Kelsey Putman Hughes

Experience

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  Sept 2008 - Dec 2012

  Taught both lab and lecture of Introduction to Paleontology. Developed lesson plans, semester projects, and revised labs for a Junior/Senior level college course. Taught labs of Introduction to Paleontology, Environmental Geology, and Physical Geology.

  • Lecturer

    Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2008 - Dec 2012
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  Newfield Exploration

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Geology Intern

  Broke out facies within the Woodford Formation across the Anadarko and Arkoma Basins and mapped shoreline extents through time.

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  Newfield Exploration

  May 2012 - Aug 2012

  Geology Intern

  Developed a depositional model and high graded the zone of interest by facies type in the Uinta Basin, UT.

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  Samson

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Geologist

  Worked as an exploration geologist in New Ventures. Responsible for building framework cross sections and developing isopach, structure, facies, and target area maps for a variety of projects across the contiguous US. Experience in basins in the Rockies, Mid-continent and the Mid-west.

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  Apache Corporation

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2015

  Geologist

  Worked as both an exploration and exploitation geologist in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma, with mentoring and field trip planning experience.- Prospected, planned, and drilled successful Skinner Wash wells in NW Oklahoma, resulting in a Tier 1 acreage acquisition based on the success of those wells. - Evaluated a Marmaton prospect that resulted in a 1 million dollar acreage acquisition and worked closely with reservoir engineers and the land department to develop a drilling development plan.- Worked on additional small prospects in the Atoka, Granite Wash, Woodford, Sycamore, Britt Sand, and Cleveland sands.- Mentored a summer geological sciences intern, whose summer project yielded 20+ drillable locations and a return internship offer.- Co-Developed a in-house field training course in Arkansas aimed at entry level geoscientists. Show less

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  Orca Resources

  Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  Petroleum Geologist

  Worked as a exploration geologist on dewatering and conventional projects within the Mid-Continent.- Implemented the use of digital mapping to the company.- Discovered and mapped an extensive Mid-Continent gas field that has resulted in a multi-million dollar land acquisition effort with intention to drill dozens of locations.- Successfully oversaw both Morrow and Mississippian wells from the development stage to the operations stage, which included the management of mud logging personnel and data as well as geosteering.- Organized, assembled, and gave, a number of high level presentations to outside investors. Show less

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  Staghorn Petroleum

  Jul 2016 - Feb 2021

  Senior Geologist

  - Worked as a member of a team in a business development capacity evaluating assets on the market. Presented the geologic merits and risks of each asset to upper management and investors. Worked the DJ, Williston, Anadarko, and North Park basins in this process.- Developed a drilling program for uphole development of STACK acreage through the use of core analysis, regional mapping, and OBO positions. Successfully divested the acreage in a private sale.- Directed all core analysis and geochemical studies for the company. In addition to performing physical rock analysis, facies interpretations, ichnofacies identification, geochemical sampling and analysis; also performed cathodoluminescence petrography on thin sections to construct a paragenesis model for the Mississippian core.- Digitally drafted many company presentation graphics as visual aids to geologic concepts. Show less

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  Wind River Resources,LLC

  Mar 2020 - Jan 2022

  Chief Executive Officer

  - Partner and CEO of a science driven leadership team focused on clean and cheap energy access for all. Daily duties include: managing company resources, setting company goals and creating programs to achieve those goals, managing staff and contract employees, identifying and choosing markets for expansion, and maintaining an equitable and responsible company culture.- Co-developed and implemented a fiscally lean and efficient business model which allowed WRR to become one of the only construction companies approved for bonding contracts in under 6 months of operations. This process allowed WRR to go on and bid on and win multiple high dollar contracts.- Project management of both commercial and industrial scale solar installation projects across the nation. Show less

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  Sun Wolf Equipment Repair

  Dec 2021 - now

  Director Of Business Development

  -Responsible for all business development and client management of the company-Lead negotiator on all business and responsible for developing new revenue streams-Day to day management of all company business

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  Sun Wolf Energy

  Jan 2022 - now

  Principal | Energy Geoscientist

  -Department of Energy American Made Network Connector-Advises municipalities, tribal governments, state governments, and non-energy industry professionals on energy-centric strategic plans and policy,energy project planning and development, land-use conceptual plans, energy-centric business redevelopment plans, and urban geology/geotechnical focused hazards and opportunities.-Stakeholder and energy value chain modeling to inform investment, business attraction, and economic redevelopment use cases-Developed a standardized reporting procedure for advising and informing prospective municipal clients on utility scale solar installations. Focus extends from identifying in-hand assets such as brown sites that could be reclaimed or repurposed for solar power generation to finding site specific energy, economic, cultural, and agricultural benefits of a solar array. Show less

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  Tulsa Innovation Labs

  Jan 2023 - Apr 2024

  Director, Energy Tech

  -Led the strategy and redevelopment of the energy tech portfolio. Included a five year development roadmap populated by mission focused and thematic programmatic offerings, services, and desired outcomes-Developed the OK PIVOT Report project with collaborative industry partners -