Engineering and operations
Practical engineering for producing assets
Two decades of hands-on production, completions and workover engineering across coal seam gas, conventional gas, oil and heavy oil in Australia and Canada. I help operators lift production, extend equipment life and manage integrity risk.
Where I add value
Artificial lift
Selection, design and optimisation across rod pumps, progressing cavity pumps, electric submersible pumps, gas lift and jet pumps. Failure analysis and run-life improvement.
Well integrity and abandonment
Integrity management plans, technical assurance, well repairs and plug and abandonment programmes.
Completions and workovers
Workover strategy, programme design and execution, from single wells to programmes of more than 1,700 operations a year.
Production optimisation
Well surveillance, deferment reduction and production forecasting that operations teams can act on.
Reliability and root cause analysis
Performance standards, multidisciplinary failure investigations and condition monitoring dashboards.
Technical reviews and studies
Concept and select studies, peer reviews and assurance for well, lift and workover programmes.
Results
2.5 to 10 years
Pump run life, doubled and then doubled again
60% lower
Pump repair cost per well, from $300k to $120k
1,700+ a year
Workovers delivered, grown from about 50
98%+
Well availability maintained
Ways to work together
Technical review
A focused review of a well, field or programme, with clear, prioritised recommendations.
Project support
Design and deliver a defined scope, such as an artificial lift select study or a workover campaign.
Interim leadership
Lead a production or well engineering team through a vacancy, a growth phase or a period of change.
Need a fresh set of eyes?
Whether it's a single problem well or a whole programme, I'd be glad to talk it through.