Shamel Elsayed

Experience

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  PanCanadian

  Aug 1988 - Sept 2001

  Managed $170 mm annual capital budget for the entire Selkirk business unit.Responsible for overall operations in both Southlands and Crossfield areas.Supervised Southlands and Crossfield operations and engineering staff. Managed overall exploration activities in Ferrier area. Worked with geologists, geophysicists and landmen to find new Mississippian gas reserves and to develop existing pools.Optimized gas production through acid stimulation and compression installation. The 1999 optimization program resulted in a 10.0 mmscfd production increase.Increased net gas production from 3.0 mmscfd (1998) to 45.0 mmscfd (2000). Responsible for overall development and activities of the Wembley area (150 wells, 3000 bbl/d of oil) including optimum depletion and optimization of several operated oil and gas reservoirs in the area.Formed two units and implemented two waterfloods with reserve addition of 5.0 mmbbl.Doubled Wembley area oil production to 3000 bbl/d through waterflooding and infill drilling. Designed, monitored and optimized waterflood projects in the Bashaw area including preparation of annual capital expenditure and justification. Evaluated acquisitions of a number of oil and gas properties and pools including technical and economics aspects, resulting in purchases and swaps of $10 million.Tripled Bashaw area oil production to 6000 bbls/d through waterflooding and Good Production Practice (GPP). Conducted a number of simulation studies to determine optimum depletion strategies and feasibility of enhanced oil recovery, resulting in substantial infill drilling programs in Countess "D" and Halkirk "I" pools; with horizontal drilling and planned miscible flood in the Weyburn Field in Saskatchewan.

  • Budget Coordinator & Coordinator, Southlands Operations

    May 2000 - Sept 2001

  • Staff Exploration Engineer

    Jul 1998 - Apr 2000

  • Senior Development Engineer

    Jun 1995 - Jul 1998

  • Reservoir Engineer

    May 1993 - Jun 1995

  • Reservoir Simulation Engineer

    Aug 1988 - May 1993
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  Encana Corporation

  Oct 2001 - Nov 2009

  Responsible for overall operations in Drumheller Sub-Business including production engineering, facilities, reservoir engineering, field operations, completion, geology and geophysics.Started oil exploitation program. Proposed the first multi-stage horizontal well. This program has let the tight oil development program in Drumheller. Responsible for overall operations in Parkland West Sub-Business (the Hoadly area) including production engineering, facilities, reservoir engineering, field operations, drilling, completion, land, geology and geophysics. Increased area production from 55.0 mmcfe/d (2001) to 90.0 mmcfe/d (2005).Supervised and mentored Calgary and Ponoka engineering staff for Ponoka area.

  • Team Lead, Drumheller Sub-Business Unit

    Apr 2005 - Nov 2009

  • Team Lead, Parkland West Operations Sub-Business Unit

    Oct 2001 - Mar 2005
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  Cenovus Energy

  Dec 2009 - now

  led many aspects of the $3.7 B Cenovus Conventional sale.Responsible for overall completion, workovers and facility designs. Ensured all programs meet the necessary safety requirements and regulatory codes. Ensured safety is always at the forefront of every project.Steward the team to focus on efficient, effective and economic execution of capital and workovers.Accountable for Business Development activities including Mineral Land, Surface Land and Joint Interest activities for Conventional Oil & Natural Gas. Show less led many aspects of the $3.3 B Cenovus royalty sale.Responsible for overall development and maximizing value of the Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Business Unit. The Conventional BU includes properties at Pelican Lake, Elk Point, Suffield, Langevin (Brooks South), Drumheller, Brooks North and the Weyburn Unit. The BU produces over 65,000 bbl/day of oil and 400 mmcf/d of gas.Worked closely and effectively with the leadership team to successfully carry out the BU’s focused strategy of light oil growth and EOR.Managed the overall development of tight oil and EOR schemes (Waterflood, Co2, microbial enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) and chemical flooding) in all areas including the annual budget of over $600 million. Show less

  • Principal, Reservoir Engineer

    May 2018 - now

  • Director, Conventional Business Development & Execution

    Oct 2015 - Apr 2018

  • Director, Conventional Development

    Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

  • Director, Conventional West

    Jul 2013 - Apr 2015

  • Manager, Langevin Asset Team

    Dec 2009 - Jul 2013