BRIAN L. EVANS
CAREER SUMMARY
Senior Petroleum Engineer with extensive experience(>39 yrs.) in the oil and gas
industry, Exploration and Production Operations. Skilled in reservoir management,
drilling, and production. Competent with acquisition/disposition of properties.
Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. Team oriented .
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Seek Production,LLC(MS entity)
2009-present
Owner/Partner/Reservoir Engineering
Seek Production,LLC(TX entity)
2004 – 2009
Sr. Production & Reservoir Engineer
 Various oil and gas identification and recompletion projects.
 12 mos. in-house at Swift Energy identifying recompletion opportunities
 Evaluated 175 SI wells and identified 26 wells to recomplete for BP in the Gulf of
Mexico
 Identified behind pipe recompletion opportunities, 2 million bbls oil equivalent new
reserves
 Completed in depth well reviews for 26 wells identifying present mechanical
conditions
 Recommended workover procedures for the 26 opportunity wells
GREKA ENERGY CORPORATION, Santa Maria, CA
2001- 2004
Chief Reservoir Engineer
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Drilled two Diatomite wells in the Belridge Field
Coordinated design and installation of a 5000 bbl heavy oil tank battery facility
Managed development of Potash Field, added 2 MMBbls proved reserves
Planned multi-phase drilling program for North Belridge Field, California
developing diatomite reservoir
Planned in fill drilling program for Pavillion Field, Wyoming
Coordinated $20 MM sale of Potash Field, Louisiana
Coordinated $2.3 MM sale of non-core properties, open auction
Sold $0.5 MM of non core properties by solicited bid offers
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 Negotiated with various banks to establish loan borrowing base for North
American assets
OCCIDENTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION, Elk Hills, California
2000
Reservoir Engineer Consultant
 Designed dewatering project in ESOZ, achieved 250 BOPD incremental oil gain
 Coordinated Through Casing Resistivity logging program, identified bypassed oil
zones
 Identified behind the pipe recompletion opportunities, 1 to 2 million bbls oil
reserves
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, Houston, Texas
Lead Geoscientist
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Evaluated three Venezuelan concession blocks
Evaluated infill drilling and recompletion project at Pembina Field, Canada
Team Leader for technical review of a multi-reservoir field, Permian Basin
Screened high level property acquisitions, production enhancement opportunities
OPERATIONAL SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX
Reservoir Engineer
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1995
Provided engineering consultation for reservoir characterization of various Gulf
Coast reservoirs.
PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Houston, Texas
Senior Reservoir Engineer, 1986-1994
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1996
Performed work management studies for optimizing O&M costs
Performed gas lift optimization and compressor studies for a deep Smackover
property
EQUITABLE RESOURCES ENERGY COMPANY, Houston, TX
Reservoir Engineer
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1996 - 1999
1980 - 1994
Controlled all company-operated oil and gas reserves in U.S. and Alaska,
excluding Panhandle, Permian Basin, and San Juan Basin areas
Provided Exploration Group reserves estimates and field development plans for
more than 50 Gulf of Mexico OCS offshore blocks. More than 20 of these
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offshore blocks were bid on at the annual OCS Lease Sales covering the Western
and Central Gulf areas
Developed more than 5 field development plans which were incorporated into
Plan of Development
Prepared and presented to senior management results of development drilling
projects for the North America Division, focusing on economics, finding and
development costs from 1990 through first half 1994
Participated in a post-audit study of all Gulf of Mexico offshore wells drilled
from 1984 through 1993 and determined economics. Also in gas imbalance study
impacting more than 20 Gulf Coast offshore and onshore properties
Presented to senior management Oil and Gas reserves added from new
discoveries
Provided reservoir engineering and expected values for a $120 MM gas contract
settlement for four offshore properties
Gulf Coast Region Reservoir Engineering Supervisor, 1984 - 1986
 Supervised 9 employees, including 6 engineers and 3 technicians
 Coordinated field studies for three major fields in the Gulf Coast area offshore
and onshore, analyzing fields on a well by well basis. These studies integrated
engineering and geology and resulted in more than 10 MMBOE added reserves
 Determined property values for all California assets of a major independent oil
company that was purchased for a sum exceeding $1.4 billion dollars
 Testified before the Texas Railroad Commission and successfully obtained an
exceptional allowable for an onshore South Texas property
Senior Production Engineer, Santa Barbara, CA, 1982 - 1984
 Designed more than 15 onshore wells, (5 leases) for cyclic steaming stimulations
 Steam stimulated more than 10 wells with no mechanical failures. Designed
offshore Monterey formation well test employing a concentric thermal tubing
design (400' water depth), and successfully produced 9º API oil, at approximately
2000 BOPD rate
 Supervised the drilling of more than 5 wells and completed each well for thermal
recovery applications
 Designed a fixed pump hydraulic lift system for 20 wells situated on 2 offshore
60 slot production platforms
 Supervised the completion of more than 5 multizone inside casing gravel pack
completions.
 Designed tank battery for handling heavy oil production
Environmental Company Representative, Santa Barbara, CA, 1980 - 1982
 Conducted environmental studies pertaining to production and treating facility
sites and obtained approval for operating these sites through both State and
Federal Regulatory agencies.
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Acquired over 10 drilling and production permits to operate wells in Monterey
and San Luis Obispo counties.
Wrote environmental setting and project descriptions which were used for more
than 5 Environmental Impact Reports, EIR.
Met with community residents and officials in San Luis Obispo County and
provided Question and Answer panel discussions to address environmental issues.
Participated in media inter views concerning environmental issues.
AMINOIL, Huntington Beach, California
1975 - 1980
Enhanced Oil Recovery Engineer, 1978-1980
 Developed an immiscible CO2 pilot flood project
 Implemented and designed 3D thermal modeling to enhance steam drive
efficiency
 Designed an offshore inverted 5 spot steamflood pilot in the Huntington Beach
Field
 Developed an immiscible CO2 pilot for a single fault Block in the Bolsa area of
Huntington Beach Field
 Published an article in the Journal of Petroleum Technology detailing the design
and implementation of a CO2 pilot in the Bolsa area
Production Engineer , 1975-1978
 Analyzed over 100 pressure transient tests and production logging profiles for
optimizing sweep efficiency in a waterflood project
 Completed over 50 well stimulations cycling steam for increased oil recovery
TEXACO, Ventura, California
1973 - 1975
Field Production Engineer
 Acquired many hands-on techniques in drilling
 Utilized steam recovery techniques
 Developed production techniques and learned everyday operations
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Geological Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo,
Utah.
Significant participation in industry based development programs; Risk
Management, Well Testing, Decline Curve Analysis, Reservoir Modeling, EOR
Recovery Methods, Kepner Tregoe Decisions Analysis Effective Negotiations,
Technical Presentations, Achieving Effective Communications, Waterflood
Management, Well Conformance and Underbalanced drilling.
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS
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Member of Society of Petroleum Engineers and American Petroleum Institute.
Member of Toastmasters International, CTM and Club President.
Gulf Coast Alliance for Minorities in Engineering - School Coordinator.
Junior Achievement - Business Consultant.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Crystal Ball, @Risk, Word Perfect 6.1, WindowsXP – All Microsoft Office97
products (including Project, Access), GEMS, WEMS, Aries for Windows, Ogre,
Saphir, Dwights PowerTools, IHS P2000, Geograhix DSS 32, JTI Horizontal,
Petroleum Experts MBAL, Landmark VIP.