Nicholas Chin

Experience

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  Gerald Heinz & Associates

  Apr 2007 - Aug 2007

  Engineering Technician and Field Surveyor

  Obtained initial knowledge and understanding about engineering surveying techniques for local civil engineering firm. • Operated Trimble GPS Surveyor and Total Station devices used to accurately measure, properly stake, and differentiate project leveling requirements• Prepared plats, surveys, and studies to execute land community development plans

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  Illinois State Geological Survey

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2011

  Undergraduate Hourly Assistant

  Performed field experiments to verify Midwest Geological Sequestration Program ($163.9 million U.S. Department of Energy funded carbon emissions underground storage project) safety and mission objectives attained. Results were reported to Sequestration Communication Coordinator for media public relations distribution.• Conducted geochemical CO2, ammonia and alkalinity laboratory analysis for ground water samples comparing results to check for irregularities • Gathered rock and core samples by driving company sports utility vehicle over 100 miles round trip to Decatur job site weekly• Managed collection and compilation of incoming rock and core sample key data components were properly analyzed utilizing self designed Microsoft Access database program Show less

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  Baoshan Middle School

  Jul 2010 - Aug 2010

  English Teacher

  Graduate classroom and field studies embarking on a mission overseas to research poverty and subsistence. (http://www.business.illinois.edu/subsistence/teaching/spmdsm.html)• Designed community based semi permanent disaster relief system prototype to enable impoverished humans an opportunity for recovery in the event of a climatic disaster• Collaborated with interdisciplinary design, business, and technical engineering project teams to develop a viable business manufacturing and marketing plan• Interviewed illiterate, impoverished individuals living in both India urban and rural settings to survey their perspective on designed disaster relief systems• Consulted with many educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and corporate sponsors to gain insight on marketability and business development of these disaster relief systems Show less

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  Global Geophysical Services

  Feb 2012 - Nov 2013

  GIS Mapper

  Worked in the field 7 days a week and was responsible for developing and maintaining accurate surface, mineral, lease, and good to go maps for on site daily use. Utilized Lotus Notes database software, to create landowner permits. • Database administrator and mapper for a total of 8 projects in south Texas, responsible for maintaining up to date permit status and contact information for land owners• Accurately produced surface maps by utilizing tax roles and aerial photography to identify property outlines and verified proper acreage • Responsible for loading and importing owner contact information, scanned documents, and pertinent notes into Lotus Notes database in a clear and organized manner• Compiled and distributed surface and mineral permits with accompanying plat maps to permit agents in a timely manner• Developed and organized a digital filing system for all 32 of the company’s multi client projects, responsible for QA/QC of final GIS and permit data for submittal as a completed deliverables package Show less

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  Contract Land Staff

  Nov 2013 - Oct 2014

  GIS Technician

  Coordinate among project managers, GIS team members, data entry clerks, and field title agents to ensure proper maintenance and recording of parcel data within CLS viewer website and allow seamless access for clients to up to date data. Provide GIS management for pipeline and electrical transmission Rights of Way projects spanning multiple county and state borders. • Create specialized project geodatabases, and import relevant client engineering data such as centerline routes, rights of way, temporary work space, access roads, and structure locations• Maintain unique naming convention for tracts as identifiers when joining to sequel server tables• Utilize linear reference tool to spatial identify features footage along the route • Generate thousands of individual owner sketch maps per project for agent negotiation purposes, which highlight tract metrics such as rights of way acreage, corridor width, and other relevant data across the property• Ability to examine pipeline alignment sheets to rectify with our data• Manage workflow of 9 other GIS members by utilizing ArcSDE versioning to allow multiple users to edit project maps and data concurrently, and sync together overnight using update scripts Show less

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  Ranger Oil Corporation

  Oct 2014 - May 2015

  GIS Analyst

  Produce technical maps for active plays in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania showcasing company lease position, unit location, and surface and bottom well locations to distribute company wide. Provide support by administering and distributing shapefiles to geology and land departments working with projects using AutoCAD Map, Petra, and SMT software. • Constructed drilled and proposed horizontal laterals as well as surface well and bottom hole locations using survey plats containing x y locations, and maintained constant status changes and updates during well completion to chart progress• Coordinated among landmen to accurately locate and digitize mineral ownership parcels using tobin maps, legal descriptions, and metes and bounds • Developed concise maps utilizing city centers and road network for field personnel use to locate wells and other areas of interest• Reviewed map reference parameters and lease documents to draw individual tract leases using metes and bounds and acreage to import into Enertia software to be able to tie data to shapes • Increased efficiency by constructing an ArcGIS tool using model builder to seamlessly append bulky Enertia table data into a refined schema for simple understanding of fields Show less

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  Eni

  Aug 2015 - now

  GIS Specialist

  Develop and maintain maps to display active areas of exploration in places of interest such as Gulf of Mexico Deep Water, Alaska North Slope, and South Texas. Utilize third party add on tools and vendor subscriptions to produce maps featuring current content for lease status, well location, purchase price, expiration dates, operators, owner interest, as well as past geological formations.• Collaborate with end users to develop a simple set of template maps, accessible through an in-house developed add in called Engis, which allows less proficient users to interact within the maps and have basic functionality • Monitor and analyze competitor lease positions, to produce maps which focus on competitor changes in the lease status due to assignments, relinquishments, terminations, or expirations • Export weekly well updates highlighting activity in the Gulf of Mexico, which includes a multipage map book containing tables for current drilling conditions and status• Catalog and map both 2D and 3D seismic volumes demonstrating coverage from various vendors and maintain a current inventory of entitlements to data• Utilize vendor interpreted satellite imagery to provide field slick and seep maps as a resource to look for underwater oil seepage and its impact on a large scale• Produce vicinity maps to be used for regulatory applications which show relevant distances from oil activity to the nearest point onshore and major shore bases Show less

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  Statoil

  Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  Contracted GIS Analyst

  Part of a coordinated companywide initiative to review and clean up individual lease records within the Bakken, Marcellus, and Eagle Ford plays and administer them into the Quorum Land Suite.• Examine individual leases and unit tract records within the Quorum Land Suite and verify thecorrect spatial location and acreage using legal descriptions and lease document information.• Collaborate among lease analysts, landmen, and GIS contractors to correct errors and alsoprovide direction to research specific records that require additional documents.• Execute Quorum Land Suite functions and tools, including mass flipping, which allows users toupdate statuses of thousands of tracts instantly. Show less