Shannon K. Grady
Reservoir Engineer
Midland, TX · (432) 555 0129 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/shannonkgrady
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in reservoir engineering on unconventional assets
INDUSTRIES
Unconventional oil and gas production, reserve reporting
SPECIALTIES
Decline curve analysis, type curve development, reserve estimation, economics
SYSTEMS
Petrel, ARIES, Spotfire, Python, Microsoft Excel
CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer license, Texas; member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering, Texas Tech University
Executive Summary
Petroleum engineer with seven years on Permian Basin assets, working reservoir studies and forecasts. Builds decline curve analysis for about four hundred producing wells, sets type curves for new development areas and supports the annual reserve report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Signature Achievements
- Rebuilt type curves for two development areas and moved the forecast within three percent of actual.
- Supported a reserve report covering about four hundred wells with no auditor adjustments.
- Identified twelve wells for artificial lift conversion that added roughly nine hundred barrels a day.
- Automated monthly decline curve updates and saved the team about thirty hours a month.
- Argued down a spacing plan that would have cost the operator recoverable volume between wells.
- Presented a study on parent and child well interference at a regional technical meeting.
Professional Experience
Reservoir Engineer
Llano Estacado Resources, Midland, TX 2021 to present
Asset team of eleven managing about four hundred operated wells in the Midland Basin
- Maintains decline curve forecasts and type curves for the operated portfolio.
- Prepares reserve estimates and supporting documentation for third party auditors.
- Evaluates spacing and infill opportunities with geology and completions engineers.
- Runs economics on development cases and recommends the drilling sequence.
Production Engineer
Sand Hills Operating Company, Odessa, TX 2019 to 2021
Production group of eight covering two hundred wells on gas lift and rod pump
- Troubleshot underperforming wells and scheduled remedial work.
- Optimized rod pump settings and reduced failure frequency on a problem lease.
Field Engineer
Yellowhouse Well Services, Lubbock, TX 2018 to 2019
Service company crew running wireline and pressure pumping work
- Supervised wireline runs and recorded job data for client reports.
- Learned wellsite safety practice and job planning from the ground up.
Licensure and Certification
Professional Engineer license, Texas
Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers
Education
Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering, Texas Tech University
Program accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Core Skills
Decline curve analysis · Type curve development · Reserve estimation · Well economics · Petrel · ARIES · Spotfire · Python · Infill evaluation · Technical presentation