15 years in the industry, including reservoir and production engineering positions for Conoco's upstream organization in Casper, Corpus Christi, Anchorage, Midland and New Orleans, as well as a financial position in Lafayette.
Several years of experience working for independent energy companies.
Worked with two geologists in Anchorage to increase the reserves of the Milne Point field from 45 million barrels to 95 million barrels through a successful reservoir evaluation/step out well.
Worked with field operations personnel to increase the production from stripper wells in the SW Muldoon field (Fayette County, TX) from 200 BOPD to 300 BOPD.
Published a technical paper in the Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Production Engineering periodical. The paper, which concerned the completion of a 19,000 ft rank wildcat discovery well, was later used by an internationally recognized professor in the University of Kansas petroleum engineering curriculum.
Financial point man and leadership team member for the Grand Isle Field (52 platforms in the Gulf of Mexico).
Vice-Chairman of the Corpus Christi Chaper of the Gas Processors' Association (GPA). Chaired the annual meeting, which had over 250 attendees.
Secretary-Treasurer of the Anchorage chaper of the Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts (SPWLA).
Worked for ConocoPhillips' downstream organization (Six Sigma and Lubricants) in Houston.