William Severns - Direct Oil and Gas Experience
ARCO North
America/International
Engineering Manager and R&D
Director for North Sea Operations (1994-1995)
London, UK
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Supervised engineering for exploration support, new field
developments and production operations, including ARCO’s first FPSO operation
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Oversaw the
engineering and fast track development of the Trent and Tyne offshore gas field
developments
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UK R&D: Responsible
for establishing R&D spending priorities for a seven figure budget Chief
Engineer
Java and Bali, Indonesia
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Supervised all non-drilling, subsurface
engineering/reserve determination for the
giant
3.5 TCF Pagerungan gas field development
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Oversaw the well completion engineering for
start-up of numerous large, multiwell oil platforms in the NW Java Sea PSC
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Led the effort to design and evaluate wildcat exploration wells in the Bali North PSC, culminating in my team
designing and implementing an exploration well test program for the Tanguh LNG
discovery well.
Senior Reservoir/Petroleum
Engineer
Rocky Mt Region
(Denver and Midland) · Conceived and initiated ARCO’s Fruitland coalbed methane project –supervised pilot; designed and oversaw first two years of development drilling, which at the time was ARCO’s largest upstream program outside Alaska; the Fruitland ultimately became ARCO’s largest and most profitable asset outside of Alaska
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Responsible engineer for a large number of leases
producing gas from the Pictured Cliffs, Mesa Verde, and Dakota formations in the
San Juan Basin.
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Tight gas sand, fracking specialist – Designed
and supervised several dozen fracs across the Rockies Front Range
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Designed well tests and performed the subsequent
onsite test supervision of several gas oriented, exploration wells, including
the McIntosh 1-3. · Waterflood and CO2 EOR operations/reservoir engineer for several mature fields in the Powder River and San Juan Basins · Responsible engineer for the Sheep Mountain CO2 Unit; new well locations, field supervision, and reservoir modeling and simulation expertise. |
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