Michael Pickering

Founder

2024 - Current

Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV) Digital Technology Scout

2020 - 2024

Petroleum Engineer, Gas Lift COE

2018 - 2020

In this role, I am working from the operations side to support the Factory in optimally producing our unconventional assets in the Delaware and Midland basins. Focuses include nodal analysis (PROSPER), in-house gas lift design, troubleshooting, and surveillance, as well as coordinating larger studies with key company stakeholders to perform reservoir simulations and forecasting to better predict well capability. Software utilized includes the Petroleum Experts IPM suite (especially the VBA centric Open Server coding).

Eunice, NM Production Engineer

2016 - 2017

Delaware Basin Tech Team - Eunice PT Production Engineer managing over 200 wells in a field with highly sour production. In this role, I managed many different forms of artificial lift, including rod pump, plunger lift, ESP, and supported early evaluation work for gas lift.

Production Engineer

2014 - 2016

Working as a PE in MCBU as part of the Panhandle FMT. Our assets include Granite Wash in North Texas and over 300 oil and gas wells throughout Texas, Oklahoma, and Panhandle. Well depths vary immensely between only a few thousand to greater than 26,000'. Field offices are in Pampa, TX and Guymon, OK. This position offers significant diversity when it comes to the types of issues a PE must address. Worked from Chevron's downtown Houston office.

Production Engineer

2012 - 2014

First Assignment of Horizons Program with the KR Technical Team working as a production engineer managing more than 800 wells in my area. Heavy oil steam flood operations experience.

Reservoir Engineering and Evaluations Intern

2011 - 2011

Performed a company-wide analysis of material uplift opportunities Identified over $35 million in potential uplift Constructed a list of recompletion candidates for each division of El Paso Corp. using Access Established a procedure for determining workover value in ARIES Presented procedure to over 50 engineers, distributed documentation company-wide

Field Intern

2010 - 2010

Haynesville Shale

Field Intern

2009 - 2009

Worked as a roustabout essentially, taking down casing and tubing pressures, performing shake out tests for BS&W cut, and helped with equipment PMs such as compressor, generators, pigging lines, and painting all the handrails and crane pedestals. Witnessed an acid job, physically helped with positive choke changes in our wells, helped start up compressors, and mapped out all facilities and their functions for an intern project exercise.