, recommended and secured management approval for in-fill drillwells and workover programs for gas fields. Ensured compliance with complicated Texas Railroad Commission East Texas Field Rules. Updated company planning basis.

EG&G Rocky Flats     1993 to 1995
Environmental Engineer
Coordinated plant-wide process waste sampling and analysis program. Supervised first sampling of containerized low-level radioactive waste.

Geographical Areas of Experience

United States
Alaska
California
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Texas
West Virginia
Wyoming

International
Australia
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
Malaysia
Qatar
UAE
Venezuela

Professional Associations

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas
Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers

Other Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

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Clark D. Parrott, P.E. , Vice President

Key Attributes and Proficiencies
  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Unconventional Reservoirs
Education
BS degree, petroleum engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1987

Summary of Areas of Expertise
More than 30 years of reservoir engineering experience in reserves evaluations, exploration/development, operations and waterflooding primarily in the Rocky Mountain and Mid Continent regions.…Read More

Key Attributes and Proficiencies

  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Unconventional Reservoirs

Education

BS degree, petroleum engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1987

Summary of Areas of Expertise

More than 30 years of reservoir engineering experience in reserves evaluations, exploration/development, operations and waterflooding primarily in the Rocky Mountain and Mid Continent regions. Skilled in the use of traditional reservoir engineering principles including decline-curve analysis (DCA), log analysis, pressure-transient analysis, volumetrics and material-balance calculations.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP- Denver     2012 to Present
Senior Petroleum Engineer
Responsible for reserves evaluations using SEC and SPE-PRMS definitions. Prepare reports for use in annual U.S. SEC filings, investor/bank reports, bankruptcy, A/D transactions and audits. Examine statistical and analog performance data to assess undeveloped potential. Extensive work in unconventional resource plays including: Williston Basin, ND; Wattenberg, CO; Delaware Basin, NM; SCOOP, OK; Permian, TX; and Haynesville, LA.. Maintain regional Bakken EUR database.

Norstar Petroleum Inc.     1992 to 2012
Petroleum Engineer
Exploration and Development – Prospect evaluation, drilling and completion.
Operations – Production management, workovers and reserves.
Acquisitions and Divestitures
Secondary Recovery – Simulation, waterflood feasibility studies and implementation.

Terra Resources/Pacific Enterprises Oil Co.     1987 to 1991
Engineering Analyst
Power River Basin: Estimated pre-drilled reserves and economics. Collaborated on feasibility study and design of Minnelusa Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) project.

Green River Basin: Perform Pressure Transient Analysis of tight gas sands. Performed advanced DCA using Fetkovich model. Prepared reserves determinations and economic evaluations. Developed fiscal-planning model.

Professional Associations

Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Colorado

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Scott J. Wilson, P.E. , Senior Vice President – Technical Advisor

Key Attributes and Proficiencies
  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Artificial Lift Optimization
  • Well Diagnostics, Surveillance and Optimization
  • Reservoir Simulation, Integrated Planning Models, Field Optimization
  • Taught over 500 students in 100 industry sponsored one-week courses
Education
BS degree, petroleum engineering, Colorado School of Mines, High Honors, 1983 MBA degree, finance, University of Colorado, High Honors, 1984 Technical seminars on numerous reservoir engineering and simulation topics, including horizontal well analysis, reserves evaluation, and reservoir description.…Read More

Key Attributes and Proficiencies

  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Artificial Lift Optimization
  • Well Diagnostics, Surveillance and Optimization
  • Reservoir Simulation, Integrated Planning Models, Field Optimization
  • Taught over 500 students in 100 industry sponsored one-week courses

Education

BS degree, petroleum engineering, Colorado School of Mines, High Honors, 1983
MBA degree, finance, University of Colorado, High Honors, 1984
Technical seminars on numerous reservoir engineering and simulation topics, including horizontal well analysis, reserves evaluation, and reservoir description.

Summary of Areas of Expertise

Thirty years of broad industry experience in the oil and gas industry, including property evaluations, field operations, reservoir engineering and simulation. Developed the ability to quickly determine the salient factors affecting an engineering decision and work toward refining those factors. Managed software development projects resulting in commercially competitive tools. Taught courses for more than 500 engineers in nodal analysis, gas reservoir engineering, multi-fractured horizontal well performance, multiphase flow, and complex well evaluation.

Unconventional Reservoir Specialist: Prepare, review, consult, and publish studies on unconventional reservoirs including the Bakken, Woodford, Barnett, Haynesville, Niobrara, Fayetteville, Marcellus and Monterey shales. Perform simulations and sensitivity analysis to determine optimal economic spacing and the effect of fracture breakthroughs on closely spaced wells. Review over 5000 wells per year for clients to help value reserves and evaluate acquisitions. Wrote two chapters in the 2016 SPEE book, “Evaluating Developed Reserves in Unconventional Reservoirs.”

Reservoir Engineering: Extensive experience with application of traditional reservoir engineering techniques, including decline-curve analysis, volumetrics, well-test analysis, material balance, wellbore hydraulics and PVT analysis. Developed models and tools used to forecast production rates. Possess computer skills that enable unique and practical solutions where none may have existed before. Spearheaded efforts in the early 1990s to integrate reservoir, well, facility and marketing considerations into inclusive systems models to improve development planning and basin-wide evaluations.

Operations Engineering: Spent considerable time supervising field operations in oil and gas fields. Have worked safely with operations personnel and service company representatives in a wide variety of environments. Familiar with quality control and job oversight procedures. Have completed training in offshore survival, medic first aid and H2S breathing apparatus. Serve as the course director and primary instructor for the OGCI schools in production optimization using nodal analysis.

Software Development: Maintain and support an extensive set of commercial-quality software applications for worldwide clients. Provide multi-trend decline systems and proprietary database-enabled nodal analysis tools used to forecast the two largest fields in the United States. Provide complex gas field deliverability planning models to several majors and larger independents. In 2002, completed the first Windows-based jet pump modeling and design system. Currently enhancing Gas-Lift functionality for evaluation of late-life artificial lift in multi-fractured horizontal completions in shale developments.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP- Denver    2000 to Present
Senior Vice President in the Denver Region Office. Prepare reserves and economic evaluations for property acquisitions/divestitures, feasibility studies, evaluations for SEC filings, pipeline system valuations and gas storage operations. Prepare and present expert witness testimony. Support many clients with custom solutions to complex forecasting needs of unconventional developments. Present as many as seven one-week courses on Production Optimization Using Nodal Analysis each year in locations world-wide.

ARCO 1985 to 2000
ARCO: Principal Engineering Consultant, Plano, Texas, 1994 – 2000
Recognized expert in gas reservoir engineering, well performance, fieldwide deliverability optimization, major bid/acquisition evaluation, software development and training. Prepared performance forecasts for bids in Venezuela, Former Soviet Union, Syria, Indonesia, Myanmar, Qatar and Ecuador. Evaluated international properties of major oil company as part of acquisition bid. Completed the first fullfield horizontal well waterflood simulation study for new 300 MMBO project and acted as a state-side expert in commerciality evaluation for a 1.1 BCFPD LNG project in Indonesia. Wrote two Windows-based engineering applications that were commercially launched in 1995. Prepared short-fuse, drainage-pattern simulation material for litigation exhibits.

ARCO: Engineering Consultant, Plano, Texas 1990 to 1994
Responsible for technologies, including tight-gas reservoirs, horizontal well applications, multiphase flow and dynamic kill design. Taught and consulted internationally and throughout the United States. Developed models and tools used to forecast more than 1 MMBOPD at Prudhoe Bay, Kuparuk, and THUMS fields. Sole author of system used to plan Indonesian concession gas production encompassing more than 200 platforms. Recognized for successful dynamic kill designs in Indonesia, Alaska and the U.S. gulf coast.

ARCO: Senior Operations Engineer, Anchorage, Alaska 1987 to 1990
Responsible for all engineering associated with the 1.3 TCF Beluga River unit and five undeveloped gas fields. Tangibly increased Beluga field value by conceiving and implementing creative development plan options and streamlining operations. Acted as field foreman and oversaw major field operations.

ARCO: Reservoir Engineer, Anchorage, Alaska 1986 to 1987
Responsible for waterflood evaluation in a 300 MMB reservoir. Recommendations made in March 1987 were adopted after 3 additional years of testing.

ARCO: Operations Engineer, Casper, Wyoming/Denver, Colorado 1985 to 1986
Worked in mid-continent field operations, including waterflood, conventional gas and coalbed gas. Designed sucker-rod, ESP, hydraulic pumping systems. Oversaw drilling, stimulation and facility operations. Designed waterflood and steamflood projects.

Colorado National Bank 1983 to 1985 (Summer/Part-time)
Engineer, Denver, Colorado. Responsible for reviewing reserves and valuing collatoralized properties. Worked with clients and consultants to determine expected cash flows. Made engineering recommendations to senior management. Responsible for reviewing facilities to determine suitability for ongoing operations.

Marathon Oil Co. 1980 to 1983 (Summer/Part-time)
Roustabout, Bakersfield, California. Field production operations, Engineering Technician.

Professional Associations

Registered Professional Engineer in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas
US Department of Energy, Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), member since 1979
Reserves TIG Chairman, 2006 – Current
Gas Technology TIG Chairman, 1990-2004
JPT Editorial Committee 2001-Present
API Gas Lift Committee, member, 1990’s
SPEE Denver Section, Chairman, 2006

Publication

S. Wilson et al: “Evaluation of Developed Wells in Unconventional Reservoirs”, Chapters 1 and 5, SPEE, 2016.

S. Wilson: “Gas Production Technology Editorial”, SPE, Journal of Petroleum Technology, November, 2008-Current.

Scott J. Wilson, Robert B. Hunter, Timothy S. Collett, Steve Hancock, Ray Boswell, Brian J. Anderson: “Alaska North Slope regional gas hydrate production modeling forecasts ” Thematic Set on Scientific Results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Elsevier, February 2011. P 460-477.

Brian Anderson, Steve Hancock, Scott Wilson, Christopher Enger, Timothy Collett, Ray Boswell, Robert Hunter: “Formation pressure testing at the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope” Thematic Set on Scientific Results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Elsevier, February 2011. P 478-492.

Brian J. Anderson, Masanori Kurihara, Mark D. White, George J. Moridis, Scott J. Wilson, Mehran Pooladi-Darvish, Manohar Gaddipati, Yoshihiro Masuda, Timothy S. Collett, Robert B. Hunter, Hideo Narita, Kelly Rose, Ray Boswell: “Regional long-term production modeling from a single well test, Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope” Thematic Set on Scientific Results of the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Elsevier, February 2011. P 493-501.

S. Wilson: “A Parametric Study of Bakken Well Performance,” SPE, Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference, November 2011.

S. Hancock, G. Moridis, S. Wilson, A. Robertson: “Well Design Requirements For Deepwater And Arctic Onshore Gas Hydrate Production Wells”, 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, May 2010.

S. Hancock, G. Moridis, S. Wilson, A. Robertson: “Well Design Requirements For Deepwater And Arctic Onshore Gas Hydrate Production Wells”, 2010 Offshore Technology Conference, May 2010.

Matthew R. Walsh, Steve H. Hancock, Scott J. Wilson, Shirish L. Patil, George J. Moridis, Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett, Carolyn A. Koh, E. Dendy Sloan: “Preliminary report on the commercial viability of gas production from natural gas hydrates” Energy Economics, May 29, 2008.

Robert Hunter, Tim Collett, Ray Boswell, Scott Wilson, Scott Digert: “Gas Hydrate Resource Potential” AAPG meeting April 2007. Energy & Minerals Division Frank Kottlowski Memorial Award for Best Paper.

Scott Wilson, Robert Hunter. “Screening Study of Large Scale Gas Hydrate Production on Alaska’s North Slope” DOE Internal Report, June 24, 2005.

Scott Wilson, Robert Hunter, S. J. Howe, N. R. Nanchary, S. L. Patil, D. O. Ogbe, and G. A. Chukwu. “Economic Analysis and Feasibility Study of Gas Production from Alaska North Slope Gas Hydrate Resources” AAPG Hedberg Research Conference, September 12-16, 2004.

Scott Wilson, Mark Miller, Lamont Frazer, Scott Digert: “Multiple Trend Forecasting Accounts for Field Constraints,” Journal of Petroleum Technology, October 1998.

Scott Wilson: “Integrated Systems Planning Results in Tighter Feedback Loops and Faster Developments,” Presented at the 15th World Petroleum Congress, Beijing, China, October 12-16, 1997.

Acmadi Kasim, Scott Wilson, Tri Yudho Utomo, Prabodh Pathak, Scott Kerr: “Strategic Management of ONWJ Reservoirs for the Domestic Gas Market,” 23rd annual Indonesian Petroleum Association, October 1994.

Patents

U.S. Patent 8,794,305 B2: “Method and Apparatus for Removing Liquid from a Horizontal Well “, Awarded August 5, 2014. Primary Inventor.

U.S. Patent 9,435,163 B2: “Method and Apparatus for Removing Liquid from a Horizontal Well “, Awarded Sept 6, 2016. Primary Inventor.

U.S. Patent 6,302,206 B1: “Treatment for Shut-in Gas Well “, Awarded October 16, 2001. Primary Inventor.

U.S. Patent 6,116,340: “Downhole Build-Up Pressure Test Using Coiled Tubing”, Awarded September 12, 2000. Primary Inventor.

Awards

Reservoir Description and Dynamics Award, SPE, 2017
Rocky Mountain Region

Helios Award for Innovation, BP p.l.c., 2004
Characterization and resource potential of Alaska north slope gas hydrates

Exceptional Contribution Award, Arco, 1997
Venezuela Third Round Marginal Field bid evaluation

Outstanding Demonstration, Arco 1997, TechFest
ProCast system for integrated gas field development planning

Award of Excellence, Arco, 1994
PAG B-1 Blow-out dynamic kill design and execution

Geology/Geophysics

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Edward Polishuk , Senior Petroleum Evaluator

Key Attributes and Proficiencies
  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Acquisition & Divestiture Analysis
  • Oil & Gas Project Economics
Education
BS degree, geology, Virginia Tech, 1994

Summary of Areas of Expertise
More than 20 years of diverse oil and gas experience in various technical roles.  Upstream oil and gas exploration, development, and acquisition/divestment.…Read More

Key Attributes and Proficiencies

  • Reserves Evaluations
  • Acquisition & Divestiture Analysis
  • Oil & Gas Project Economics

Education

BS degree, geology, Virginia Tech, 1994

Summary of Areas of Expertise

More than 20 years of diverse oil and gas experience in various technical roles.  Upstream oil and gas exploration, development, and acquisition/divestment. Experienced in various conventional and unconventional basins across the lower 48.

Summary of Employment

Ryder Scott Co. LP     2018 to Present
Senior Petroleum Evaluator
Perform engineering and economic evaluations of oil and gas assets for reserves reporting, fair market valuations, bank determinations and A&D analysis. Rocky Mountain asset expert for key operator clients in the DJ Basin. Experienced in Permian, Eagle Ford, Delaware, Scoop/Stack, Marcellus/Utica, Bakken, Powder River, Piceance, San Juan, and Uinta Basins.

GMG Energy     2016 to 2018
Independent Oil & Gas Consultant
Engineering, economic, and project consultant for private energy clients on North American energy projects.  Performed comprehensive project evaluation, reserve analysis, and provided strategic planning.

Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.     2012 to 2015
Development Manager/Senior Engineer
Reserves analysis and evaluation to generate type curves, EUR projections, PUD capturing, spacing and PDP forecasting.  Collaborated with multiple reserves auditors and banking institutions. Reservoir engineering, reserves/economics, and project management for the Rocky Mountain Region, focused on Wattenberg field horizontal development.  Responsible for prospect through development of oil and gas assets to maximize capital efficiency, cash flow, and economic recovery. Subject matter expert and primary manager for AFE creation, processing, and tracking.  Managed engineering, geologic, and regulatory staff. Designed, facilitated, and implemented a process improvement exercise for the site selection through clear to drill program utilizing process mapping, and efficiency analysis.  Designed and performed technical analyses to evaluate the performance of various spacing and pattern concepts to ensure the most efficient development of reserves.

Encana Oil & Gas, Inc.     2006 to 2012
Senior Reservoir Engineer
Evaluated asset reserves, A&D, and performed all engineering functions related to the maturation of a new resource play from conceptualization through commercial exploitation. AFE manager for all capital projects.

Asset Management – Lead engineer, Niobrara/Mancos deep exploration program, requiring cross-functional management and planning among multiple disciplines. Progressed from pure exploration to full development mode within three years. Set multiple operational and production records including lateral length, depth, IP, and EUR in Basin history. Created and proliferated five federal units for the deep Piceance horizons involving the BLM, WI partners, and new Joint Venture partner negotiations. Extensive experience with business development and JV partner negotiations to develop a new and still untapped resource.

Group Lead, Strategic Planning- South Rockies Business Unit 2009 to 2011

Business Development – Extensive JV and A&D experience. Multiple JV and complex divestiture modeling up to $2.5 billion in value each. Lead economic modeler and coordinator for four disproportionate funding deals and two midstream joint ventures in the Piceance and DJ Basins totaling $10 Billion. Project and economic oversight of several dozen bolt-on acquisitions with the Rocky Mountain region. Lead communicator and presenter to executive and corporate management for all aspects of Region A&D, KPI, and budget initiatives.

Planning/Asset Management – Strategic planning, management reporting, budget generation, and business development reporting directly to the SVP of one of three US Business Units at Encana. Liaised between Divisional management and Operations Teams to ensure efficient capital deployment and cash flow generation. Coordinated reviewed and performed QA/QC of region reserves, capital, and AFE tracking.

Reserves/Engineering – Responsible for business unit reserves, A&D, and all engineering functions related to the development of both emerging and mature Rockies assets.

Reservoir Engineer 2006 to 2009
Reserves – Lead engineer for all forecasting, quantification, and analysis of asset reserves.

Planning – Provided portfolio analysis, economics, program design, and AFE management, economic modeling and assessment for multiple acquisitions.

Reservoir Management – Performance optimization, spacing, and sub-surface modeling

Williams (formerly Barrett Resources, currently WPX)     2002 to 2006
Reservoir Engineer
Reserves – Asset Team engineer for production forecasting and reserve analysis of Proved, Probable and Possible reserves for Piceance Highlands asset team. 250 net BCF Proved and 3 net TCF Probable/Possible in portfolio. Management of approximately 4500 potential locations.

Reservoir Engineering – Production forecasting, performance monitoring, and decision analysis. Assist with well bore and completion design.

Project/Planning Economics – Responsible for all asset financial, economic, and performance analysis including extensive budgeting, planning and forecasting of current and future projects. Expertise in economic modeling, reserve forecasting software, and AFE management. JV project modeling and coordination with partners XOM, Chevron, Oxy, Encana, PDC, Noble, and others.

Senior Reserve and Economic Analyst 2002 to 2005
Reserves – Coordinated with independent auditors, analyzed and engineered Denver region oil & gas reserves. OGRE software and reserve database administrator. Technical resource to staff engineers and accountants on reserve engineering and methodology.

Budgeting & Planning – Designed work flow processes and financial models to link Finance and Engineering, audited and analyzed economic projections, prepared Denver Region budget forecasts for Corporate Board of Directors. Designed and tracked region finances and performance measures. Served as the primary interface between asset teams and Planning/Finance.

OGRE Partners, Ltd.     2000 to 2002
Engineering Advisor
Engineering & Technical Consulting – Project engineering and consulting for energy clients focused on software implementation, reserve analysis, and economics for the internationally recognized petroleum engineering and reserves software – OGRE (Oil and Gas Reserve Evaluation). Achieved expert status in the use of economic and reserve analysis software.

Statoil Energy Inc.     1995 to 1999
Asset Team Leader – Project management and implementation of a 40-80 well, annual drilling program within the Appalachian Basin. Full cycle prospect generation, budgeting, economics, and completion design for the most active drilling area within the company. Statoil Energy (now Equitable Resources, EQT, Pitt. PA) is the largest natural gas producer and the most active driller in the Appalachian Basin.

Reservoir Engineer – Reserve management, characterization, forecasting, and production enhancement of district natural gas assets. Focus on tight gas sands and fractured Devonian Shale reservoirs.

Acquisitions and Divestitures – Extensive experience in financial analysis, reserves determination and evaluation, economic modeling, with special expertise in reserve economics software. Directly responsible for reserve economics related to the $566 MM purchase of Ashland Inc. E&P assets in July 1997, now a foundation for EQT Corporation.

Field Operations – Supervision of contract drilling operations, perforating, open hole and cased hole logging, fracturing, and stimulation.

Geographical Areas of Experience

  • Appalachian Basin
  • Colorado
  • New Mexico
  • Oklahoma
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Wyoming

Professional Associations

Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers