Portfolio

Studies

Due Diligence

Independent Reviews

Data Interpretation & Integration

US

Investment Due Diligence

Mandated by a sophisticated investor in a public company to review and advise on the results of an exploration campaign

2024

US

Integrated Study

Detailed quantitative interpretation of flow & injection tests at two wells, conducted jointly with geoscience, for geomodel & reservoir model calibration as part of a CO2 injection pilot project

Water — Carbonate — Non-Matrix 2023

Brazil

Regional Study

Led independent review of dozens of Pre-Salt tests to help guide investment decisions on discovered undeveloped asset bidding, farm-in opportunities & strategic alliances 

Oil — Carbonate — Pre-Salt — Non-Matrix — Acid Stimulation 2018-22

Kazakhstan

Field-Wide Integrated Study

Led joint lithofacies modeling of Kalamkas field's 6 wells & independent re-interpretation of 4 DST's focused on topic of compartmentalization

Oil Sandstone PLT 2018

PNG

Resource Certification

Led interpretation & integration of pivotal Antelope interference tests for resource size advocacy to third-party certifiers, worked in compressed 20-week timeline

Gas Carbonate — Non-Matrix — Integration with Geomodel — 2017

PNG

Acquisition Due Diligence

In charge of ExxonMobil's in-depth review of InterOil's DST's of the Elk & Antelope prolific carbonate gas fields in PNG, ahead of their acquisition for $2.5B+

Gas Carbonate — Non-Matrix 2016

Nigeria

Field-Wide Integrated Study

Led joint lithofacies modeling of Bosi field's 14 wells & independent re-interpretation of 2 DST's

Oil Sandstone 2013

US

Regional Study

Reviewed 28 DST's conducted by Humble Oil, Texaco, Union Oil, and Chevron across Southern California between 1967 & 1989 to help guide new opportunity identification 

Oil Sandstone — Vintage Data — 2012

Canada

Subsurface Peer Review 

Re-interpreted 25 Hebron DST's conducted by Petro-Canada, Chevron, and Mobil between 1980 & 2000 to help guide internal subsurface peer review

Oil Sandstone — Vintage Data — 2011

Exploration & Appraisal DST

Design & Planning

Wellsite Supervision

Data Interpretation & Integration

Namibia

Block 2914A Orange Basin

Leading DST design for tests at wildcat prospects offshore Namibia

Oil Sandstone Deepwater Frontier Exploration Integration with Seismic 2024

Norway

PL 1016 Velocette

Led DST design & planning for test at wildcat prospect in Norwegian Sea to evaluate productivity & investigate reservoir continuity 

Gas Sandstone Deepwater Integration with Seismic 2023

Australia

Onshore Victoria

Led DST & interference design at depleted gas field in preparation for use as gas storage, across a range of subsurface scenarios & operational constraints

Gas Sandstone 2023

Guyana

Stabroek Block Liza, Payara, Yellowtail... 

Oversaw all 18 Guyana tests from 2016 to 2022, starting with Guyana's first DST ever

Extended flow & build-up tests designed to confirm sufficient connected volume for development viability, resulting in fast-track developments

Oil Gas Sandstone Deepwater Campaign Gravel-Pack Interference Integration with Seismic 2016-23

Cyprus

Block 10 Glaucus

Designed, planned & interpreted Glaucus-2 DST, which included an interference test with Glaucus-1, to confirm sufficient resource size for development viability

Gas Interference Deepwater — Integration with Geomodel 2019-22

PNG

PDL 9 Muruk

Advised Melbourne affiliate on design, operations & interpretation of Oil Search-led DST

Gas Sandstone Highlands — Remote Environment — 2018-19

US

 GoM Walker Ridge Julia

Advised on ramp-up & clean-up operations during flowback to tanker

Oil Sandstone Deepwater — DP to DP Flowback Frac-Pack 2016

Romania

Neptun Block Domino

Oversaw & led DST's at Domino & two other fields, with extended flow & build-up periods designed to confirm sufficient resource size for development viability

Managed replies to buyer on test-related topics, as part of divestment for $1B+ 7 years later

Gas Sandstone Deepwater Campaign Integration with Seismic 2014-15

Vietnam

Block 118 Cá Voi Xanh 

Led CVX-4X DST, designed to demonstrate producibility in an unappraised part of the reservoir

Gas Carbonate — Non-Matrix — H2S Deepwater 2014-15

Angola

Block 15 Mondo South

Led flowback designed to confirm sufficient connected volume of anchor reservoir underpinning the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 project

Oil Sandstone Deepwater Flowback Gravel-Pack PLT on Tractor 2013-14

Russia

Black Sea & Kara Sea

Led DST planning for prospective tests at Universitetskaya & in Tuapse

Frontier Exploration — Remote Environment — Deepwater — 2012-14

Production

Well Performance

Reservoir Surveillance

Data Interpretation & Integration

Guyana

Stabroek Block Liza Phase 1 & Phase 2

Mentored 4 engineers through 12 wells on surveillance & well performance issues at Guyana's first-ever producing field

Oil Horizontal Producers Water & Gas Injectors WAG 2019-23

Kazakhstan

NCOC Kashagan

Advised 4 NCOC engineers on surveillance & well performance issues for 12 wells

Taught 40-hr well test course to NCOC's reservoir team in Atyrau (2017) & virtually (2020) 

Oil Mega-Field Carbonate — Non-MatrixAcid Stimulation Acid Gas Re-Injection 2018-21

Russia

Sakhalin-1 Chayvo, Arkutun-Dagi, Odoptu

Mentored 6 engineers through 50+ wells on surveillance, well performance issues, opportunity generation & regulatory reporting

Oil Sandstone Extended-Reach Wells Water & Gas Injectors 2017-22

Angola

Block 15 Kizomba A, B & C

Mentored 5 engineers through 40+ wells on surveillance, well performance issues & regulatory reporting

Oil Sandstone S-shaped Wells Water & Gas Injectors WAG — 2016-22

Carbon Capture & Storage

Design

Permitting

Interpretation

US

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions

Leading the field trial of a CO2 injectivity restoration research project for CCS wells

CO2 2024

US

Simpson Co., MS Leo

Detailed quantitative interpretation of injection tests as part of a CO2 injection pilot project in Mississippi 

Water — Sandstone — Non-Reservoir Responses 2024

US

Fallon Co., MT Pennel 

Detailed quantitative interpretation of flow & injection tests at two wells, conducted jointly with geoscience, for geomodel & reservoir model calibration as part of a CO2 injection pilot project in the Cedar Creek Anticline

Water — Carbonate — Non-Matrix 2023

US

UK

ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions

Helped establish ExxonMobil's standard of design studies for water injection fall-off tests in carbon capture projects, both for reservoir understanding & EPA permitting purposes 

Aquifers targeted in LaBarge (WY), Pecan Island (LA) & more along the Gulf Coast, as well as in the UK North Sea

Water — Sandstone & Carbonate 2022-23

Training Course

Preparation

Delivery

US

ExxonMobil Houston Campus

Took over ownership & overhauled internal training course in 2016, turning it from the worst rated to the best rated course of all ExxonMobil's reservoir courses

Combines theory & practical considerations, illustrated throughout with actual field data 

Custom-made hands-on group exercises utilizing Saphir with ExxonMobil data of the Liza-2 & Liza-4 tests

Kazakhstan

NCOC

Tailored to the interests & needs of the North Caspian Operating Company (operator of mega-field Kashagan): pressure transient responses in carbonates with excess permeability & in acidized wells, numerical modeling

Custom-made hands-on group exercises utilizing Saphir with NCOC data

Qatar

QatarEnergy

Tailored to the interests & needs of QatarEnergy (operator of the North Field, the world's largest non-associated gas field): pressure transient responses in horizontal gas wells, carbonates with excess permeability & in acidized wells, numerical modeling

Malaysia

ExxonMobil Kuala Lumpur Technology Center

Course tailored to reservoir pressure analysis & pressure transient analysis workflows

India

ExxonMobil Bangalore Technology Center

Course tailored to reservoir pressure analysis & pressure transient analysis workflows

US

ExxonMobil Houston

Delivered 2-hr introductory lecture on well testing & pressure transient analysis to ExxonMobil's geoscience new hires, 6 times between 2012 & 2015