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W. J. (Bill) Irwin, P.Eng.
Career Summary
Twenty-seven (27) years production engineering and operations experience in Western Canadian and foreign, oil and gas fields.
1986 - Present
Hallmark Oil & Gas Consulting Ltd.
Principal Engineer / Production Engineering Consultant
Scope
Management of engineering consulting projects within the production and operation disciplines of the oil and gas industry. Includes completions, well workovers and abandonments, production facilities, well evaluations and production operations.
Prime Responsibilities – Recent Projects
Production development / Facility construction - Murphy Oil
Operations management / Facility design – Purcell Energy
Facility design and construction management – Summit Resources
Operations management – Westhill Resources
Well abandonment program management – Response Energy
Project management – Vermilion Resources
Technical Expertise
Well analysis, optimization & development
Pipeline design and construction
Oil & Gas field processing facility design and construction
Well completion, workover and abandonment programming
Artificial lift design and operating evaluation
Water disposal well development
Regulatory applications and compliance
1990 - 2001 Mazlin Petroleum Ltd.
Scope
Management of small, private oil company with operated, non-operated and royalty interests.
Highlights
Incorporated in 1990 for the acquisition of non-operated gas properties in East Central Alberta.
purchased and operated Central Alberta oilfield in 1992. Converted field from a $10,000/month operating loss to a break-even operation and farmed out for development.
Hallmark Project Summary
Facility Projects
EOTT Canada
(Edmonton area) Regulatory compliance re-instatement of battery and WDW
Murphy Oil
(Provost, AB) Oil Battery/Waterflood facility and flowline system
(Gilby, AB) Gas plant compressor expansion, 1500 HP
Purcell Energy
(Fireweed, BC) Sour gas well facility installation
Summit/Torex Res.
(Weyburn, Sk.) Oil battery upgrades, satellites and flowline construction
Anderson Exploration
(Stoddart, BC) Sour oil battery upgrade
(Corporate) Specification update for piping, vessels and valves
Vermillion Resources
(West Pemb., AB) Gas plant re-construction, insurance claim
Canadian 88 Energy
(Olds, AB) Compressor installation, 40 MMscfd sour (25% H2S) gas
(Olds, AB) Pipeline tie-in and wellsite facilities for 7 sour gas wells
Cimarron Petroleum
(Gilby, AB) Gas processing plant expansion to 20 MMscfd
(Lathom, AB) Gas processing plant installation
(Lathom, AB) Pipeline gathering system and sales line installation
Encal Energy
(Worsley, AB) Gas processing plant installation
(Worsley, AB) Oil battery and satellite installations
Geoservices (France)
(Pakistan) Sour gas plant installation and startup, 30 MMscfd
(Norway) Oil test separator unit design and Det Norsk Veritas app.
Newport Petroleum
(Worsley, AB) Oil satellite installation
Well Completion/Workovers/Production
Anadime Corporation
(Hays, Provost, AB) Re-completions for custom water disposal operations
Palliser Energy
(Provost, AB) Annual waterflood status report
Iron Horse Comp.
(AB, BC, SK) Pumping unit evaluations for casing compression
Norwich Resources
(Princess, AB) Shallow gas well evaluation and development plan
Summit Resources
(Mirage, AB) Gas well completions for 9 wells
(BC, SK) Gas well and oil well completions for wells in 4 areas
Talisman Energy
(LacLaBiche, AB) Production development and operations engineering for 6 area shallow gas fields, 20 MMscfd production
Westhill Resources
(Barrhead, AB) Oilwell pumping unit installation, gas well completion
1975 - 1986 Senior Production Engineer
Scope
Staff production engineer for four operating petroleum companies; three based in Calgary and Delhi Petroleum Pty. Ltd. in Adelaide, Australia.
Experience
Well workover/completion programming for 100+ conventional oil and gas wells.
Artificial lift evaluation and design for conventional (pumpjacks and velocity tubing strings) as well as high volume (submersible and gas lift) wells.
Project engineering and management for the construction of 12 gas processing facilities, 5 oil facilities and 200 km. of pipeline.
Supervision of junior engineers, technicians and field staff.
Academic / Professional Qualifications
1975 Chemical Engineering Degree University of Saskatchewan
1977 Membership : Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists of Alberta
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