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JOSEPH M. CHEVALIER

JOSEPH M. CHEVALIER

Wells Engineer
Montgomery,TX

Summary

Wellwork and Operations Engineer with extensive experience with well completion, workover, and abandonments. Highly effective at coordinating operations and working with teams of various functions to complete projects on time and below cost.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Wells/Operations Engineer

ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions
Spring, TX
Jun.2009 - Current

Well Integrity Advisor for US Production

  • Coordinate well integrity activities for US based assets
  • Mentor and advise production engineers to aid in well integrity activities

Wellwork Engineer for Pipeline Company

  • Coordinate and write procedures for brine string replacements, new liner installation, and acid stimulations
  • Able to increase efficiencies and reduce overall spend by 10% since 2020

Engineering Team Lead for Holly platform abandonment in California

  • High risk, sour gas production facility
  • Wireline and coil tubing intervention campaign to isolate reservoirs

Lead Engineer for Lena Platform abandonment in Gulf of Mexico

  • 26 well abandonment campaign in 1,000ft of water
  • Wireline, coil tubing, and hydraulic pulling utilized to complete abandonments

Engineering Specialist for Global Abandonment Projects

  • Provided engineering support for Matagorda Island, Main Pass, West Cameron, and Galveston platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Consulted with North Sea, UK
  • Currently planning Equatorial Guinea subsea well abandonments for 2023/2024 execution

Production Engineering Technician

ExxonMobil US Production Company
Houston, TX
Apr.2014 - Aug.2015
  • Provide engineering support for all Gulf of Mexico assets through wellbore hydraulic modeling (Prosper)

Subsurface Engineering Technician

ExxonMobil US Production Company
Houston, TX
Jun.2009 - Nov.2014
  • Lead wellwork and completions engineer for various US assets in Bakersfield, CA, Hugoton, KS, Perryton, TX, and LaBarge, WY
  • Used MFrac software to develop 1,200+ hydraulic fracture models and procedures for 200+ new drill wells
  • Project manager and lead engineer for Hill Property well completion campaign
  • Project manager and lead engineer for Hill Property well abandonment campaign

Engineering Intern

Zurn Industries
Erie, PA
Jan.2008 - May.2009
  • Assist in quality control and load testing of existing products
  • Redesign Concealed Arm Carrier (Senior Design Project) to exceed ASME standards
  • Utilized FEA software to identify high stress areas requiring redesign

Education

MBA - Management

Texas A&M International
Jan.2020 - Dec.2021

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Aug.2005 - May.2009

Skills

Budgeting

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Affiliations

  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • USA Triathlon - All American
  • Valhalla Triathlon Race Team

Software

MS Office

Meyers MFrac

OVS/Prosper

Wellview

Timeline

MBA - Management

Texas A&M International
Jan.2020 - Dec.2021

Production Engineering Technician

ExxonMobil US Production Company
Apr.2014 - Aug.2015

Wells/Operations Engineer

ExxonMobil Upstream Integrated Solutions
Jun.2009 - Current

Subsurface Engineering Technician

ExxonMobil US Production Company
Jun.2009 - Nov.2014

Engineering Intern

Zurn Industries
Jan.2008 - May.2009

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering Technology

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Aug.2005 - May.2009
JOSEPH M. CHEVALIERWells Engineer