Eric T. Busch

 

 

EDUCATION

 

North Dakota State University – 1999 – Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

 

Texas A&M University – September 2006 to Present – Master of Petroleum Engineering

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

February 2006 – Present

 

Lonquist & Co. LLC – Austin, Texas

Underground Storage Consultant

 

Responsibilities include providing a wide variety of petroleum engineering and consulting services to the oil and gas industry, the underground storage industry and supervision of field activities for Lonquist Field Service, LLC. 

 

 

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

 

May 2005 – February 2006

 

Knight Oil Tools – Houston, Texas

Technical/Corporate Sales Representative

 

Account representative for strategic and target accounts.  Prepared proposals and tool lists for various drilling and workover projects in the Gulf Coast and the Mid Continent.  Developed new client relationships for Knight Oil Tools in the underground storage industry. 

 

 

August 2002 – May 2005

 

PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. – Houston, Texas

Cavern, Gas Storage and Project Engineer

 

Developed and executed mechanical integrity tests and provide technical support for underground storage caverns and salt water disposal wells in the Gulf Coast, Michigan, Kansas, and West Texas. 

 

Project Manager and Engineer for various underground storage well workovers in the Gulf Coast, Michigan, Kansas, and West Texas. 

 

Special projects included:

 

Developed an extensive mechanical integrity for a five and six well test program under the new underground cavern storage regulations in Kansas. 

Develop a new method to evaluate the mechanical integrity of interconnected bedded salt caverns. 

Develop and execute mechanical integrity testing for a brine production facility in New York State.

Developed and managed a 6 well workover program for one of the largest gas storage reservoirs in the United States.

 

Project manager for the development and execution of a stratigraphic test well program to evaluate the potential the expansion of a depleted gas storage reservoir.  The well was directionally drilled to allow for the completion of a suite of geophysical logs.  The well was plugged and abandoned following the log evaluation. 

Develop a conceptual design and budget for a five well drilling program in a depleted gas storage reservoir.  Drilling program allowed for the directional drilling of all wells from one surface location to minimize project costs and schedule.  

The investigation of long-term health and stability of mined storage caverns in the United States, removal of pumping equipment and evaluate the condition of the product casing, and develop strategies for recurring operational and engineering cavern issues. 

 

 

May 1999 – August 2002

 

Cargill Salt – Lansing, NY and Avery Island, LA

Maintenance/Operations Supervisor and Project Engineer

 

Organized, planned and controlled all activities of a multi-disciplined maintenance department in support of an underground salt mine. 

 

Organized and coordinated the production and hoisting schedule for a salt mine surface operation.  Worked with the quality control department personnel to ensure the product would meet the customer and contract specifications.

 

Developed and patented a production process for a value-added deicing product.  The scope of the project included testing of various mixing and storage techniques, budget/commitment development, product testing, customer presentations, start-up, operator training and contractor management with zero accidents.

 

 

May 1994 – June 2000

 

Military Experience

 

Served in the North Dakota Air National Guard and the New York Air National Guard as a security policeman. 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

American Association of Drilling Engineers

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Solution Mining Research Institute