SAURABH AGARWAL
Houston,Texas
Summary
Versatile Senior Manager specializing in energy space and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company. Has successfully demonstrated leadership abilities by managing operations, people, and complex multi-million-dollar projects.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Manager – Operations, Well Testing & New Technology Validation
Fervo Energy
12.2020 - Current
- Supervised a team of 4 engineers and 10 consulting supervisors overseeing the planning, design, and execution of geothermal completion operations
- Delivered the Industry's first – Enhanced Geothermal System well stimulation and well testing program in a granite formation for Fervo Energy and exceeded the anticipated energy production from the system
- Dropped the company’s well completion costs by 25% in the first year, and successfully implemented dissolvable plug technology for Geothermal (super-hot reservoir) stimulation applications
- Company resources for completion, workover, fishing, well intervention, operations process improvement, procedural analysis, safety metrics identification and implementation, identification, and trial strategy of new technology
- Conduct CWOPs and operational planning meetings with service providers, stakeholders, and safety personnel for all drilling and completion activities
- Innovation champion who implemented the 7" tieback assembly, zonal isolation tools, Casing design, casing design and well testing methodology for EGS landscape in North America
- Created workflows for the operations look-back analysis, using Spotfire and Power BI to highlight improvement opportunities, selecting performance-based vendors, and reducing waste in the ongoing operations
- Implemented dashboards and data visual tools within the organization to showcase KPIs and process improvement
Engineering Supervisor – Well Completion and Interventions
SK Innovation
05.2018 - 09.2020
- Managed engineering development program, cost forecasting, and budgeting process for the asset
- Created a quarterly review process to improve the engineering performance metrics and cost-tracking methodology
- Implemented lean tools and waste reduction strategies to well costs and efficiencies, slashed operational costs by 45% for the asset in 8 months and subsequently, a reduction in non-productive time by 15%
- Lead project manager for the unit, handled facility construction, completion and production operations, pipeline construction, and testing operations
- Supervised drilling, hydraulic fracturing, workover, well interventions, fishing, drill out, water sourcing, water facilities, frac water re-use operations, regulatory engagement, and partner well notifications, while managing a group of about 35 field personnel (employees and contractors) and 3 office-based engineers
- Presented monthly and quarterly updates on process development, operations, and project economics to the senior management in Korea and China
- Managed all vendors including contracts, project schedule and production plan, field operations, consultant schedule, AFE generation, KPI metrics for drilled and completed wells, and after-action reviews
- Primary supply chain personnel in the organization and handled short- and long-term contracts, supplier relationships, supplier capabilities, dispute resolutions, and commodity market trends
New Ventures Group – Technical and Operations Advisor
Hess Corporation
01.2016 - 04.2018
- Advised and provided technical feedback related to drilling, completion, and operational challenges under North American Opportunities to Vice President of New Ventures group
- Managed models to insinuate production volumes and cater to impact of rig cadence, resource density, facility design, midstream capability, and elements of water sourcing for new asset
- Built Opex model from ground up to predict cost model for any new asset acquisition, handling water disposal, workover/intervention, chemical, and artificial lift type costs by varying activity level and time
- Built and analyzed Drilling, Completion, and Facility pad design from a development perspective using cost basis from data rooms on both well and pad basis for asset acquisition purposes
- Gathered market intelligence for latest drilling and completion technology in each of the most active US shale plays to understand trends and future growth opportunities and breakthroughs in unconventional world
Senior Completions Engineer – Utica, Bakken, Kurdistan, Marcellus Program and China Unconventional
Hess Corporation
05.2012 - 12.2015
- Supervised numerous workover operations, tank construction, facility construction, and a team of 20+ consultants in field over 2 years
- International project liaison to operations engineer, guided the expat team on the evolution of completion design for Sichuan basin (China) and drilling logistics on Kurdistan onshore project
- Optimized well flow back strategy in collaboration with subsurface group to upgrade the EUR using special proppants and controlled drawdown by 5%
- Plugged and abandoned Marcellus wells in the northeast Pennsylvania area having extensive gas leaks, using innovative ideas, well intervention tools, and casing cutters
- Implemented well factory style production plan for the asset (Kurdistan and China projects) and developed the key constraints based on daily work activities, regulatory stage gate processes, and technical qualifying events in the production plan
- Created Monte – Carlo based well AFE forecasting simulations for different D&C projects, with contingency and risk probability included
Completions Engineer II – Haynesville Shale, Eagle Ford, and Pearsall Formations
EOG Resources Inc.
03.2010 - 05.2012
- Optimized frac designs using hybrid fluid recipe and tested extreme sand loadings in Haynesville shale; trialed effect of varying clusters on performance of wells
- Proved uplift of 30% on EUR with clusters and proppant loading, an additional 10% was observed on use of thinner frac fluids
- Completed high-pressure and temperature fishing operations to retrieve lost tools, coiled tubing intervention, snubbing unit tubing retrieval, and casing remediation operations
- Studied and Implemented pilot water recycle and reuse project for Eagle Ford shale frac jobs utilizing reverse osmosis, while coordinating permit & regulatory work
- Supervised operations, consultants, vendors, and technology, using most cost-effective and time-saving strategies to reduce completion costs by 35%
Sr. Field Engineer
Halliburton Energy Services
05.2006 - 03.2010
- Supervised stimulation operations of oil & gas wells in Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and Louisiana
- Recommended stimulation treatments to maximize reservoir performance and total well productivity, backed by simulation and log data analysis
- This resulted in a 10-20% reduction in treatment design cost
Education
Master of Science - Chemical Engineering
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
Rourkela India01.2004
Skills
- Innovation management
- Organizational improvement
- Strategic planning
- Talent development
- Influencing and negotiating
- Cross-functional communication
- Data-driven decision making
- Operations management
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Project Management Essentials
- Reporting management
Accomplishments
- Assessment and evaluation of unconventional resources – Rose and Associates Inc.
- Casing design and analysis using Well cat, tubing movement analysis and design using Osprey.
- Fundamentals of drilling engineering and cementing – Drilling Training Alliance (2010).
- Proficient in ResFrac, Gohfer, Fracpro, Spotfire, WellView, WellEz, and UnRiskIt.
- Certified for Supervisory Essentials Program – Hess Corporation.
- Management Essentials – Leader Lab Builder Program by Think Human Institute.
- Completion Engineering Design and Workover Fundamentals – Halliburton Energy Institute.
Timeline
Sr. Manager – Operations, Well Testing & New Technology Validation
Fervo Energy
12.2020 - Current
Engineering Supervisor – Well Completion and Interventions
SK Innovation
05.2018 - 09.2020
New Ventures Group – Technical and Operations Advisor
Hess Corporation
01.2016 - 04.2018
Senior Completions Engineer – Utica, Bakken, Kurdistan, Marcellus Program and China Unconventional
Hess Corporation
05.2012 - 12.2015
Completions Engineer II – Haynesville Shale, Eagle Ford, and Pearsall Formations
EOG Resources Inc.
03.2010 - 05.2012
Sr. Field Engineer
Halliburton Energy Services
05.2006 - 03.2010
Master of Science - Chemical Engineering
Kansas State University
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology
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