Sharp Geologic Insights is ready to help with any of your Oil & Gas subsurface needs. With 29 years of industry experience, I have the breadth of experience and knowledge to handle any geologic interpretation or business need your company may require.
Areas of Expertise include: Frontier Exploration, Near Field Exploration, New Field Development, Mature Field Redevelopment, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Structural Interpretations, Cross Sections, Seismic Interpretation, Net Sand and Pay Mapping, Log Correlation, Log Analysis, Core Analysis, Geologic Well Operations, Risk and Resource Assessment, Partner or Government Relations, Vendor Negotiations and Oversight, Project and Business Management.
Professional Highlights:
- Worked or reviewed projects in basins around the world. Offshore areas include: GoM Deepwater and Shelf, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Suriname, Falkland Islands, North Sea, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Egypt, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Greece, Australia, Malaysia, Bohai Bay, and Kazakhstan. Onshore areas include: Kazakhstan, Nevada, DJ Basin, Powder River Basin, West Texas, East Texas, Louisiana, and the Marcellus.
- Tamar discovery (offshore Israel), second largest discovery in Noble Energy history at 9.5 TCF. This play opening discovery established a new industry exploration trend that has yielded multiple major discoveries. Tamar was the largest worldwide offshore gas discovery the year it was drilled.
- A leader in the exploration Risk & Resource assessment with 15 years experience in the field.
- Lead Geologist on Aseng development (offshore Equatorial Guinea). In charge of Plan of Development, pre-drill planning and all geologic operations for 17 wells drilled during development phase. Wells included appraisals, pilots, horizontal producers, high angle producers water injectors and gas injectors.
- Lead Geologist for appraisal and development of multiple major projects in West Africa (Alen, Yoyo-Yolanda, Diega, Carmen and Felicita).
- Managed 3 divestiture rounds of non-core assets. All sales resulted in multiple bids exceeding pre-sale expectations.
- Main Pass 305/306 redevelopment. Integrated remapping of what had been considered a dying field led to multiple recompletions, workovers and new wells drilled. These activities increased production 4-fold on a mature field while extending field life over 10 years and increasing reserves.
- High Island A-550 redevelopment. Increased production 10-fold thru late life development drilling. Production from new development wells maxed out platform production capabilities.
- Drilled 116 wells with an economic success rate of 86%.
- Proven oil finder, 780MMBOE net reserves discovered.
- Dedicated mentor. Helped develop Noble’s college recruiting program in 2005 and an active campus recruiter for 15 years. Led geoscience recruiting and new hire program 2017-2020.
- Loyal employee. Career spanning 29 years dedicated to the growth and value creation for one company.