Zach Angel
Big Spring,Tx
Summary
Production Supervisor with 20 years of Oil and Gas experience in the Permian Basin. I take pride in my ability to mentor teams and develop an asset aligning with corporate goals. Providing individuals with the knowledge and confidence to produce each well for maximum recovery of hydrocarbons and revenue without risking the wellbore integrity, facility, or associated infrastructure. Unfortunately this is becoming a lost art in our industry. Broadcasting a positive atmosphere and empowering others has allowed me to build successful teams with a culture of expectation and support. Base production is the true measure of a company’s long term success in addition to a development program which attracts so much attention in our business. I am passionate about improving the asset and its people, my investment is personal and I hold myself accountable.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Superintendent
Civitas Resources
04.2024 - Current
- Manage daily operations of 1300 wellbores and 200+ facilities in the Midland Basin producing ~140,000 gross BOE/D.
- ~120 annual well development package.
- Assist and develop 5 Foreman AOR's across 6 counties with 14 operator routes.
- Support cross-functional collaboration among production/facilities engineering, project planning, operations, safety and environmental teams to align with corporate metrics.
- Manage an annual Opex budget of ~$270M, provide guidance and support for Capex/Business Development teams.
- Provide monthly accruals to finance teams.
- Create quarterly business reviews for executive review.
- Instill a culture of continuous improvement as a servant leader while holding the team accountable.
- Lead monthly safety/training meetings for all operations teams.
Production Manager
Callon Petroleum
10.2023 - 04.2024
- Managed the daily operation of the production team, providing guidance and support as needed in the Southern Delaware Asset.
- Created an ESP optimization effort to combat subsurface failures, in which the team has increased overall ESP run time by 103 days over the last 6 months.
- Initiated the first lineament isolation project to mitigate excessive H2S and water from the upper Delaware Mountain group formations. With the help of Geology and Reservoir Engineering we mapped which portion of the lateral was contributing and developed a successful workover procedure.
- Converted 17 high failure frequency ESP's to Conventional Gas Lift saving ~800k in reoccurring annual opex.
- Initialed the first GAPL project for Callon Permian reducing overall compression needs and allowing for 5 additional conversion's to Gas Lift without adding compression count.
- Optimized the chemical program by testing various continuous capstring products for scale and corrosion inhibition. Reduced overall consumption rate by 60ppm equating to ~400k in annual opex savings.
- Reduced H2S treatment spend by ~1.2MM in 2023, annual spend is ~19MM with concentrations of up to 50,000ppm. Installed atomization upstream of treating loops followed by either static mixer or bubble towers. Calculated gas rates and throughput to appropriately size equipment and reduce velocity which improved efficiency.
- Worked in conjunction with Facility Engineering and Environmental teams to upgrade and/or commingle facilities in accordance of OOOOb regulations.
Operations Manager
Callon Petroleum
04.2023 - 10.2023
- Supervise production operations in Midland and Delaware Basins producing 150k Gross BOE/D.
- Manager of production, construction, measurement, scada, emissions, optimization, administrative, and fleet teams accounting for ~90 internal positions
- 250MM gross LOE budget for the 2023 year
- Finished 2022 with an industry leading TRIR of 0.39
- Supporting the recent acquisition of Percussion Petroleum in Delaware Basin
- Piloting combo H2S treatment packages comprised of treating loops ahead of bubble towers to improve product efficiency
- Provide support to engineering converting high failure frequency wells on ESP to GL in Delaware Basin.
Production Superintendent
Callon Petroleum
06.2020 - 04.2023
- Ended 2022 with an average net LOE/BOE of $4.52 for the Midland Basin
- Asset team lead the company in project rate or return, net lifting cost, spill, and incident rate
- Asset area included 471 wellbores, 63 facilities and 3 SWD’s producing 28,000oil/73,000water/75,000mcf daily
- Initiated the divestment of a 45-wellbore package of uneconomic wells to improve overall net revenue
- Lead the paraffin program in our Monarch asset in which routine truck treating was replaced with quarterly solvent treatments
- Implemented weekly optimization meetings in which teams reviewed ESP/Rod Pump performance to align with our fluid level target of ~250’ GFAP
- Expanded the casing reduction program to all assets within Midland Basin
- Reduced flowback time to less than 25 days to improve capex efficiency
- Mentored production engineers and developed a basin standard rod pump design
- Designed our first rod pump in the curve to reduce wellbore hydrostatic pressure and improve inflow.
Production Supervisor
Callon Petroleum
07.2016 - 06.2020
- Supported the Wildhorse Area comprised of 5 SWD's, 67 Production Facilities, 83 Vertical and 117 Horizontal wellbores
- Provide daily support to 8 Lease Operators, 1 Water Specialist, 4 Construction Site Supervisors and 1 Fluid Level Tech
- Managed a 2017 operating budget of $22MM within the Howard, Borden, Martin, and Dawson County areas of responsibility
- Reduced the rig intervention rate from 0.68 to 0.23 in 2017
- Assist in project planning for a three horizontal rig development program in which there is minimal infrastructure
- Converted the ESP chemical application program away from slip stream to incorporate a cap string qualified corrosion & scale inhibitor, since then there has only been three corrosion related failures in 4 years
- Initiated the first casing pressure reduction program increasing BOE by 20%+ on the pilot package
- Acid stimulation project to improve SWD injectivity which in turn added takeaway and reduced surface equipment pressures.
Production Foreman
Devon Energy
09.2015 - 07.2016
- Achieved a lease operating expense of ~$5-6 per BOE and lowered total area expense from $21MM in 2014 to $14MM in 2015
- Supervised 9 Lease Operators, 4 Assistant Foreman, 2 Fluid Techs, 1 DSC Analyst and 1 Maintenance planner
- Responsible for the South Odessa field which includes 376 wells, 33 Facilities and 1 SWD
- Artificial lift forms include Flowing, Rod Pump, Plunger, and ESP with a 0.16 failure rate
- Operated the only Barnett Shale horizontal well in Ector County
- Generated $54MM Net for the Midland Business Unit in 2015
- Eliminated Hot Oiling/Watering by developing a Xylene Circulation package
- Increased reserves and arrested the decline curve with Zonal Acid treatment under plug and packer.
Assistant Production Foreman
Devon Energy
08.2014 - 10.2015
- Worked with the South Odessa/DSC/Engineering teams to lower lifting cost and failure rates to a world class level of ~0.2
- Reduced rod and unit loading, electrical cost, and subsurface failures by optimizing the strokes per minute and stroke length on over 40% of the wells
- Supervised five lease operators in their daily activities and helped grow their knowledge and understanding of oil and gas extraction
- Converted 11 rod pump wells to plunger lift to significantly reduce operating cost on marginal and repeat failure wells
- Worked on a lease-by-lease basis to optimize pumping units, POC's, chemical program, hot watering program, failure analysis, electricity consumption and process flow
- Responsible for 175wells and 16 facilities in the Sallie Ann Field.
Permian Basin Operations Representative
Chevron
09.2012 - 08.2014
- Represent operations for the Lupin, Lupin West Edge, Four Corners, North of Airport, South of Airport, Bryant G, Mabee, Glass, Block 33, and Bradford lease projects within Wolfcamp
- Commissioned 289 wells, 73 facilities and 14 gathering systems in Midland Basin
- Commissioned 18 horizontal wells and 9 facilities in Delaware Basin
- Developed standards and streamlined processes to reduce the Wolfcamp Spud to Production average time from a 78-day average in 2012 to a 52-day average in 2013
- Member of the Facility Design & Standards team for all onshore assets within Chevron
- Created operating procedures and troubleshooting manuals for all Wolfcamp Facilities in the Permian Basin
- Worked with Facility Engineering to develop equipment designs to incorporate a manufacturing line approach to reduce construction time
- Lease Operator training which included the troubleshooting of surface and sub-surface equipment
- Assisted the marketing team to ensure the takeaway of oil, water, gas, and power met operation’s needs
- Collaborated with chemical reps to ensure the chemical program successfully combated the emulsion and scale issues common to Wolfberry.
Surface/Sub-Surface Production Specialist
Chevron
05.2011 - 10.2012
- Managed reactive and proactive maintenance of the Vealmoor FMT containing the JoMill Unit, Midway Unit, Reinecke Unit and Otis Chalk Leases comprised of over 800 wellbores
- Developed preventative maintenance plans for the water injection system improving uptime and reducing repair cost on 27 injection pumps including h-pump, triplex, quintuplex and split-case
- Assisted engineering on an injectivity program in which we flowed wells back into a truck prior to acid stimulations reducing average injection pressure by 18% on ~320 wellbores
- Supervised an average of 30 contract crews daily involving roustabout, excavation, electrical & instrumentation, pump & vacuum truck, hot oiling, measurement, and various general contractors
- Managed the annual turnaround for the Reinecke CO2 injection and liquids removal gas plant
- Assisted with the workorder program D7I DataStream to reduce overall production downtime and improve contractor efficiency/spend
- Supervised routine well work on an as need basis for coverage.
Field Specialist
Chevron
04.2008 - 04.2011
- JoMill Unit - Spraberry Waterflood lease producing and average of 5,000 barrels of oil per day, 30,000 barrels of water injected per day and 6,000 MCF of natural gas produced per day
- Midway Area - Spraberry and San Andres Waterflood lease producing and average of 1,400 barrels of oil per day, 11,000 barrels of water injected per day and 900 MCF of natural gas per day
- Reinecke Unit - Canyon Reef CO2 Flood and Waterflood lease producing 1,200 barrels of oil per day, 450 barrels of NGL per day, 28,000 barrels of water injected per day and 50,000 MCF of CO2 injected per day
- Otis Chalk - Shallow Waterflood lease producing in the Howard-Glasscock discovery field from the Queen, Seven Rivers, San Andres and Glorieta formations. Produced 140 barrels of oil per day, 3,200 barrels of water injected per day and 20 MCF of natural gas per day.
Senior Pump Technician
Quinn Pumps
10.2005 - 03.2008
- Serviced downhole rod pumps, tubing anchors, on/off tools in the surrounding Big Spring area for multiple operators
- Assisted customers in the diagnosis and optimization of rod pumped wells
- Trained new hire pump technicians
- Performed fluid levels and suggested rod design changes after troubleshooting wells for Operators.
Contract Pumper
Angel Pumping
01.2005 - 03.2008
- Pumped various wells and facilities in Martin, Howard, Dawson, Glasscock, and Scurry counties
- Managed roustabout and pulling unit crews as needed.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Law Enforcement and Government
Howard Junior College
Big Spring, TXCertificate: Well Control -
Wild Well Control
Odessa, TX01.2021
Certificate: Achievement Drilling & Completions Snubbing & Wire Line -
Wild Well Control
Odessa, TX, U.S.A01.2013
Level I, II, III - Down Hole Production Equipment Certification Rod Design Pump Design Gas -
Quinn Pumps
Midland, TX10.2007
Certificate: Dynagraph Interpretation Rod Pumping Techniques in The Wolfberry -
Spirit Oil and Gas
Midland, TX01.2006
High School Diploma -
Big Spring High School
Big Spring, TX05.2004
Skills
- Crude and natural gas processing
- Water and CO2 injection operations
- Federal and State Regulatory compliance
- Process equipment maintenance and reliability
- Project planning & execution in Midland and Delaware Basin
- Fluent in Wellview, EVIN, Carte, Siteview, Rodstar, Cygnet, Xspoc and Lowis programs
- Artificial lift design and optimization
- Surface facility design and optimization
- H2S chemical treatment
- Operator training & supervision
- ESP/RP/GL/PL operation in various production casings and wellbore conditions
- Surface/Subsurface failure identification, mitigation, and repair
Timeline
Production Superintendent
Civitas Resources
04.2024 - Current
Production Manager
Callon Petroleum
10.2023 - 04.2024
Operations Manager
Callon Petroleum
04.2023 - 10.2023
Production Superintendent
Callon Petroleum
06.2020 - 04.2023
Production Supervisor
Callon Petroleum
07.2016 - 06.2020
Production Foreman
Devon Energy
09.2015 - 07.2016
Assistant Production Foreman
Devon Energy
08.2014 - 10.2015
Permian Basin Operations Representative
Chevron
09.2012 - 08.2014
Surface/Sub-Surface Production Specialist
Chevron
05.2011 - 10.2012
Field Specialist
Chevron
04.2008 - 04.2011
Senior Pump Technician
Quinn Pumps
10.2005 - 03.2008
Contract Pumper
Angel Pumping
01.2005 - 03.2008
Certificate: Well Control -
Wild Well Control
Certificate: Achievement Drilling & Completions Snubbing & Wire Line -
Wild Well Control
Level I, II, III - Down Hole Production Equipment Certification Rod Design Pump Design Gas -
Quinn Pumps
Certificate: Dynagraph Interpretation Rod Pumping Techniques in The Wolfberry -
Spirit Oil and Gas
Some College (No Degree) - Law Enforcement and Government
Howard Junior College
High School Diploma -
Big Spring High School
References
Gary Newberry 713-503-3860
Michael O’Connor 432-528-7096
Mark Cochran 432-803-9139
Jared Ivanhoe 432-553-5494
John Gray 432-741-9784